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ny aspects of judaism as we know it today such as the holidays of purim and hanukkah the fast days the canonization of tanakh the publication of the mishnah and talmud and the rise of the rabbis but this period is also interesting for the variety of forms of judaism and groups of jews that did not gain hegemony samaritans hellenists sadducees pharisees essenes and the dead sea sect among others each of these groups had to respond to and a find a way to survive two destructions and exiles many wars and revolts strong influences from foreign cultures and internal strife while at the same time remaining committed to monotheism and the biblical tradition not all of these groups were successful we will try to figure out why the relevance of this material for understanding our own identities and for evaluating the current state of judaism and its future prospects will become obvious in addition to these themes and questions class discussion will focus on historical analysis and critical evaluation of primary sources we will learn to think and write like historians by identifying all relevant literary and archeological sources recognizing the interpretive difficulties presented by these sources and evaluating the methodological issues confronting the modern historian we will be able to formulate not only what we know but also how we know it how sure we are of it and what gaps are there in the historical record as with everything in life you ll only get as much from this course as you put into it so let s dig in required text books available on amazon schiffman lawrence from text to tradition a history of second temple and rabbinic judaism hoboken ktav publishing house 1991 fttt texts and traditions a source reader for the study of second temple and rabbinic judaism hoboken ktav publishing house 1998 t t some of the information in these textbooks is also available at the center for online judaic studies cojs requirements 1 attendance prompt arrival and class participation are assumed anything more than two absences will lower your grade three lates are equivalent to one absence 2 preparation and participation reading assigned primary and secondary texts is essential for you success in grasping the wide survey of history we are covering in this course primary texts are important so that you learn the methodology of how historians use these sources to construct the past secondary texts help in presenting organizing and helping us remember important historical data i may assign written and electronic homework assignments and quizzes based on the readings students may also be selected randomly each class to read and explain the required texts or to summarize the assigned reading 10 3 exams a midterm 35 and a final 45 will assess your grasp and retention of material as well as give the class an opportunity to review and notice patterns that recur through many topics 4 writing project see under class 22 below due on december 14th 10 office hours tuesday thursday after class at 3pm or by appointment please email rhidary yu edu with any questions or concerns unit i introduction 1 th august 31 slides periods and sources overview of the periods and topics to be covered what primary sources can we use to reconstruct history and how do we evaluate those sources methodology and themes josephus video 2 t september 5 when did exodus happen slides reading cojs http cojs org overview _jews_and_judaism_in_the_greco roman_period and http cojs org jews_in_the_persian_period_ 520 332_bce fttt 1 32 this pdf only starts on page 17 unit ii persian period 3 th september 7 slides for classses 3 4 pdf the babylonian period and chronology reading fttt 33 45 t t 65 73 read 2 kings 24 25 and jer 52 carefully make note of dates bring a tanakh read wikipedia on neo assyrian empire and neo babylonian empire how do historians calculate when important events happened where do the dates of our fast days come from what are the events at the end of the first temple that set the stage for the second temple period 4 t september 12 return from exile counting 70 activities of ezra and nehemiah reading fttt 47 59 t t 80 92 104 5 ezra 1 7 10 nehemiah whole book especially chs 8 and 10 bring a tanakh 2 chron 36 haggai 1 is 44 28 45 1 jeremiah 29 zechariah 7 8 daniel 9 recommended reading at cojs cojs https youtu be kcb4y2v3j0k t 19m38s wikipedia on achaemenid empire menachem leibtag article http tanach org special purim doc how did the exile end and what happened when the jews were allowed to return to israel how do you count the 70 years prophesied by jeremiah what is the historical setting of megilat esther and how can history help us better understand purim what did ezra and nehemiah do to ensure the survival and growth of the jews and judaism how do they turn to for guidance when the age of prophecy ends 5 th septempber 14 slides handout samaritans reading fttt 45 47 t t 92 103 2 kings 17 ezra 4 encyclopedia judaica samaritans