The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind

著者: Lobel Center for Jewish Classical Education
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  • Welcome to The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind, a podcast that tells the story of the prophets, philosophers, and poets who created the West. In this podcast, Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Rocklin guides listeners through more than 3,000 years of Western history, offering a coherent, civilizational story of how the West came to be—along with a deepened understanding of the challenges it now faces. While many of the texts discussed will be familiar to students of the humanities, Rabbi Rocklin offers a new framework for understanding them—a framework in which the teachings of the Jewish religious tradition play a central role. For, as Rabbi Rocklin explains, Western civilization can only be understood as the product of a transformative and ongoing collision between the great traditions of Jerusalem and Athens—between the religious spirit of the Jews and the philosophical spirit of the Greeks.
    2024
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Welcome to The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind, a podcast that tells the story of the prophets, philosophers, and poets who created the West. In this podcast, Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Rocklin guides listeners through more than 3,000 years of Western history, offering a coherent, civilizational story of how the West came to be—along with a deepened understanding of the challenges it now faces. While many of the texts discussed will be familiar to students of the humanities, Rabbi Rocklin offers a new framework for understanding them—a framework in which the teachings of the Jewish religious tradition play a central role. For, as Rabbi Rocklin explains, Western civilization can only be understood as the product of a transformative and ongoing collision between the great traditions of Jerusalem and Athens—between the religious spirit of the Jews and the philosophical spirit of the Greeks.
2024
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    2024/11/21

    The gods and fate continue to control mankind, but The Odyssey will now add a third element: human folly. Together, we’ll answer the following questions:

    1. Why would Odysseus have chosen to go home instead of possibly becoming immortal?
    2. What role does Telemachus, Odysseus’ son, play in bringing Odysseus home?
    3. How does Odysseus model a different version of Greek heroism than Achilles and Hector?

    Recommended Reading: Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin, 1996.

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    38 分
  • The Iliad II: An Epic for the Ages
    2024/11/19

    Rage, honor, and fate continue to drive The Iliad to its ultimate, tragic end. As we read, we’ll explore the following questions:

    1. What is it about beauty that would have made the Greeks go to war over a beautiful woman?
    2. How does The Iliad highlight the values of the Greek gods that the heros then personify?
    3. How does Homer attempt to resolve the conflict between loyalty to the family and loyalty to the city?

    Recommended Reading: Homer. The Iliad. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin, 1990.

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    35 分
  • Saga and Song: An Introduction to Homer and the Iliad
    2024/11/14

    We turn our attention now to The Iliad, which is one of the most fundamental texts in western civilization. We’ll discover answers to the following questions:

    1. Who was Homer, what is The Iliad, and why are we reading it?
    2. How do rage and honor drive the story as much as the gods do?
    3. Why are the gods so heavily involved in Homer’s recounting the story of a human war?

    Recommended Reading: Homer. The Iliad. Trans. Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin, 1990.

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    32 分

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