JWST234 Lecture Outline Lecture The Rabbinic Movement Theme The origins of the Rabbinic movement in both Palestine and Babylonia directly correlate to civil law as well as to late antiquity religious developments I Civil Law a Midrash i Language for circumstances and liability draws on the Bible ii Surface and literal interpretation vs principles that correspond to rabbinic principles elsewhere b Talmud i No rabbis mentioned here ii Laws of the Mishnah are more idealized iii Babylonian Talmud takes on question and answer mode II Origins of the Rabbinic Movement bible religion vs Jewish religion a Second Temple period early legal concerns match sectarian concerns b Mishnah period ca 200 serves as a benchmark first rabbinic text to come to completion i Coherent legal agenda 1 Civil law procedural law and domestic temple less festivals and celebrations ii Rabbis act as judges small group of pietists III Rabbinic Movement in Palestine a Mishnah as foundation for study b Nasi wealthy aristocratic patron of Rabbis later tensions c Movement remained a minority in part due to law of Justinian IV Rabbinic Movement in Babylonia Enclosed community more hostility towards non Rabbis a b Competition with Palestinian academies V Late Roman Diaspora a Revolts lead to more refugees slow but steady influx of non Jews into Jewish communities during Second Temple period b Christianization in the Roman empire i Christianity grows in popularity dampers growth of Judaism Jews are an ideological problem compartmentalizing laws ii VI Late Antiquity roughly 330 to 630 a Diversity and coexistence of rabbis mystics magic etc b Rabbinization and Hebraization i Use of Hebrew in communal practices ii Lots of thought being put into Jewish life culture and religion following destruction of the Second Temple Jewish liturgy and the building of more synagogues c
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