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| Letter to the Student | |
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| How to Read a Book of Judaism | |
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| The Written Torah: The Hebrew Scriptures ("Old Testament") and Judaism | |
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| The Oral Torah The Mishnah and the Tosefta | |
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| The Mishnah (ca. 200 C.E.) | |
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| Reading from the Mishnah | |
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| The Tosefta (ca. 200-300 C.E.) | |
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| Reading from the Tosefta | |
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| Tractate Abot (The Fathers) | |
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| Tractate Abot (ca. 250 C.E.) | |
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| Reading from Tractate Abot | |
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| The Earlier Midrash Compilations "The Tannaite Midrashim" [ca. 200-300 C.E.] | |
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| What Is Midrash? | |
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| Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael | |
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| Reading from the Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael | |
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| Sifra (to Leviticus) | |
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| Reading from Sifra | |
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| Sifre to Numbers | |
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| Reading from Sifre to Numbers | |
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| Sifre to Deuteronomy | |
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| Reading from Sifre to Deuteronomy | |
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| The First Talmud The Talmud of the Land of Israel [ca. 400 C.E.] | |
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| What is a Talmud? An Example of a Talmud | |
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| Defining the Two Talmuds | |
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| Reading from the Talmud of the Land of Israel | |
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| The Later Midrash Compilations [ca. 450 C.E.] | |
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| Genesis Rabbah | |
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| Reading from Genesis Rabbah | |
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| Leviticus Rabbah | |
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| Reading from Leviticus Rabbah | |
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| Pesiqta deRab Kahana | |
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| Reading from Pesiqta deRab Kahana (And a Recapitulation of the Traits of the Later Midrash Compilations) | |
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| The Second Talmud The Talmud of Babylonia [ca. 600 C.E.] | |
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| The Talmud of Babylonia | |
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| Why the Bavli Won | |
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| Meeting God in the Torah: The Bavli and the Integrity of Truth | |
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| The Latest Midrash Compilations [ca. 500-600 C.E.] | |
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| Lamentations Rabbati | |
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| Reading from Lamentations Rabbati | |
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| Ruth Rabbah | |
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| Reading from Ruth Rabbah | |
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| Esther Rabbah I | |
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| Reading from Esther Rabbah I | |
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| Song of Songs Rabbah | |
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| Reading from Song of Songs Rabbah | |
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| The Talmud to Tractate Abot [ca. 600 C.E.] | |
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| The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan (And a Reading from The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan) | |
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| The Prayerbook of Judaism | |
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| The Basic Structure of Judaic Prayer: The Shema, the Prayer, Alenu | |
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| Prayers for the Sabbath and Festivals, the Days of Awe, Passover | |
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| Other Prayers of Judaism: Circumcision, the Marriage Rite, Burial, Grace after Meals | |
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| What Makes a Book a Classic of Judaism? | |
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| Singing the Torah | |
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| Letter to the Teacher | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Index | |