Jewish Scriptures

Jewish Scriptures Guided Lecture Notes Overview of Judaism Who was Abraham? And when did he live? What is the “covenant” in Judaism? And what are the terms of this “covenant?” What are the Three Phases of Jewish History? 1. 2. 3. What are some core Jewish concepts? 1. 2. 3. 4. Jewish Scriptures What is the Tanakh? What are the sections of the Tanakh? 1. 2. 3. What is the Talmud? What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Torah What is the Pentateuch? What are the five books of the Pentateuch? When was the Torah written? When was it canonized? What is the content of the Torah? Documentary Hypothesis According to the traditional Judaism, who wrote the Moses? Why did some Biblical scholars begin to question whether Moses was the sole author of the Torah? What is a “couplet” in the Torah? Who are the four authors of the Documentary Hypothesis? 1. 2. 3. 4. What are the two Genesis creation stories? And who are the potential authors? The Talmud When was the Second Temple destroyed? And how does that influence the development of Judaism? Who were the Sadducees? And how did they influence the development of the Talmud? What is the Mishnah? What are the Six Parts of Talmud? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The Talmud What is on a page of the Talmud in Hebrew? How is Talmud Study done? The Dead Sea Scrolls When and where were these scrolls discovered? How many Dead Sea Scrolls are there? Who likely wrote them? What does this show us about Judaism at the time they were written? Why are the Dead Sea Scrolls so important for Biblical scholars?