Lecture Ten: Rabbinic Judaism and Late Antiquity
Rabbinic Judaism and Late Antiquity
Rabbinic Judaism and Late Antiquity Lecture Notes
- 70 C.E. Destruction of the Temple
- 200 B.C.E. – 135/40 C.E. (Alexandrian community)
- 70-90 C.E. Jamnia or Yavneh Period [transition from Pharisees to Sages to Rabbis]
- 90-200 C.E. Period of Tannaim (Our Sages of Blessed Memory/Rabbis)
- 200 C.E. Mishnah
- 200-700 PERIOD OF AMORAIM
- “Babylonia” Successor to Persian Kingdom
- Sura/Pumpeditha/Nehardea
- Gemara: Babylonian Talmud
- (by 800)
- “Eretz Yisrael” successor to Judea and Byzantine Jewry
- Tiberias, Sephorris, Beit Shearim
- Antioch
- Rome
- Iberia
- Cologne
- Literary Works
- Targumim
- Gemara:
- Talmud Jerushalmi
- Midrash Literature (biblical homily)
- Conflicts with surrounding culture
- Pagan xenophobia against Judaism
- Sabbath
- Dietary Laws
- Atheism
- Christianity becomes official religion of the empire
Citation: Signer, M. A. (2007, March 14). Lecture Ten: Rabbinic Judaism and Late Antiquity . Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/theology/jews-and-christians-throughout-history/lecture-ten-rabbinic-judaism-and-late-antiquity.
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