During this part of the year, traditional Jewish communities all over the world are studying

sections from the book of Deuteronomy on a weekly basis.

This week, in the podcast, we enter into the text of Deuteronomy to try and uncover how Moses, in his

parting oration to the people of Israel, understands power and the dilemmas of politics.

To do that, we look at chapter 17, in which Moses discusses the institution of kingship, monarchy.

Welcome to the Tikva podcast. I'm your host, Jonathan Silver. My guest is the Israeli writer and

philosopher Mika Goodman, author of a best-selling Israeli book on Deuteronomy,

Han'eum Ha'Acharon Shal Moshe, Moses's Last Speech. The book is not translated into English,

but if what you hear from Mika Goodman intrigues you, you can access his online video course,

Deuteronomy, the last speech of Moses, completely free of charge at the website,

courses.tikvafund.org. That's courses.tikvafund.org. Our conversation today about monarchy

and power is one theme that the course touches upon,

but it's really only the beginning.

There, in the course, you'll be able to learn about the theological innovations of Deuteronomy,

how it understands the Jewish past, the Jewish present, how it understands Egypt, the temple,

Jewish ethics.

There's eight video episodes, you can watch them all at your own pace by registering

on the website. If you enjoy this conversation, you can subscribe to the Tikva podcast on iTunes,

Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. I hope you leave us a five-star review to help us grow this community

of ideas. I welcome your feedback on this or any of our other podcast episodes at podcast at

tikfafund.org. And if you want to learn more about our work at Tikva, you can visit our website,

tikfafunds.org, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Here now is my conversation with

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