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The Biblical Psychoanalyst

A Bimonthly Newsletter Featuring the Work of Rabbi Dennis G. Shulman, Ph.D.

Volume Two, Issue One     January-February 2004

 

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When God Sends You an E-mail, How Should You Reply?

Dennis Shulman is presently writing a second book, Walking with Moses: A Weekly Guided Tour of the First Five Books of the Bible (to be published later this year). Each chapter will include a summary of, and commentary on the week's biblical reading, written for the open-minded Jew, Christian, Muslim and agnostic who is interested in what the ancient text can teach us today about ourselves and our lives.

This article is an excerpt from Week Seven of Shulman's new book.

 

In the opening narrative of our reading this week (Genesis 28:10-22), it is in the wilderness, alone, vulnerable and destitute, having only a stone for a pillow, franticly trying to escape from his brother, his past and himself, that Jacob dreams, and encounters God for the first time.

Unlike Sigmund Freud and modern psychologically-minded men and women, who generally view dreams as the creation of an individual's unconscious wishes and fears, the biblical author understands the dream as a direct communication from God. A dream in the Bible is a "divine E-mail."

What is evident from a careful examination of the spiritual masterpiece that is Jacob's wilderness dream, and Jacob's reaction to it, is that, while God offers Jacob a profoundly comforting message, Jacob, as he embarks on his two decades of exile and rehabilitation, is not capable of hearing it.

 

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FYI: Calendar of Dennis Shulman's Seminars, Book Signings and Public Lectures

 

Thursday, 1-29-04: All Invited; NJ Public Lecture and Book Signing

The Genius of Genesis: A Psychoanalyst and Rabbi Examines the First Book of the Bible;

The Eric Brown Theater;

The Jewish Community Center on the Palisades; 411 East Clinton Avenue, Tenafly, NJ;

7:30 P.M.;

Fee: $5 for members, $8 for nonmembers; 

For reservations and information, telephone (201) 569-7900 x. 204.

 

Five Consecutive Thursday Evenings Beginning 2-5-04; All Invited; NYC HUC Kollel Seminar

Freud, Moses and Job: Three Geniuses and What They Teach Us;

The Kollel Program, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion;

1 West 4th Street, NYC;

6:30-8:30 P.M.;

For information and registration, E-mail Kollel@HUC.Edu or telephone (212) 824-2272.

 

Three Consecutive Wednesday Evenings Beginning 2-25-04; All Invited; Long Island, NY Free Seminar

The Genius of Genesis: Who We Are, How We Change and What Gives Our Life Purpose;

The Academy for Jewish Studies;

Temple Emanuel of Great Neck; 150 Hicks Lane, Great Neck, NY.

7:45 P.M.;

For additional information, telephone Helaine Kushner at (516) 466-8042.

 

Thursday, 3-25-04: All Invited; NJ Free Public Lecture

What Gives Our Life Purpose?: Answers from Our Bible

The Retired Active Professionals of the Jewish Community Center on the Palisades; 411 East Clinton Avenue, Tenafly, NJ, Room 204;

11:00 A.M. - Noon;

For additional information, telephone (201) 569-7900.

 

Each Shabbat Morning: All Invited

Dennis Shulman leads the Shabbat Morning Minyan and discusses the weekly Torah portion at Chavurah Beth Shalom in Alpine, NJ, Saturday mornings at 9:30 A.M.

For information about the Minyan, E-mail Shabbat@DennisShulman.com.

 

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In September, Dennis Shulman was interviewed about The Genius of Genesis on "The Brian Lehrer Show," WNYC AM-820, FM-93.9 and WNYC.org (the flagship National Public Radio stations in NYC).

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