Jewish Studies 101: Intro to Jewish History

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: History

Lecture 1: Introduction to the course

Lecture 2: This is Jewish Studies 101.

Lecture 3: Jewish Studies is a skill.

Lecture 4: There are three periods of human history.

Lecture 5: This is the history of Jewish Studies.

Lecture 6: This is the running vocabulary list. (Vocab #1)

Lecture 7: Jewish History parallels human history.

Lecture 8: We are in the Modern period.

Lecture 9: Who were the Israelites?

Lecture 10: What does 'Israel' mean?

Lecture 11: Judah was a tribe.

Lecture 12: Was ancient Judah a giant kingdom?

Lecture 13: Vocab #2

Lecture 14: What is historiography?

Lecture 15: Vocab #3

Lecture 16: Where is Babylon?

Lecture 17: What happened in 586/587 BCE?

Lecture 18: Did the Babylonian empire actually conquer and exile Ancient Israel?

Chapter 2: Judah

Lecture 1: Jerusalem was the capital of Judah.

Lecture 2: Jerusalem has been been conquered by many different powers.

Lecture 3: Ancient Israelites built a temple in Jerusalem.

Lecture 4: The first Ancient Israelite temple in Jerusalem was extremely complex.

Lecture 5: Vocab #4

Lecture 6: Was the Beit Ha-Mikdash rebuilt?

Lecture 7: What was the Second Temple Period?

Lecture 8: How did Ancient Jews interpret the destruction of the Second Temple?

Lecture 9: How significant was the destruction of the temple?

Lecture 10: The Romans banned the Jews from living in Jerusalem.

Lecture 11: The destruction of the temple is essential to understanding Jewish History.

Lecture 12: A small part of the Western Wall of the Second Temple still stands in Jerusalem.

Lecture 13: People pray at the Kotel today.

Lecture 14: Vocab #5

Chapter 3: Rabbis

Lecture 1: Is Jewish Tradition synonymous with Rabbinic Tradition?

Lecture 2: Ancient Jews spoke Aramaic.

Lecture 3: Jewish Studies is very technical.

Lecture 4: Ancient Rabbis were aware of the Babylonian religion.

Chapter 4: Tanna-Im

Lecture 1: The first Rabbis to live outside the land of Israel were called Tann-Im

Lecture 2: Vocab #6

Chapter 5: Tanakh

Lecture 1: The Rabbinic Tradition is based on the Hebrew Bible.

Lecture 2: The Hebrew Bible has mythical/unknown origins

Lecture 3: A common name for the Hebrew Bible is Tanakh.

Lecture 4: Vocab #7

Lecture 5: Tanakh is an acronym.

Chapter 6: Torah

Lecture 1: The Torah tells the story of the first humans and the creation of the world.

Lecture 2: What is Biblical History?

Lecture 3: What story does the Torah tell?

Lecture 4: The Jewish King David united the tribes into one kingdom.

Lecture 5: How does Rabbinic Literature relate to the story of the Hebrew Bible?

Lecture 6: Thanks for completing the course 🙂