Ancient Jewish Religion
A Crash Course in Early Jewish History
From biblical times to the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism.
The Rabbis and the Common Folk
The evolving relationship between the rabbinic sages and the Jews on the street.
How The Bible Differs from Other Religious Texts of Its Time
Go with Gilgamesh, but lose the animal livers.
The Synagogue and the Study House
These two institutions reflect the dynamism and the tensions in late antique Jewish society.
Creating the Canon
The process and the product of the canonization of the Bible became the basis for a varied tradition of interpretation.