1. Rabbinic Judaism Rabbi Synagogue Beth Alpha Dura Europas

2. Beth Alpha Synagogue

3. Dura Europas Synagogue (Scenes from Book of Esther)

4. Purity & Food Laws “building a wall around the Torah”

5. Mikveh: a ritual pool (1 st cent., Temple Mount)

6. 12 th cent. Germany

7. Modern

8. Hebrew Bible Law (Torah) Prophets (Nevi’im) Writings (Ketuvim) = Tanakh

9. Rabbinic Literature Mishnah: Judah ha-Nasi—before 220 Tosefta Talmudim Babylonian Talmud (ca. 500) Palestinian/Jerusalem Talmud (ca. 400) Midrash: Lilith & Creation Accounts

11. 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)