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From Thursday, November 29 2007
To Thursday, December 20 2007
7:30pm - 9:00pm Thursday of each week |
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Foundational texts of Jewish Life and Thought
More than two thousand years ago, long before the destruction of the
2nd Temple by the Romans in 70 AD, the early Rabbis were already laying
the intellectual groundwork for the
development of a post-Biblical Judaism. Without this critical move,
Judaism may very well have ceased to exist. However, the remarkable
adaptability of our ancestors yielded a new
set of perspectives on Judaism that has endured to the present day.
This course will examine several foundational texts of Jewish life and
thought as they began to be articulated in this
time period: from the Torah, Prophets and Writings, as well as early
fundamental ideas in rabbinic interpretation and the development of the
Prayerbook.
No Hebrew knowledge is required for this class.
Rabbi Andy Bachman
$100 series/$10 single class
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