The Promised Land: Text, Tradition, and Interpretation

Insights & Ideas: Tuesday Night Learning with Gideon Amir

Four Tuesday Evenings
August 4, 11, 18, 25
Time: 7-8:30 PM ET
Instructor: Gideon Amir
Location: Zoom Classroom

Standard Class Rate: $120
Base Rate: $80
(Subsidized by Haberman Institute donors)

Haberman Institute courses are offered on a sliding payment scale.
Both tiers receive identical access to the program. Should the registration rates become a barrier to enrollment, please contact our Executive Director, Matthew Silverman.

God promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that their descendants would inherit the land of Canaan. After the Exodus from Egypt and forty years of wandering in the desert, the Israelites, under Joshua’s leadership, conquered the Promised Land and settled there.

However, the biblical text raises difficult geographical and ethical questions.

Join us to explore these questions and examine how they have been understood and addressed across generations.

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Gideon Amir was born in the Netherlands to Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel in 1947.  He grew up in Jerusalem and served in the IDF as a Paratrooper.

Gideon received his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rechovot. In 1980, he moved to the United States, where he worked as a manager in several companies including Sperry Univac, British Telecom, and Cisco Systems.

In 1999, he pursued his interest in Judaic Studies and enrolled in a full-time graduate program at Baltimore Hebrew University, where, in May 2001, he received his Master’s degree with honors. Redirecting his passion for teaching from computer science to Jewish and Bible studies, he became an adult Jewish educator for several education programs, including the Haberman Institute, where he continues to teach today.