Book of Isaiah
Nathaniel Helfgot
Nathaniel Helfgot is chair of the dept of Talmud and Rabbinics at the SAR High School in New York City. He serves as spiritual leader of Congregation Netivot Shalom in Teaneck, NJ . He is on the faculty of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School and the Wexner Heritage Program. An alumnus of the Jerusalem Fellows program, he received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and has an MA in Education from the David J. Azrieli Graduate School.
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We will examine the first half of the Book of Isaiah, the first of the great classical prophets with an eye to understanding the historical context in which he lived and preached, the literary structure of the book and the theological messages of the various individual prophecies. We will make use of traditional and modern scholarship on the book and the character of Isaiah himself.