Exploration of selected Rabbinic texts in the Mishnah, Tosefta, Midrash and the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds and introduces the student to the tools, methodology and approach necessary for the study of these texts in order to explain and analyze the range of meaning traditionally assigned to them by the rabbis. Students will read, research, reflect, write and discuss the texts and traditions of the rabbinic period, along with their additions and interpretations, and gain an ability to contextualize the rise of Rabbinic Judaism within the broader scope of comparative religious studies.
In addition to the foundational texts of Judaism—Torah, Prophets and Writings (TaNaKh) of the Hebrew Bible—there are also supplemental sacred texts that are authoritative in the history, life, faith, practice and identity that defines the Jewish religion. Students familiar with the Rabbinic texts will better understand Jewish identity formation but also gain opportunities to engage the Jewish community within their knowledge and value structure.
therefore it is incumbent upon the missional learner to become familiar with the sources of this ethical system.
Texts examined in this course are “post-biblical” but comprise expansions, developments and interpretations of the biblical literature and ethical teachings inspired by the Bible.
Evangelicals may be called to interact and engage in dialogue with a Jewish community whose ethical system owes much to the rabbinic texts
therefore it is incumbent upon the missional learner to become familiar with the sources of this ethical system.
Evangelicals may be called to interact and engage in dialogue with a Jewish community whose ethical system owes much to the rabbinic texts
therefore it is incumbent upon the missional learner to become familiar with the sources of this ethical system.
Evangelicals may be called to interact and engage in dialogue with a Jewish community whose ethical system owes much to the rabbinic texts
