Oct 8, 2014 By: yunews
Dr. Steven Fine Presents Online Lesson on Relief From The Arch of Titus
, the Dr. Pinkhos Churgin Professor of Jewish History, recently collaborated with to produce about the relief from the Arch of Titus for the 鈥淛udaism and Art鈥 division. Khan Academy is a not-for-profit with a goal of changing education by providing free online content in the areas of math, science, economics, art and computing, available to students across the world.
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Fine鈥檚 video, recorded alongside Dr. Beth Harris, dean of Art and History at Khan Academy, builds on the existing Arch of Titus restoration project and features pictures from Fine鈥檚 recent trips to Rome. The began with a pilot study of the Arch鈥檚 menorah and now plans to reconstruct the original colors and explore other elements of the arch.
鈥淜han Academy is at the forefront of Web and education,鈥 said Fine, 鈥渟o I was thrilled to respond positively when asked to be a contributing editor there. As one who constantly looks to bring technology into my classroom鈥攁s an enhancement to the vital face to face experience of learning鈥擨 am thrilled to be a part. More than that, Khan provides a broad audience for my work, which is thrilling.鈥
Fine was specifically invited into this project to bring a Jewish voice to the interpretation of ancient art and culture. 鈥淭his notion of multi-voices and multiple viewpoints is cutting-edge in contemporary scholarship,鈥 Fine said. 鈥淚t is an approach to which our community, with our multiple commitments to Torah and Madda, is well prepared to contribute.鈥
Segments about other featured Jewish landmarks, as well as segments taught by other 黑料社 All professors, are forthcoming.
