OCT 16 Judaism
For MONDAY; read http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/Mishnah.html
(And Play around with the site..)
Between which events did Rabbinic Judaism develop?
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What dated would this be? __________________________________
What were the main centres of Jewish life? _____________________
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Where did Jews live in this period? _____________________________
What were the main patterns of political change?
Palestine / Mediterranean ___________________________________________
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Mesopotamia / Babylonia ___________________________________________
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When and how did Islam get its start?
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What characterized the period 70 to 700? _______________________________
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What are the three main religions in the western world by 700?
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The rise of Islam occurred around the time of what event in the history of
Judaism? ________________________________________________
What is the title of the early Torah teachers? _______________________
around when did they live? _____________________________________
What were some of their influences? ______________________________
After 70 c.e., what major change had to take place in Jewish religious practice?
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Who was instrumental in the early stages of this process?
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How did he accomplish it?
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Where did he work? ________________________________________________
He was part of which group? _________________________________________
What was the new title they gave new members? _________________________
What did they seek to do?___________________________________________
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How did they accommodate the loss of Jerusalem?
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The new leadership at Yavneh was called the ____________________________
Why did they have to develop a new form of Judaism? _____________________
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This motivation was reinforced by what event? ___________________________
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Who was the leader of this attempt to reclaim ancient Judaism?
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Who did some Jews think he was? ____________________________________
What was the new basis for Judaism? _________________________________
Who were some of the important “tannaim” who accomplished this?
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What was the most important documents of the Oral Torah which were produced
in these early centuries c.e.? _______________________________________