Jeremy Rosen
Middle Books of the Bible: Judges 8:22, Absolom King of Shechem
Summary
Study the spiritual and the political in the middle books of the Bible weekly with Jeremy Rosen. Learn about its challenges, successes, and failures through the different histories, narratives, and moods of the early prophets. You may use any Bible text you may have or you can go to sefaria.org. This week will begin with the Book of Judges chapter 8:22, Absolom King of Shechem.
Jeremy Rosen
Manchester-born Jeremy Rosen was educated at Cambridge University England and Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He has practiced as an orthodox rabbi, as principal of Carmel College in the UK, and as professor at the Faculty for Comparative Religion in Antwerp, Belgium. He has written and lectured extensively in the UK and the US, where he now resides and was the rabbi of the Persian-Jewish community in Manhattan.