{"product_id":"modern-jews-engage-the-new-testament-companion-figures-a-visual-aid-for-teaching-9781580233934","title":"Modern Jews Engage the New Testament Companion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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 textwhich pages to read and which \"Figures\" to examine. The latterthe distinctive diagrams, pictorials, chartsnot 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 classor 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","brand":"Jewish Lights Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359647269207,"sku":"9781580233934","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781580233934.jpg?v=1754125284","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-jews-engage-the-new-testament-companion-figures-a-visual-aid-for-teaching-9781580233934","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}