Rabbinic Judaism Rabbi Synagogue Beth Alpha Dura Europas
Beth Alpha Synagogue
Dura Europas Synagogue (Scenes from Book of Esther)
Purity & Food Laws “building a wall around the Torah”
Mikveh: a ritual pool (1 st cent., Temple Mount)
12 th cent. Germany
Modern
Hebrew Bible Law (Torah) Prophets (Nevi’im) Writings (Ketuvim) = Tanakh
Rabbinic Literature Mishnah: Judah ha-Nasi—before 220 Tosefta Talmudim Babylonian Talmud (ca. 500) Palestinian/Jerusalem Talmud (ca. 400) Midrash: Lilith & Creation Accounts
Noachic Covenant & Gentiles 1.no blasphemy 2.no idolatry 3.no bloodshed 4.no incest 5.no theft 6.no eating flesh of living animals (basically, blood) 7.recognition of the true God (sometimes)