King David: Man of War and Politics, Man of God, Man of Contradictions. Based on a close reading of the Books of Samuel

A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Dr. Jeremy Rosen

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ABOUT THE EVENT:

King David: Man of War and Politics, Man of God, Man of  Contradictions. Based on a close reading of the Books of Samuel.

No biblical character is described in such detail as King David with all the complexities of his character and the range of his responses to the challenges he faced of escaping Saul, ruling a country, a family and himself. One opinion in the Talmud is that he never sinned. Is that position sustainable?

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Jeremy Rosen is a British born rabbi, a graduate in philosophy from Cambridge University and Mir Yeshivah in Jerusalem. He has Semicha from the Roshei Yeshivot of Mir, Ponevez and Be’er Yaakov. He has spent his working life in the rabbinate, Jewish education, and Academia on four continents and has retired to New York where he is the Rabbi of the Persian community of Manhattan and lectures at the JCC