Short, Cheap, Nearly Great Books SE Denver: Tues, Nov 10 @ 7:30 PM: Biblical Deception in Genesis 27

Friday, November 6, 2015

Tues, Nov 10 @ 7:30 PM: Biblical Deception in Genesis 27

Join us to explore deception in Genesis. There may also be coffee and cookies.

Is Isaac a bamboozled blind old man or a master of deception?
What did Isaac know and when did he know it?
What do we make of references in Gen Ch 27 that mirror other stores in Genesis?
What do historic Jewish commentators think of deception? Do you agree?

Contact me (Mike Levin 303 779-1528) for a handout, and/or come prepared having read Gen 12:1-3; Gen 22:1-19; Gen 25:19-34; Gen 26:34-35; Gen 27 (all of it); Gen 28:1-6.

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