Religious Studies 361:
Post-Biblical Judaism
: Notes
General Guidelines and Resources
Guidelines for Research Papers in Religious Studies 361
What's in a Course Name?
Notes on E. P. Sanders,
Judaism: Practice & Belief--63 BCE-66 CE
(London and Philadelphia, 1992)
Chapter One: Historical Sources
Chapter Two: The Three Parties
Chapter Five: The Temple
Chapter Six: The Priesthood
Chapter Seven: Sacrifices
Chapter Eight: The Festival Calendar
Chapter Eleven: The Synagogue
Chapter Twelve: Purity
Chapter Thirteen: "Common Theology"
Chapter Sixteen: The Essenes
Chapter Eighteen: The Pharisees I
Chapter Nineteen: The Pharisees II
Additional Topics
Sadducee positions on halakhic issues
Josephus' Essenes and the "Community Rule"
Texts on the Festivals
Texts Related to the
Shema
The Structure of Daily Prayer