INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM RELI UT TYLER SPRING SEMESTER 2015 Instructor Rabbi Neal Katz
INTRO TO CLASS
SYLLABUS & EXPECTATIONS
VOCABULARY OF JUDAISM - LITERACY
WHO ARE THE JEWS? WHAT IS JUDAISM?
HOW IS SOMEONE JEWISH?
HOW IS SOMEONE JEWISH? 1. BORN TO A JEWISH MOTHER*
HOW IS SOMEONE JEWISH? 1. BORN TO A JEWISH MOTHER* 2. CONVERT
HOW IS SOMEONE JEWISH? 1. BORN TO A JEWISH MOTHER* 1A. BORN TO A JEWISH FATHER** 2. CONVERT
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
BIBLE
HEBREW BIBLE JEWISH BIBLE OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE TORAH TANACH
TANACH / TANAKH
TORAH NEVI’IM - PROPHETS KETHUVIM - WRITINGS
TNKTNK
T N K
TANAKH
TORAH (5) NEVI’IM – PROPHETS (21) KETHUVIM – WRITINGS (13)
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)
TANAKH TORAH NEVI’IM - PROPHETS KETHUVIM - WRITINGS
TORAH
GENESIS EXODUS LEVITICUS NUMBERS DEUTERONOMY TORAH
TORAH HISTORY
PROPHETS
WRITINGS
TANAKH – HEBREW BIBLE
EXTRA-BIBLICAL WORKS
SINAI
GOD
SINAI GOD ORTHODOX
SINAI GOD PEOPLE ORTHODOX
SINAI GOD PEOPLE ORTHODOXNON - ORTHODOX
SINAI GOD PEOPLE ORTHODOXNON - ORTHODOX 95%
HOMEWORK PICK 1 BIBLICAL BOOK FOR A HISTORICAL/JEWISH EXPLANATION – FOR A SIMPLE PRESENTATION NEXT CLASS
NEXT CLASS TUESDAY, JAN 9:30AM