Early Jewish History
7 videos 2 podcasts
9 handouts
How did the Jewish experience begin? How did a group of Canaanites break off from society to become the Ancient Israelites? How did these people, shaped by religion, politics and warfare, become the People of the Book? In this series based on the most recent research from archeologists and scholars, we will trace the early history of the Jewish people. Units in this series include: the dawn of Jewish history, context of ancient Israelite religion, Judaism after the Babylonian exile, the rule of Rome, rabbinic Jewish development and the Talmud, the introduction of Christianity in the Jewish world, the Medieval period and the Crusades.
