Beginnings of Judaism

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Twenty four lectures of 30 minutes each.
Lecture 1. The beginnings of Judaism--Biblical roots -- Lecture 2. New challenges in the late biblical period -- Lecture 3. Jews under Persian rule--The return to Zion -- Lecture 4. The challenge of Hellenism -- Lecture 5. The Maccabees-- From rebels to kings -- Lecture 6. The canonization of the Hebrew Bible -- Lecture 7. Translating the Bible--The Septuagint -- Lecture 8. Adding to the Bible--The Apocrypha -- Lecture 9. Tobit--A new path of righteousness -- Lecture 10. Retelling the Bible--The book of Jubilees -- Lecture 11. Revealing the unknown -- Lecture 12. "Judaism" or "Judaisms"? -- Lecture 13. Sectarianism--Pharisees and Sadducees -- Lecture 14. Out of the caves--Discovery at Qumran -- Lecture 15. The End of Days--Messianic eschatology -- Lecture 16. Other lands, other Jews--The Diaspora -- Lecture 17. Judaism in the Hellenistic world -- Lecture 18. Changing God's address--Temple to synagogue -- Lecture 19. Rome arrives in Jerusalem -- Lecture 20. Parting with the temple -- Lecture 21. From Jerusalem to Yavne--Rabbinic Judaism -- Lecture 22. The shaping of Rabbinic Judaism -- Lecture 23. A violent epilogue--Bar Kokhba -- Lecture 24. From "Roots" to "Tree."
Professor Isaiah M. Gafni, lecturer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
How did Judaism develop from its biblical roots to the highly developed system we know today? What has changed and what has remained constant? The answers to these questions are relevant to all faiths, as well as to anyone seeking to broaden their understanding of ancient history - a past that is inexorably linked to the present. The roots of Judaism reach back to the Hebrew Bible - also known as the Old Testament by Christians. For thousands of years, Jews have looked to these scriptures for their origins, and have located in them the tenets of their faith. The Bible provides Jews reasons for sadness and joy, wisdom, and most of all, a profound belief in what God expects of them and has promised to them. Though Jews of every generation have recognized and cherished the Bible as the ultimate source of all Jewish existence, much of what is recognized today as Judaism does not appear in the Bible. For example, worshipping in places other than the single, original Temple in Jerusalem is expressly forbidden by the Bible. Nevertheless, Jews today worship in synagogues wherever there might be a Jewish community. Similarly, the Rabbinic model, for centuries the most visible example of religious and communal leadership among Jews, is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible.
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