Upcoming courses.

This 3-part course will look at three select narratives from Genesis and the work of an understudied parshan, Malbim. We will develop our Hebrew skills and exegetical skills as we navigate what Malbim’s guiding principles are and how these are borne out in his interpretations.

Rachel Slutsky, Ph.D., is the Monsignor John Oesterreicher Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations in Antiquity at Seton Hall University. She completed her doctorate in ancient Judaism at Harvard University in May 2022. She is currently working on her first monograph, tentatively titled The Gentile Enigma: Divine Law and Identity in Early Judaism, based on her dissertation.