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Great World Religions: Judaism

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Get an overview of the history and practice of this ancient and important faith with this concise and accurate course taught by a professor of Jewish history.

Syllabus

  • 01: What is Judaism?
  • 02: The Stages of History
  • 03: The Jewish Library
  • 04: The Emergence of Rabbinic Judaism
  • 05: Jewish Worship-Prayer and the Synagogue
  • 06: The Calendar-A Communal Life-Cycle
  • 07: Individual Life-Cycles
  • 08: God and Man; God and Community
  • 09: Philosophers and Mystics
  • 10: The Legal Frameworks of Judaism-Halakha
  • 11: Common Judaism-or a Plurality of Judaisms?
  • 12: Judaism and “Others”
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Isaiah M. Gafni

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