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RelS 201 Class Notes on Judaism

• General Introduction and Biblical Period
  
• The Babylonian Exile
  
• Topics in Exilic and Post-Exilic Judaism
  
• "The Names of a People"
  
• Messiah and Eschatology
  
• Second-Temple Movements
  
• The Rabbinic Era: Historical Outline
  
• Types of Talmudic and Midrashic Literature
  
• Rabbinic Beliefs
  
• Medieval Talmudic Studies
  
• Movements in Medieval Judaism
  
• Maimonides' "Thirteen Principles"
  
• Modern Judaism
  
• Jewish Rituals and Observances

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• Sample Judaism Mid-Term

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