by hadassah | Jul 29, 2008 | The Parts of the Whole
The Parts of the Whole Overview The Parts of the Whole, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. Primary sources Babylonian Talmud Bava Batra 14b-15a- The Order of Scripture Mishnah Yadayim 3-5- The Debate Over the Biblical Canon Tosefta...
by hadassah | Jul 21, 2008 | The Parts of the Whole
The Biblical Age, Returning, the Land of Israel as a Focus in Jewish History, Benjamin J. Segal, World Zionist Organization, Jerusalem 1987. The Jews emerged quietly from the early confines of recorded history, over three thousand five hundred years ago. As a...
by hadassah | Jul 15, 2008 | The Parts of the Whole
Further Reading: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible Marc Zvi Brettler, Adele Berlin. The Jewish Study Bible. Oxford Unviersity Press, 2003. Marc Zvi Brettler. How to Read the Bible. Philadelphia- Jewish Publication Society. 2005. David Noel Freedman. The Anchor Bible...
by hadassah | Jul 2, 2008 | The Parts of the Whole
The Biblical Heritage, Lawrence H. Schiffman, From Text to Tradition, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ, 1991. Judaism is fundamentally a revealed religion. It is based on the belief that God revealed Himself to the Jewish people through the agency of Moses....
by hadassah | Jul 2, 2008 | The Parts of the Whole
Synopsis of the Contents of the TaNaKh (the Jewish Bible), Christine Hayes. PART ONE- TORAH (Instruction, Teaching) Genesis- Chapters 1-11 relate God’s creation of the world and the first humans, the stories of Adam, Eve Cain and Abel, the flood, the tower of...
by hadassah | Jul 2, 2008 | The Parts of the Whole
The Parts of the Whole, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. You don’t need me to tell you that human civilization is very, very old. Nevertheless, our knowledge of the earliest stages of human civilization was quite limited for many...
