INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM RELI UT TYLER SPRING SEMESTER 2016 Instructor Rabbi Neal Katz
WHO ARE THE JEWS? WHAT IS JUDAISM?
God/Theology Life Cycle Events Worship Culture Religion Land Language Literature Food Rituals Legal System Dietary Rules History Bible Peoplehood Temple/Synagogue Antisemitism Holidays Messiah Denominations
TANACH / TANAKH
HEBREW BIBLE TEXTS PROPHETS Joshua Judges Samuel (I & II) Kings (I & II) Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi TORAH Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy WRITINGS Psalms Proverbs Job Song of Songs Ruth Lamentations Ecclesiastes Esther Daniel Ezra Nehemiah Chronicles (I & II)
TORAH
PROPHETS
WRITINGS
FIVE SCROLLS Song of Songs - Passover Ruth - Shavuot Lamentations – Tisha B’Av Ecclesiastes - Sukkot Esther - Purim
SYNAGOGUE CURRICULUM
HEBREW BIBLE TEXTS PROPHETS Joshua Judges Samuel (I & II) Kings (I & II) Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi TORAH Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy WRITINGS Psalms Proverbs Job Song of Songs Ruth Lamentations Ecclesiastes Esther Daniel Ezra Nehemiah Chronicles (I & II)
WHO WROTE THE BIBLE? HOW DID IT COME TO BE?
SINAI GOD PEOPLE ORTHODOXNON - ORTHODOX 95%
BIBLICAL HISTORY & SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM
Pre-Temple Era King David Solomon’s Temple Northern Kingdom destroyed Southern Kingdom Destroyed - Exile to Babylon Exile Over Second Temple Built Alexander the Great Maccabees Great Revolt Against Rome Judea defeated / Temple destroyed ?
FIRST TEMPLE
DIASPORA JUDAISM
Pre-Temple Era King David Solomon’s Temple Northern Kingdom destroyed Southern Kingdom Destroyed - Exile to Babylon Exile Over Second Temple Built Alexander the Great Maccabees Great Revolt Against Rome Judea defeated / Temple destroyed ?
SECOND TEMPLE
Pre-Temple Era King David Solomon’s Temple Northern Kingdom destroyed Southern Kingdom Destroyed - Exile to Babylon Exile Over Second Temple Built Alexander the Great Maccabees Great Revolt Against Rome Judea defeated / Temple destroyed ?
Alexander the Great
Pre-Temple Era King David Solomon’s Temple Northern Kingdom destroyed Southern Kingdom Destroyed - Exile to Babylon Exile Over Second Temple Built Alexander the Great Maccabees Great Revolt Against Rome Judea defeated / Temple destroyed ?
MACCABEES
PHARISEES SADDUCEES ESSENES DEAD SEA SECT Late Second Temple Jewish Sects
Pre-Temple Era King David Solomon’s Temple Northern Kingdom destroyed Southern Kingdom Destroyed - Exile to Babylon Exile Over Second Temple Built Alexander the Great Maccabees Great Revolt Against Rome Judea defeated / Temple destroyed ?
MASADA
TEMPLE DESTRUCTION
KAMSA / BAR KAMSA
RABBINIC JUDAISM
PARDES P’SHAT REMEZ D’RASH SOD
PARDES P’SHAT - LITERAL REMEZ - HINTED D’RASH - SERMONIC SOD - SECRETIVE
PARDES GEN 22
Pre-Temple Era King David Solomon’s Temple Northern Kingdom destroyed Southern Kingdom Destroyed - Exile to Babylon Exile Over Second Temple Built Alexander the Great Maccabees Great Revolt Against Rome Judea defeated / Temple destroyed ?