The Song of Songs: Love and Rebirth in Jewish Mystical Poetry

This course is no longer offered.

A300-SJ

Alternating between male and female voices both mournful and hopeful, the Song of Songs is seen as the “holy of holies” of Jewish texts and the most important Biblical text of the Kabbalah. The book is traditionally read at the end of the Passover seder as an ode to love and rebirth. Join us in an exploration of this canonical sacred love poem.

Cosponsors California Institute of Integral Studies, JCCSF

Categories Biblical Interpretations, Kabbalah and Mysticism, Literature and Writing

Schedule

# Sessions
2
Course dates
03 March 2010 – 10 March 2010
Location
JCCSF
Tuition
$30 for the public
$20 for members
Session Time Days Location Instructors
Mar 03 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Wed JCCSF Deena Aranoff
Mar 10 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Wed JCCSF Deena Aranoff

Location

JCCSF

3200 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94118

415-292-1200

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Instructors

Deena Aranoff – Deena Aranoff is an assistant professor of medieval Jewish studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. She teaches courses on Jewish society and culture in the medieval and early-modern European context. Her interests include rabbinic literature, medieval patterns of Jewish thought and the broader question of continuity and change in Jewish history.