SECTION 1: JUDAISM Schedule and Sources for September 7 to October 2, 2001 Friday, September 7 - The Covenant, the Temple, and the Land of Israel *Genesis 12; 15 [RSV: Gen 12, Gen 15] *Exodus 19-20 [RSV: Ex 19; Ex 20] *2 Samuel 7 [RSV: 2 Sam 7] Segal, 13-42 [Oxtoby] Related Resources: Dinur Center: Biblical History Tuesday, September 11 - The Bible as Scripture *Genesis 16-17; 21:1-21; 22:1-19 [RSV: Gen 16, Gen 17, Gen 21:1-21, Gen 22:1-19] *Nehemiah 9 [RSV: Neh 9] *Jubilees 11-12; 15 [Course Website: Jub 11, Jub 12, Jub 15] *Josephus, Antiquities I.7-8; 13 [Course Website] Kugel, Traditions of the Bible, 1-19 [Packet] Levenson, Death and Resurrection, 173-99 [Packet] Related Resources: Persia's conquest of Babylon, Selected Sources Dinur Center: Second Temple and Talmudic Era Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls Friday, September 14 - The Oral Torah: Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash *Pirke Avot 1 [Course Website] *b. Baba Metzia 59a-b[Course Website] *Bereshit Rabbah 1.1, 1.4 [Course Website] Goldenberg, "Talmud" in Back to the Sources, 129-58 [Reserve] Segal, 58-80 [Oxtoby] Jay Treat, "The Aqedah: Examples of Midrashic Interpretation" [Course Website] Related Resources: Jewish Virtual Library: Hillel and Shammai Judaism 101: Sages and Scholars Eliezer Segal: Interactive Page from the Talmud Philologos: Louis Ginzerg, The Legends of the Jews, especially sections on Creation, Abraham's early life, and the Aqedah (Genesis 22). Mahlon Smith: Persona in Rabbinic Tradition and Rabbinic Texts and Traditions Tuesday, September 18 - Class Cancelled for Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 21 - Medieval Innovations: Philosophy, Commentary, Kabbalah *Zohar Section 1, pp. 3b-4a [Course Website] Greenstein, "Medieval Bible Commentaries" in Back to the Sources, 213-42 [Reserve] Segal, 80-101 [Oxtoby] Jay Treat, "The Aqedah: Examples of Mystical Interpretation" [Course Website] Related Resources: Eliezer Segal: Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and R. Joseph Caros' Shulhan Arukh Torah.org: Rambam (Maimonides) Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Medieval Jewish Life Dinur Center: Medieval Jewish History Feminine Divine in Early Jewish Mysticism Tuesday, September 25 - Sanctifying Time *Genesis 1:1-2:3; Exodus 12; Leviticus 23 [RSV: Gen 1, Gen 2:1-3, Ex 12; Lev 23] *Heschel, Sabbath, 3-10, 95-101 [Packet] *Soloveitchik, Halakhic Man, 100-9, 117-23 [Packet] Mintz, "Prayer and the Prayerbook" in Back to the Sources, 403-26 [Reserve] Segal, 101-123 [Oxtoby] Related Resources: Judaism 101: Jewish Calendar, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Liturgy Hebrew Date Converter Friday, September 28 - What is Judaism? The Haskala and the Quest for Reform *The Jew in the Modern World, 155-61, 186-88, 194-202 [Packet] *Buber, "Judaism and the Jews," 11-21 [Packet] Segal, 123-43 [Oxtoby] Related Resources: Eliezer Segal: Selection from Spinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise Eliezer Segal: Selection from Moses Mendelssohn's Jerusalem Eliezer Segal: Zecharias Frankel, "On Changes in Judaism" Jewish Virtual Library: Haskalah Tuesday, October 2 - Who is a Jew? The New Challenges of a New World IN-CLASS QUIZ #1 *Plaskow, "Standing Again at Sinai," 28-33 [Packet] *Plaskow, "Beyond Egalitarianism," 79-81 [Packet] *Plaskow, "It is not in Heaven," 39-40 [Packet] Related Resources: Dinur Center: Holocaust Study Resources, Zionism and the State of Israel, American Jewish History National Museum of American Jewish History: Timeline SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS FOR OCTOBER 5 to 30 Schedule of Assignments and On-line Sources: Judaism (Sept 7 to Oct 2) || Christianity (Oct 5 to 30) || Islam (Nov 2 to Dec 11) Course Summary || Course Requirements Additional Resources (Printable Syllabus, Handouts, etc.) Contact: Annette Yoshiko Reed Rutgers the State University of New Jersey || Department of Religion