Conversations About Faith

Professor

This course is a meaningful conversation about faith between the founder of Israel Bible Center, Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg, and Yair Feiglin, an orthodox Jew living next to Bethlehem. While Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg went to Seminary and studied on several University campuses, Yair Feiglin spent years at Law School as well as studying under a well-known orthodox Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz. Though they do not share the same perspective on the Messiahship of Jesus as friends they frankly discuss topics of faith found on the pages Torah, each from their unique vantage point. They may not see eye to eye on some very important questions, but much of what they share with each other and between their communities of faith is common ground.

This course does not follow a traditional classroom presentation format. Instead, you are invited to sit in on an inquisitive conversation as two friends move from one biblical story to another. What you glean will deepen your faith and increase your Biblical literacy.

Course Features

Sessions 26
Duration 6 hours
Language English

- Lecture1.1
  Deception in Torah
- Lecture1.2
  Two Brothers
- Lecture1.3
  Consequences of Conflict
- Lecture1.4
  Rachel and Leah
- Lecture1.5
  Jacob's Dream
- Lecture1.6
  Reuniting Brothers
- Lecture1.7
  Playing Favorites
- Lecture1.8
  Facing God
- Lecture1.9
  The Struggle
- Lecture1.10
  Brothers Together
- Lecture1.11
  Sibling Rivalry
- Lecture1.12
  Joseph's Dreams
- Lecture1.13
  Prodigal Son
- Lecture1.14
  Jacob's Children
- Lecture1.15
  Tamar's Story
- Lecture1.16
  Tamar's Injustice
- Lecture1.17
  Judah and Tamar
- Lecture1.18
  Jacob's Sons
- Lecture1.19
  Judah and Judas
- Lecture1.20
  Good or Bad Circumstances?
- Lecture1.21
  Joseph's Suffering
- Lecture1.22
  Pain and Restoration
- Lecture1.23
  Joseph as a Symbol
- Lecture1.24
  Joseph's Sons
- Lecture1.25
  Jacob's Blessings
- Lecture1.26
  Miraculous Reversal

Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg

Professor of Ancient Cultures and Head of School

Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg, Professor of Ancient Cultures at Israel Bible Center, is an expert Israeli scholar in Biblical Studies and early Christianity, with copious Jewish and Christian religious and secular education. In addition to his expertise in ancient languages (Biblical Hebrew, Koine Greek, Syriac, and Old Church Slavonic), Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg is fluent in the modern languages of English, Russian, and Hebrew.

Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg has a great passion for building bridges of trust, respect, and understanding between Christians and Jews to overcome centuries of difficult but fully entwined history. He strongly believes that the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament has much to teach to both communities of faith, which he works to promote while residing in Israel with his wife and children.

Dr. Lizorkin-Eyzenberg has earned the following academic credentials, in addition to continuing his research through extended study: