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

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

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudPage.html

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)