Redeeming Eve: A Modern Perspective
Insights & Ideas: Tuesday Night Learning with Gideon Amir
Four Tuesday Evenings
February 3, 10, 17, 24
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.
Both Traditional Jewish and Christian reading blame Eve for disobeying God, eating from the forbidden fruit and seducing her husband to do the same, thus bringing sin and mortality to the world. Moreover, traditional interpretation view many other stories about women in the Bible as demonstrating that they too follow their ancestral mother and model and are rebellious and disobey God and law.
Join us to examine the text carefully and decide whether there is a justification for the traditional interpretation or whether it just reflects old male views about women. We will also review some other stories in light of what we observe in Eve’s story.
Knowledge of Hebrew is not required for these sessions. Please, be sure to bring a Bible with you.
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.