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 (1st cent., Temple Mount)
12th cent. Germany
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 blasphemy2. no idolatry3. no bloodshed4. no incest5. no theft6. no eating flesh of living animals
(basically, blood)7. recognition of the true God
(sometimes)