Powerpoints:

• Historical Overview


• Judaism's Sacred Texts


• Pilgrimage & Sabbath


• Synagogue, Shema, Shemoneh


• Rituals and Life Cycle


• Jews and Gentiles


• The Hellenistic Age


• Josephus and his Works


• from The Jewish War


• from The Antiquities


• Philo of Alexandria


• Judaism under Hellenism


• "Into His Own" - Judaism, with Mahlon Smich

Judaism, Past and Present
(HDBS 125, Patrick Rogers)

Chapters from M. Maher:
1. A Historical Overview
2. Different Branches within Judaism
3. Sacred Texts of Judaism
4. Important Jewish Festivals: An Overview
5. Jewish Feasts Described
6. The Jewish Sabbath
7. Pilgrimage in Judaism
8. The Synagogue
9. The Shema and its Blessings
10. The Eighteen Benedictions
11. Jewish Dietary Laws
12. Rituals and the Life Cycle
13. Judaism and Christianity
14. The Holocaust
15. The Jews in Ireland

With readings from primary & other sources
(Morton Smith: Sources on 1st century Judaism),
and The Cambridge History of Judaism, on:

Josephus Flavius;
Philo of Alexandria;
The spread of Hellenism;
Judaism in the Hellenistic Age;
Diaspora in the Hellenistic Age;
Jewish-Greek Literature

Reading Room, for HDBS 125

Borowitz, E and Schwartz, F, A Touch of the Sacred: A Theologian's Informal Guide to Jewish Belief (2007)

Dosick, Wayne, Living Judaism: The Complete Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice (1998)

M. Maher, Judaism, An Introduction to the Beliefs and Practices of the Jews (2007)

Robinson, George, Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs & Rituals

Schoen, Robert, What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew about Judaism  (Paperback - April 2004)

Text-book:
Michael Maher, Judaism, An Introduction to the Beliefs and Practices of the Jews