History Tutorial - Jewish Studies 101

Description

In this course, you will learn:-

• By way of an introduction to Jewish history, in Introduction to Jewish Studies

Syllabus:-

• Introduction to the course

• This is Jewish Studies 101.

• Jewish Studies is a skill.

• There are three periods of human history.

• This is the history of Jewish Studies.

• This is the running vocabulary list. (Vocab #1)

• Jewish History parallels human history.

• We are in the Modern period.

• Who were the Israelites?

• What does 'Israel' mean?

• Judah was a tribe.

• Was ancient Judah a giant kingdom?

• What is historiography?

• Where is Babylon?

• What happened in 586/587 BCE?

• Did the Babylonian empire actually conquer and exile Ancient Israel?

• Jerusalem was the capital of Judah.

• Jerusalem has been been conquered by many different powers.

• Ancient Israelites built a temple in Jerusalem.

• The first Ancient Israelite temple in Jerusalem was extremely complex.

• Was the Beit Ha-Mikdash rebuilt?

• What was the Second Temple Period?

• How did Ancient Jews interpret the destruction of the Second Temple?

• How significant was the destruction of the temple?

• The Romans banned the Jews from living in Jerusalem.

• The destruction of the temple is essential to understanding Jewish History.

• A small part of the Western Wall of the Second Temple still stands in Jerusalem.

• People pray at the Kotel today.

• Is Jewish Tradition synonymous with Rabbinic Tradition?

• Ancient Jews spoke Aramaic.

• Jewish Studies is very technical.

• Ancient Rabbis were aware of the Babylonian religion.

• The first Rabbis to live outside the land of Israel were called Tann-Im

• The Rabbinic Tradition is based on the Hebrew Bible.

• The Hebrew Bible has mythical/unknown origins

• A common name for the Hebrew Bible is Tanakh.

• Tanakh is an acronym.

• The Torah tells the story of the first humans and the creation of the world.

• What is Biblical History?

• What story does the Torah tell?

• The Jewish King David united the tribes into one kingdom.

• How does Rabbinic Literature relate to the story of the Hebrew Bible?