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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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