OT285 Introducing Torah
Overview
In Introducing Torah Dr. Rebekah Josberger provides important insights into the first five books of the Old Testament. The course begins with a look at the historical context of the Torah and why it inspired love in the hearts of the psalmists. Designed to teach students how to read and appreciate this section of Scripture, the course will walk you through multiple passages of the Torah, with emphasis on the Sabbath, the Ten Commandments, and two difficult marriage/divorce laws in Deuteronomy. You will come away with a better understanding and appreciation of this important portion of the Bible.
Top Highlights
“Torah can also refer to the so-called ‘legal’ sections of the ot.” (source)
“But for now, what we need to understand [is] that, at its root, Torah is instructional. So while we’re focusing more specifically on legal texts—all the ‘if you shall,’ and ‘if you shall not,’ and all of these things—we have to understand that Torah is not just law for the sake of having a rule. It is instruction.” (source)
“One way that it’s used is to refer to the law of Moses, and this is talking about Torah in a broad picture. So it can refer to the entire Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.” (source)
“Another way that Scripture uses Torah is to refer to a very specific law or a set of laws, like the Ten Commandments in Deut 5: ‘This torah …’ and then it lists these specific commandments.” (source)
“Deuteronomy isn’t necessarily the covenant document; it is a telling of the covenant document story.” (source)
- Title: OT285 Introducing Torah
- Author: Rebekah Josberger
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Pentateuch › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. O.T. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Resource ID: LLS:OT285JOSBERGER
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2019-06-21T15:28:55Z
Dr. Rebekah Josberger is Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Multnomah University in Portland, OR. She has a passion for Old Testament studies and biblical languages, particularly Hebrew. Her goal is for students to learn to read and understand the Word for themselves, whether in Hebrew or English, so that they might better know its Author.
Since her arrival at Multnomah in 2009, Dr. Josberger’s efforts have been focused on developing a solid seminary Hebrew program that enables and encourages students to learn Hebrew well enough to use it for personal growth and ministry long after their student days are over. At Multnomah she enjoys the opportunity to pursue her interests and to work with colleagues she respects and admires while pouring into the lives of students.
Dr. Josberger earned her PhD at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and is continuing research related to her dissertation topic, “Between Rule and Responsibility: The Role of the Father as Agent of Righteousness in Deuteronomy’s Domestic Ideology.” She has a special love for the book of Deuteronomy and shares the psalmist’s passion for the Torah as so beautifully expressed in Psalms 19 and 119.
Becky is happily married to the man she says “I respect, admire, enjoy, and just plain adore more than anyone else in the world.” Together they have four children—Mia, Amanda, Emily, and Haven James—and enjoy a full and noisy household with never a dull moment.