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  • Bible Outline
  • Chronology

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Online Reading
  • Judaism 101 by T. Rich
  • www.jewfaq.org
  • www.jewfaq.org
  • Go to table of contents,
  • In Words section, read Torah.
  • All of Life Cycle section.

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Sacred Foundations
  • Patriarchs
  • Who were they?
  • Exodus
  • How is this central to Jewish belief?
  • Exile / Restoration
  • How is this central to Jewish belief?

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Second temple period
  • 538 to 70 CE
  • Biblical Texts
  • Emphasis on texts grew.

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DIASPORA.
  • 2nd Temple Period Ends 70 CE Failure of
    rebellion against Rome.
  • HOW TO BE JEWISH WITHOUT JUDAH AND THE TEMPLE?
  • Hillel and Shammai looked for answers

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Post-70 CE
  • Judaism reforms under leaders authorized by Rome
  • Rabbis scholars of sacred text, preserve and
    interpret tradition, innovate.
  • Older emphasis on texts grows as the basis of
    Jewish life.

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Rabbinic Judaism
  • The kind of Judaism formulated by the Rabbis of
    the first several centuries of the Common era.
  • Emphasis on sacred text and tradition.

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Rabbinic Judaism
  • Centres on the development of ritual, tradition,
    and ethics from the Rabbinic discussions about
    the Gods revelation to Moses.

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Rabbinic Judaism isJudaism of the 2 Torahs
  • The inherited Torah-scrolls that open the Bible
    is the Written Torah
  • The recorded teaching and discussions of the
    ancient Rabbis is the Oral Torah.

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Persistence of Rabbinic Judaism
  • Rabbinic Judaism developed over centuries by the
    600s the main texts of the Oral Torah were
    complete the Talmud.
  • Rabbinic Judaism was the predominant form of
    Judaism until the 1800s when it underwent
    serious challenges from modernity.

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Main Jewish denominations now
  • Orthodox (closest to Rabbinic Judaism)
  • Hasidic Judaism, part of Orthodox
    Ultra-Orthodox
  • Reform
  • Conservative
  • Reconstructionist
  • Zionist

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Jewish Distribution, 1997
N. Am. 6 mill Israel 4.6 mill S. Am.
1.2 mill Russia 0.7 mill Africa 0.3
mill Oceania 0.9 mill Canada
330,000 Calgary ca. 6000 Edmonton ca. 5000
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Jewish Beliefs
  • One God
  • YHWH hwhy
  • Name is NOT to be pronounced.
  • Adonai LORD is pronounced when YHWH is
    encountered in biblical texts.
  • HaShem The Name is often found in prayerbooks
  • G-d is sometimes written.

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Shema Prayer www.jewfaq.org/prayer/shema.htm
  • Begins
  • Hear, Oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is
    One
  • Most important prayer in Judaism. Quotes from the
    Bible.

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Principles of Faith
  • Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (1135-1204)
  • RAMBAM
  • Moses Maimonides
  • Determined 13 principles to be the core beliefs
    of Judaism.

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13 Principles http//jewfaq.org/beliefs.htm
  • 1 God exists
  • God is one and unique
  • God is incorporeal
  • God is eternal
  • Prayer is to be directed only to God

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13 Principleshttp//jewfaq.org/beliefs.htm
  • The words of the prophets are true
  • Moses's prophecies are true, Moses was the
    greatest prophet
  • The Written Torah (first 5 biblical books) and
    Oral Torah (Talmud and other writings) were given
    to Moses.
  • There will be no other Torah

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13 Principles http//jewfaq.org/beliefs.htm
  • God knows peoples thoughts and deeds
  • God will reward the good punish the wicked
  • Messiah will eventually come
  • The dead will be resurrected.

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Jewish Bible Tanakh
  • Torah Instruction
  • Neviim Prophets
  • Kethuvim Writings
  • http//www.jewfaq.org/torah.htm

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Torah
  • 5 Books of Moses Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
    Numbers Deuteronomy.
  • Pentateuch
  • Same in all Bibles, Jewish, Christian

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Torah scroll
  • 5 books written on a single scroll
  • Ritual centre of Synagogue life.

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Jewish Bibles
  • Different Versions in very early period
  • Masoretic Text MT (standard since 2nd century
    CE)
  • Hebrew and a little Aramaic

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Prophets
  • Former P. History Books
  • Latter P. Books of Prophecy
  • Often poetic
  • Attributed to named individuals

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Writings Everything else
  • Wisdom Literature
  • Poetry / songs of Praise
  • More history books

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Ark in Krakow
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Bimah in Krakow
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Simhat Torah.
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Jewish Tradition
  • Oral Torah describes Halakhah (to Walk), Jewish
    Law or the proper way of life as understood by
    the great Rabbis.
  • Civil, Family morals
  • Ritual and other religious traditions.

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Halakhah
  • Discussed at great length in Oral Torah.
  • Oral Torah huge collection of books
  • MISHNAH
  • TALMUD
  • Continuous tradition of talking about tradition

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What does Halakhah regulate?
  • What happens you are born to when you die
  • What you do when wake up to when you go to sleep
  • Weekly
  • Annual

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Sabbath / Shabbat
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