and samaritan pentateuch recommended readings at cojs on dna research of samaritans robert t anderson the elusive samaritan temple the biblical archaeologist vol 54 no 2 jun 1991 pp 104 107 feldman louis josephus attitude toward the samaritans a study in ambivalence studies in jewish civilization 3 1992 23 45 who are the samaritans and where did they come from what are their beliefs and practices what has been their relationship with the jews where are they today 6 t september 19 elephantine papyri slides temple papyrus http youtu be jcpcbe4xhcc reading purvis and meyers exile and return from the babylonian destruction to the reconstruction of the jewish state in ancient israel from abraham to the roman destruction of the temple passover temple recommended reading bezalel porten the jews in egypt in the cambridge history of judaism volume one the persian period pp 378 400 why are there jews making sacrifices in egypt what can we learn about these documents about judaism during this period unit iii hellenistic period 7 t september 26 slides alexander the great hellenism reading fttt 60 79 cojs recommended reading t t 121 150 did alexander the great visit israel what is hellenism and how did it effect judaism how did israel get stuck between two warring empires again 8 t october 17 maccabees hanukkah hasmonean dynasty reading t t 151 169 recommended reading at cojs why did antiochus iv issue decrees against the jews what does this incident reflect about varying degrees of hellenization among the jews did everyone accept hasmonean rule how did hannukah develop into what it is today 9 th october 19 10 t october 24 the legacy of the hasmoneans hellenism in encyclopaedia judaica cojs what were the lasting effects of hellenism on judaism how have the maccabees been remembered through the centuries how were the maccabees used by zionists why is our basketball team called the maccabees and what about the maccabeats 11 th october 26 ethiopian jews http www youtube com watch v c5qnoq_ewhc http www youtube com watch v cuxb1ebe8ri sources 12 t october 31 sectarianism and the dead sea scrolls intro slides sects handout mmt slides mmt handout reading magen broshi a day in the life of hananiah nothos a story fttt 98 119 120 138 t t 266 299 340 1 363 6 http blip tv file 1888211 what were the major sects competing during the late second temple what were they fighting about did they all share a common judaism or were these sects multiple judaisms what can we learn from the library of a long extinct group of isolationist jews with strange practices who lived near the dead sea 13 th november 2 septuagint the most important translation ever made sources letter of aristeas powerpoint reading fttt 80 94 t t 211 220 letter of aristeas bt megillah 9a b why does elias bickerman call the septuagint the most important translation ever made what are the differences between the septuagint and the hebrew massoretic text what was the status of the septuagint in the eyes of the rabbis 14 t november 7 midterm midterm review sheet current to 2017 15 th november 9 apocrypha tobit and esther additions powerpoint reading fttt 120 130 t t 306 307 330 333 book of tobit pdf or http www ebible org kjv tobit htm recommended reading at cojs what can we learn from the apocryphal books about the religion and culture of the jews in judea and in the diaspora what was the view of the rabbis towards the apocrypha 16 t november 14 philo judaeus handout reading fttt 139 149 t t pp 369 407 esp 385 395 cojs suggested reading wolfson harry a philo foundations of religious philosophy in judaism christianity and islam cambridge harvard university press 1948 who was philo how jewish was he and did he even read hebrew why did the christians preserve his writings what can we learn from his writings what shul would philo go to if he were alive today unit v roman period 17 th november 16 herod roman rule slides reading fttt 139 149 t t pp 369 407 esp 385 395 what was life like in judea under the herod and the roman procurators what is the historical background for the jesus movement did jesus ever intend to start a new religion who really killed jesus 18 t november 21 19 t november 28 the beginnings of christianity slides reading t t 407 414 149 156 t t 414 427 e p sanders the life of jesus in shanks hershel ed christianity and rabbinic judaism washinton d c biblical archaeology society 1992 41 83 recommended gospel of mark when and how did christianity become a separate religion how were the early christians treated by the roman empire how antagonistic were relations between jews and christians 20 th november 30 destruction of temple ii slides josephus and the talmud reading fttt 157 164 t t pp 429 469 esp 446 457 recommended reading feldman louis judaism and hellenism reconsidered brill 2006 pp 763 782 rubenstein jeffrey talmudic stories narrative art composition and culture baltimore johns hopkins university press 1999 pp 139 173 what were the different views about the revolt among the jews