RELG 204 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Neo-Orthodoxy, Jewish National Fund, Jewish Holidays

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 204
• Professor: Ian H Henderson, Hadi Fakhoury, Steven Lapidus

Document Summary

Judaism essay section: 34: rabbinic judaism dominated and standardized jewish practice according to halakhic (legal) discussion in the oral law, legal conversations embedded in narrative materials, which had been passed down orally. According to jewish tradition, rabbinic conversations interpreting biblical laws wrestled with ideas that had been originally transmitted along with the torah to moses. Rabbinic judaism: believe everything that was literally said to moses when he was given to the torah. Today, gemarah and talmud are the same thing. Talmud was chosen as the ultimate authority and source for jewish law. Rabbinic judaism has a strong emphasis on halakha (jewish law), it must be followed strictly. Rabbinic judaism is mainly followed by conservative and orthodox jews. The sephardic jews who lived in the iberian peninsula flourished. They supported the muslim government and in return gained rights and freedoms that jews in other places didn"t have access to.