Tens of thousands of people around the world study the Talmud, a seemingly endless Aramaic encyclopedia packed with hard-to-read and even harder-to-understand text. But what exactly is this millennia-old mashup of rabbinic commentaries and Jewish legalese? Where did it come from and what does it contain that’s worth countless hours of study and scholarly debates?
The Jewish Story Explained is based on the book "Letters to Auntie Fori: 5,000 Years of Jewish History and their Faith" by Martin Gilbert
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:48 Roman Exile and persecutions
02:30 Writing the Oral Law in the Mishna
03:03 The Talmuds
03:51 Rabbi Yochanan and the Jerusalem Talmud
04:23 Composition of the Gemara and the Amoraim
05:29 Babylonian Jewish academies (Yeshivot)
06:17 Rav Ashi and the Babylonian Talmud
07:06 The Savoraim
07:18 The authority of the Babylonian Talmud
07:43 The study of Talmud today
08:23 Christian attempts to destroy and censor the Talmud
08:46 Hevrutas, learning partners
09:32 Rabbi Meir Shapiro and Daf Yomi
09:54 Dr. Ruth Calderon and Alma
10:30 The Talmud as training tool for abstract reasoning and logic
10:54 Comparison of Talmud to U.S. case law
11:14 Talmudic study in South Korea
11:48 Overview of lead up to Talmud
12:39 Outro
Subscribe and turn on your notifications so you don’t miss future uploads!
kzitem.info?sub_...
Missed the last episode? Check it out here:
• The Mishnah - Writing ...
Recommended video - Who are the Jewish US Supreme Court Justices?
• Who are the Jewish US ...
Let’s connect:
Website - www.jewishunpacked.com
Instagram - / jewishunpacked
Twitter - / jewishunpacked
TikTok - / jewishunpacked
Facebook - / jewishunpacked
-----------
Co-Executive Producers:
- Shmuel Katz
- Melinda Goldrich
Gold Level:
- Goldrich Family Foundation
- Morrie Silverman & Lori Komisar
This series would not be possible without the generous support of Esther Gilbert and Michael Kagan
______
Image credits:
- Library of Jewish Community in Bielsko-Biala, Poland
- Flickr/Robert
- commons/David Monniaux
About Jewish Story Explained: Understand three thousand years of Jewish history in these short videos based on the book Letters to Auntie Fori: The 5,000-Year History of the Jewish People and Their Faith by the renowned historian Sir Martin Gilbert. Learn the Jewish story from the ancient Israelites of the Bible to Hellenization, the Jews of the Middle Ages to modern day, and more.
About Unpacked: We provide nuanced insights by unpacking all things Jewish. People are complex and complicated - yet we’re constantly being pushed to oversimplify our world. At Unpacked we know that being complex makes us more interesting. Because of this, we break the world down with nuance and insight to drive your curiosity and challenge your thinking.
#Jewish #History #Judaism
Негізгі бет The Scholarly Debates of the Talmud | The Jewish Story | Unpacked
Пікірлер: 512