how does josephus describe his own experiences during the war how do the rabbis recall these events and what lesson do they take from them masada 21 t december 5 reactions to destruction development of the synagogue reading fttt 164 171 t t 118 120 469 479 steven fine from meeting house to sacred realm holiness and the ancient synagogue in sacred realm the emergence of the synagogue in the ancient world 21 47 mosaics word what were the economic political religious and theological reactions to the destruction of the temple how did the decision of the rabbis at yavneh ensure the continuity of judaism without a temple what institutions and rituals replaced the functions of the temple unit vi tannaitic period rabbinic judaism 22 th december 7 bar kokhba revolt slides reading fttt 171 176 t t 487 495 why did the jews decide to revolt again what was the opinion of the rabbis about the revolt what were the effects of the revolt s failure on jewish society and where they lived writing assignment due december 14th write a 5 page essay on choose a topic from cojs that we have not covered in class read all of the primary and secondary sources texts and images on that topic and write a paper analyzing what you have read it must be a topic within the period covered in this course 600bce 600ce or choose topic of your choice it should include at least 5 primary sources and three secondary sources please approve the topic with me first or write on this topic what was the level of acculteration of the rabbis during the talmudic period compared with the acculteration of american rabbis did the ancient rabbis speak greek did they read the greek literature of their day were they acquainted with greco roman mythology science history and philosophy choose one of these fields cite relevant primary and secondary sources and discuss what was the the rabbis attitude towards the outside culture do you think their approach to outside culture is similar or different from modern rabbis in america in your opinion to which modern denomination of judaism if any were the ancient rabbis most similar sources and articles greek language did the rabbis study greek sources reading h a fischel encyclopedia judaica rabbinic knowledge of greek and latin languages lieberman saul hellenism in jewish palestine new york the jewish theological seminary 1962 100 114 daniel sperber a dictionary of greek and latin legal terms in rabbinic literature 1984 greek fables aesop s fables sources reading yassif eli the hebrew folktale history genre meaning translated by jacqueline teitelbaum bloomington indiana university press 1999 191 209 greek science the sun s path reading nathan slifkin the sun s path at night suggested reading simon shoshan moshe the heavens proclaim the glory of god a study in rabbinic cosmology bekhol derakhekha daehu journal of torah and scholarship 20 67 96 23 t december 12 the publication of the mishnah and the patriarch history of palestine until the muslim conquest slides mishnah slides reading fttt 177 213 t t 537 559 609 612 esp 537 543 recommended reading t t 571 596 and at cojs what literature did the tannaim produce what was the leadership structure of the jews 24 th december 14 sanhedrin recommended reading levine lee the rabbinic class of roman palestine in late antiquity jerusalem yad izhak ben zvi press 1989 pp 76 83 hezser catherine the social structure of the rabbinic movement in roman palestine tübingen mohr siebeck 1997 pp 186 195 what did the sanhedrin look like before the destruction of the temple was there a sanhedrin after the destruction where was it were the houses of shammai and hillel an example of sectarianism what kept them from splitting apart 25 t december 19 roman attitudes towards judaism slides reading t t 568 570 http www livius org am ao antisemitism antisemitism01 html and continue to page two and read especially http www livius org am ao antisemitism antisemitism t html what did romans think of judaism what were their popular stereotypes which of these were true what did roman writers admire and despise about jews and judaism 26 th december 21 rabbinic thought slides jews in babylonia and the exilarch slides readings fttt 214 219 t t 596 617 esp 605 609 recommended reading gafni isaiah babylonian rabbinic culture in cultures of the jews edited by david biale 223 65 new york schocken 2002 how were the jews treated under parthian and sassanian empires how much interaction was there between the jews and their zoroastrian and christian neighbors the talmuds and the yeshivot from priest to rabbis sourcesheet pdf fttt 220 239 t t 605 609 613 616 final review from 2015 final sunday december 31 10 00am readings in one pdf students with disabilities who are enrolled in this course and who will be requesting documented disability related accommodations should make an appointment with the office of disability services 646 592 4132 rkohn1 yu edu during the first week of class once you 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