RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Middle Ages, Talmud, Orthopraxy
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Test - monday, october 19th. 7 out of 9 de+inition; identify and signi+icance. 70 ce - destruction of the second temple. As a result, we get various strands of judaism: The sephardic jews (the sephardim) Jewish communities that came from spain and moved into primarily the middle. East, speak ladino, blend of latin and middle eastern languages. The dominant european strand is the ashkenazim. They speak yiddish, dominantly european people. Jewish communities of north africa. Judaism in the modern period. Christianity, he got extremely angry at the jews and perpetuating a lot of myths about. Jews like they murdered christian children and they used their blood in their rituals, etc. The experience of jews didn"t get better after protestantism. Conservative makes a balance: orthodox further right, both the torah and the talmud are essentially to. These sects constantly have to answer questions as to what judaism is.
