Can literary theory help us better understand Tanakh? How have artists and modern Jewish writers mined and undermined biblical texts to stake out new forms of Jewish culture? In what ways can we use the tenets of creative writing and other genres to better understand Talmudic literature? For answers to these questions and more, join us for the Spring 2013 YITH adult education series, where we will read and analyze core Jewish texts with a stellar cast of local scholars and internationally acclaimed author and teacher Dr. Avivah Zornberg

February 19 at 8:00pm: Dr. Miriam Udel, "Midrashic Ventriloquism and the Art of Manger's Megile"

February 26 at 8:00pm: Dr. Jacob Wright, "Nehemiah: The Earliest Jewish Memoir"

March 5 at 8:00pm: Dr. David Blumenthal, "The Akedah in Art" 

March 12 at 8:00pm: Joseph Skibell, "Baba Metzia 84a: Alchemy & Eros in the Waters of the Jordan"

April 26-27: Dr. Avivah Zornberg Scholar in Residence Weekend, more information TBA