Professor Kozlowski Lectures

Professor Kozlowski examines the laws of Leviticus and how they reveal new insights into God's Nature - though perhaps not as much as we might like. To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com. And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.

After a run of students asking for advice on learning about Christianity, Professor Kozlowski has decided to write and release his own guide for independently studying and familiarizing oneself with the Bible. Specifically, he recommends the following options, according to the length of one's commitment, or successively, as a way to gradually improve one's knowledge: 1/10 of the Bible (2 Weeks - 1 Month): OT: Genesis 1-25, Exodus 1-20, Ecclesiastes, Daniel 1-6, Jonah; NT: Luke, Romans 1/4 of the Bible (1-3 Months): OT: Genesis, Exodus 1-20, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Joel, Amos; NT: Matthew, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Philippians, Colossians, Hebrews 1/2 of the Bible (3-6 Months): OT: Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, Ezra, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Daniel; NT: Luke, Acts, Galatians, Ephesians, Revelation Professor Kozlowski also discusses why this approach might appeal to some students, and recommends other Christianity-related readings useful to students trying to understand Christian teaching, such as: Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis The Confessions, by Augustine of Hippo Little Pilgrim's Progress by Helen L. Taylor Please feel free to share this with any students you know exploring Christianity for themselves, and don't hesitate to e-mail me at profbkozlowski@gmail.com if you have any questions, or if you want to discuss Christianity or your personal faith.

The golden calf episode in Exodus 32-34 is one of the most important passages in the Bible, and one of the least understood or discussed. Today, Professor Kozlowski closely examines this microcosmic story exploring the nature of sin, God's character, and how to properly debate (and even win arguments against) God. To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com. And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.

After one of the most famous and exciting stories in the entire Bible comes...a bunch of laws and a famously boring series of chapters detailing the specific construction of the tabernacle. And yet, Professor Kozlowski has a lot to say about these passages, notably including his hermeneutic of Biblical law and how Jews (and Christians) should (and should NOT) apply these laws and principles to their live in a modern, pluralistic democracy. Keep in mind that I don't know how to access any comments you post on Spotify, so if you have any personal attacks to level at me, try e-mail instead. To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com. And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.

Today, since Professor Kozlowski is feeling a bit sick, he has uploaded his World Wisdom Traditions lecture, in a true return-to-pandemic-origins! Today he's discussing the underworld/afterlife myth in Plato's Phaedo (107c-118a), including discussion of how myth relates to philosophy, how Plato uses myth in his dialogues, and how that will inform the class going forward. To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com.

Professor Kozlowski tackles "The Greatest Story Ever Told": The Exodus of Israel from Egypt. To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com. And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.

Professor Kozlowski tackles the messy and enigmatic one-two punch of the Jacob and Joseph narratives in the back half of Genesis, with emphasis on the weird and difficult passages like Jacob's complicated polygamous love life, his equally-strange relationship with God, and the apparently-nonsensical story of Judah and Tamar. We'll also look at the themes and implications suggested by these stories, as a way of preparing for the big show of the Exodus in the coming weeks. To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com. And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.

Today Professor Kozlowski discusses the complicated, post-lapsarian world of early Genesis. He confronts some of the big ticket Genesis stories like Cain & Abel, Noah, and the Tower of Babel, as well as a deep examination of the story of Abraham, and his interpretation of Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction. Along the way he'll examine some of the most controversial discussions surrounding these passages, including the use of Ham's genealogy as a justification for slavery, and whether or not the destruction of Sodom should be seen as a condemnation of homosexuality. It'll be another long one, but there's no shortage of important things to discuss! To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com. And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.

Hooray! It's finally time to actually read and discuss the Bible! But only a little bit, since the first three chapters of Genesis apparently warrant an entire two-and-a-half-hour discussion all by themselves. Today Professor Kozlowski discusses the tensions between Genesis 1 and Genesis 2, the characteristics of God and His created universe, as emphasized and explored in these passages, as well as the manifold interpretations and struggles between these texts, other mythological traditions, and scientific teaching. Along the way he'll discuss many of the controversies and issues springing from these passages, many of which will become more prominent later in the series. Kind of a lot of pontificating for some two-and-a-half pages of Bible, but it is some of the most important and controversial writing ever put to paper. To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com. And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.

But didn't we introduce the Pentateuch LAST WEEK? Nope. Old Testament "Introduction" is a formal term encompassing all of the scholarship surrounding authorship, provenance, textual criticism & history, and other non-content related questions about the text (largely because Old Testament "Criticism" sounds blasphemous in Christian circles). Today Professor Kozlowski confronts some of the most important questions surrounding the Pentateuch and its composition - and why most of those arguments and questions are either lazy, tautological, or impertinent to its relevance as a foundational religious text. To see what else Professor Kozlowski is up to, visit his webpage: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/ or contact him directly at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com. And please consider contributing to Professor Kozlowski's Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski - where you'll also be able to vote for and suggest new topics for future lectures.