{"product_id":"modern-jews-engage-the-new-testament-companion-figures-a-visual-aid-for-teaching-9781580233934","title":"Modern Jews Engage the New Testament Companion Figures: A Visual Aid for Teaching","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fifty-two-page manual opens with concise blueprints for teaching six adult education lessons and four full courses based on Rabbi Michael J. Cook's volume, \u003cem\u003eModern Jews Engage the New Testament: Enhancing Jewish Well-Being in a Christian Environment.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cem\u003elessons\u003c\/em\u003e are stand-alone sessions on various topics: questions posed by Christians that Jews find hard to answer; the parting of the ways between Judaism and Christianity; the Jesus of history; the Last Supper and today's church \"seders\"; the impact of Passion traditions on the Jews; and whether the New Testament is antisemitic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cem\u003ecourses\u003c\/em\u003e address: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Testament Basics Jews Should Know (5 sessions)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Christian Holy Days Impact the Jews (5 sessions)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Four Gospels: A Concern for Jews from Each (4 sessions)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Early Christians Applied \"Gospel Dynamics\" (8 sessions)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccommodating calendar needs, the courses can be \u003cem\u003eshortened\u003c\/em\u003e (omitting sessions); \u003cem\u003eexpanded\u003c\/em\u003e (extending sessions); even \u003cem\u003ecombined\u003c\/em\u003e (by stringing courses together).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssigned for each \u003cem\u003elesson\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ecourse\u003c\/em\u003e session are materials from the main text--which pages to read and which \"Figures\" to examine. The latter--the distinctive diagrams, pictorials, charts--not only aid comprehension, supply key biblical passages, and reinforce recall, but they also can stimulate group discussion. This explains why the manual reproduces all eighty-four  The idea? First, participants do assignments from the main book at home. Then they bring \u003cem\u003eCompanion Figures\u003c\/em\u003e alone to class--or instructors distribute copies as each session begins.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith these \u003cem\u003elessons\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ecourses\u003c\/em\u003e clearly laid out, time-consuming planning by teachers is already accomplished  And instructors preferring to devise their own courses now have models in the structures which Dr. Cook provides.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jewish Lights Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580233934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.12d","brand":"Michael J. Cook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40721069015221,"sku":"9781580233934","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b2273edf-a661-475b-92d4-1bd0dffe74e3.jpg?v=1628604979","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/modern-jews-engage-the-new-testament-companion-figures-a-visual-aid-for-teaching-9781580233934","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}