• May 9, 2026
  • 22 5786, Iyyar
  • פרשת בהר־בחקתי

General Introduction. The Story of Enoch

In today’s class will discuss general ideas about the genre of Midrash in Jewish literature and set the time and place parameters.

We will dive into our first Biblical Figure – Enoch of the Beginning of Genesis and the different ancient Jewish exegeses and Midrashic explanation of his story.