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TheOralLawAPRIMER FORMESSIANICBELIEVERS
PRESENTEDBY MESSIANIC PASTORRICK ARII
Welcome!ClassSchedulefortonight:
Logistics
Introductions – whyareyou takingthisclass?
Vision
Goals
Coursedescription/OverviewofSessions
SuggestedTextBook
Letsgetstarted!!
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ClassDescriptionØThisclassprovidesabasicintroductiontotheTalmudfocusingonitssocial,historicalandreligiouscontext.ØStudentswillgainexposuretotheconceptofTheDualTorah,writtenandoral,andtheconceptofadaptationanditsdevelopment.Importantandrelatedtermswillbedefinedanddiscussed.ØThecoursewillprovideavenuetodiscusstherelationshipbetweenRabbinicJudaismandtheearlyMessianicmovementdescribedintheApostolicwritings,theseparationofJudaismandChristianity,andhowtheTalmudrelatestothecontemporaryMessianicmovement.ØResourcesforfurtherstudywillalsobeprovided.
Vision
ØAnintroduction tothehistory,contributorsanddevelopmentofJewishLiteratureoftendescribedas“TheOralLaw”tobetterunderstand Judaism,Christianity’sJewishroots,andhowMessianicbelieverscanleveragearealisticknowledgeofRabbinicJudaisminrelationtoIsrael’sirrevocablecallingtobealighttothenations.
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GoalsØ DevelopabasicandinformedknowledgeofJewishliteratureØ ConsiderhowthisliteratureinterpretsScriptureØ ConsiderthehistoryofSecondTempleJudaism,tracingthedevelopmentandseparationofChristianityØ SeetheteachingsofYeshua inthecontextoflearninginthefirstcenturyØ Appreciatethevalueofsocio-historicalcontextwhenreadingandinterpretingtheApostolicwritingsØ AppreciatethegapbetweenJewishandChristianunderstandingØ Gainadeeper understandingfromtheperspectiveofwhoGodis,whoweare,andourcalling
SuggestedTextBook
Schiffman,Lawrence“FromTexttoTradition– AHistoryofSecondTempleandRabbinicJudaism”,Hoboken, NJ:KtavPublishingHouse,Inc.1991
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Session1Overview
ThefirstsessionwillreviewtheVisionandDescriptionofcourseandallowtheclasstogettoknowabouteachother.
Wewillattempttodeterminethegenerallevelofknowledgeinordertobeabletomovefromtheknowntotheunknownbyaskingthequestion,whyareyou takingthisclass?WhystudyJewishliterature/Talmud?
DiscusstheroleoftheJewishPeople,their“giftandcalling.”
Session2Overview
ThesecondsessionwillexplorewhatdefinesJudaismanditscorefoundation intheTorah.Theconceptof“TheDualTorah”willbeintroduced,alongwithadiscussionofthepluralityofJudaisms,andtheneedforunityindiaspora.Theconceptof“law”willbediscussed.AnoverviewofthehistoryoftheTalmudicera(250BC–600AD)willbeconsidered.TheMishnah,Gemara,andTalmudwillbeintroduced.
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Session3Overview
SessionThreewillcontinuewithadeeperlookatthepertinentBiblicalhistorystartingwiththegivingofTorahonMt.Sinai,butfocusingon theSecondTempleperiod,thedestructionoftheTemple/Jerusalem,andtheensuingTalmudicperiod.
DetailswillincludeEzra’sroleandthedevelopmentofScribes,Pharisees,Mishnaic voicesandthedevelopmentandcodificationoftheTalmud.
Session4Overview
IntheFourthSessionwewilldiscusstheJewish-ChristianSchism,andexpandexposuretoTalmudicliterature,examiningthecomponentsofthisvastseaofliteratureandhowthesecomponentsrelatetoeachother.
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Session5OverviewSessionFivewillculminateourserieswithanexcursionintothetextsthemselves,specifically,Pirke Avot andMishnahBerakhotChapter1.
Theclasswillbedivided intopairsintraditionalHavruta styletoexaminesectionsofthetext.Wewillthencometogethertodiscusswhatwasdiscovered.
ConnectionsbetweenRabbinicLiteratureandApostolicwritingswillbediscussed.Resourcesforfurtherstudywillbeprovided.
Let’sgetstarted!DiscussexistingperceptionsandknowledgeregardingJewishliteratureand“Talmud”specifically.WhystudyTalmud?
TheimportanceofRabbinicLiteratureforbelieversinMessiahYeshua
JewishRole– ACovenantPeople◦ Guarding theCovenant:Exodus19:1-6,Deuteronomy29:1,10-15
◦ Keeping theCovenant:Exodus21:12,17AskingQuestions
Theimportanceofaskingquestions
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