Past Courses
Literary Prophets
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2017/18)
Genesis 1-11
Israel Knohl (2017/18)
The Role of “the Land” in Judaism. The Growth of Religious Zionism
Marshall Breger (2017/18)
Hermann Cohen and Martin Buber: Foundations for a Contemporary Jewish Theology
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2017/18)
Chapters in the Book of Isaiah
Israel Knohl (2016/17)
First Century Judaism
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2016/17)
Rabbinic Hermeneutics of Biblical Narrative: Genesis. Fraternal Religious Violence – Interpreting Cain and Abel; Hagar and Sarah
Noam Zion (2016/17)
Jewish – Christian Dialogue
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2016/17)
Major Trends in Contemporary Jewish Theology
Menachem Lorberbaum (2016/17)
Religious, Legal, and Political Perspectives on Jerusalem
Marshall J. Breger (2015/16)
Jewish-Christian Dialogue
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2015/16)
The Problem of Evil in the Hebrew Bible
Israel Knohl (2015/16)
The Literary Prophets
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2015/16)
Medieval Philosophy in the Three Faiths
Josef Stern (2014/15)
The Ethics of Judaism: A Discussion of the Freedom, Responsibility, Righteousness, and Goodness in Biblical and Rabbinical Thought
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2014/15)
Major Moments in Twentieth Century Jewish Theology
Menachem Lorberbaum (2014/15)
Hermann Cohen and Martin Buber: Foundations for a Contemporary Jewish Theology
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2014/15)
Introduction to Jewish Theology
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2013/14)
Judaism and Christianity in the First Five Centuries
Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky (2013/14)
Modern Jewish Philosophy
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2013/14)
Religious, Legal, and Political Perspectives on Jerusalem
Marshall J. Breger (2013/14)
Introduction to Jewish Medieval Theology
Menachem Lorberbaum (2012/13)
The “Son of God”: Jewish Perspectives on the Concept of Sonship in the History of Jewish Thought
Moshe Idel (2012/13)
The Literary Prophets
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2012/13)
The Philosophy of Midrash
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2012/13)
Themes and Tensions in Muslim Approaches to Judaism and Christianity
Mona Siddiqui (2011/12)
Medieval Philosophy
Josef Stern (2011/12)
The Historical Books – The Book of Kings
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2011/12)
The Philosophy and Anthropology of Dialogue
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2011/12)
Jewish-Christian Dialogue
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2011/12)
Legal and Religious Issues Related to Jerusalem
Marshall J. Breger (2010/11)
The Messianic Idea in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Israel Knohl (2010/11)
Key Chapters in the Guide to the Perplexed
Menachem Lorberbaum (2010/11)
The Literary Prophets and Interreligious Dialogue
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2010/11)
Martin Buber’s Philosophy of Dialogue
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2010/11)
First Century Judaism
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2010/11)
Philo’s Philosophy and its Influence on Early Christianity
Adam Afterman (2009/10)
Prophecy and Wisdom
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2009/10)
The Hebrew Bible, Human Rights and Interreligious Dialogue
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2009/10)
Methodology of Biblical Interpretation and its Significance for Jewish-Christian Understanding
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2009/10)
Faith and Reason in Theology of Moses
Rabbi Jack Bemporad (2008/09)
Visiting Faculty Courses
Academic Year 2021 – 2022
Pope John Paul 2 Theological and Philosophical Foundation for Interreligious Understanding
Taught by: Rabbi Jack Bemporad, I semester, Thu 16.30-18.15
Theological-Political Structures of the Hebrew Bible: the Polity and the Sacred
Taught by: Menachem Lorberbaum, II semester, Feb 14 – Mar 3, 2022
Holiness in the Hebrew Bible
Taught by: Israel Knohl, II semester Apr 26 to May 20, 2022
Academic Year 2020 – 2021
First Century Judaism
Taught by: Rabbi Jack Bemporad, I semester
A Church in Dialogue: Towards the restoration of unity among Christians
Taught by: Fr. James Puglisi, II semester
Nomos and Narrative in the Hebrew Bibl
Taught by: Menachem Lorberbaum, II semester, Feb 13 – Mar 3, 2021
Chapters in the Book of Ezekiel
Taught by: Israel Knohl, II semester Apr 12 to May 3, 2021
Academic Year 2019 – 2020
Literary Prophets
Taught by: Rabbi Jack Bemporad
Theologies of Exile and Redemption
Taught by: Menachem Lorberbaum
First Century Judaism
Taught by: Rabbi Jack Bemporad
The Problem of Evil
Taught by: Israel Knohl
Academic Year 2018 – 2019
Exile and Redemption (Part I-II)
Taught by: Menachem Lorberbaum
Medieval Jewish Philosophers
Taught by: Rabbi Jack Bemporad
“At the Beginning”. Genesis 1-12
Taught by: Israel Knohl
Jewish-Christian Dialogue
Taught by: Rabbi Jack Bemporad
Eschatology in Judaism
Taught by: Mordechay Lewy