A Road Map to Jewish Learning SINAI (1313 BCE)

WRITTEN LAW

(TANAKH)

Five Books of Moses

- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (Hebrew: Bereshit, Shmot, Vayikra, Bamidbar, Devarim)

Prophets (1273 BCE - 760 BCE)

- Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Jonah, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, Malachi

Writings (760 BCE – 350 BCE)

- Psalms, Proverbs, Job, The Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Ester, Daniel, , Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles

Sanhedrin (High Court – Legislators) 1313 BCE – 359 CE

Rabbinical Laws and Customs

ORAL LAW

Legal Explanations and Definitions, Rules of Exegesis, Oral Traditions, Explanations of Narrative Portions, Ethics, Kabbala

Mishna (170 – 200 CE) Rabbi Yehuda ha Nasi – Editor – 6 orders

Seeds – Agriculture, 11 Tractates
Times – Shabbos, Festivals, 12 Tractates
Women – Marriage, Divorce, 7 Tractates
Damages – Finance, Jurisprudence, 10 Tractates
Holiness – Sacrifices, Kashrus, 11 Tractates
Purity – Purity and Impurity, 12 Tractates
(63 Tractates – 523 Chapters)

Gemara:

Jerusalem Talmud (350 CE. R Muna & R. Yosi)
Babylonian Talmud (500 CE. Ravina & R., Ashi)

Explanations:

Legal and Ethical, Legislation, Decisions, Customs

Midrashim:

Rava, Rabbi Tanchuma, Rabbi Shimon, etc…

Zohar:

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

Geonim:

7th-10th Cent: R. Saadia Gaon, R. Hai Gaon…

Rishonim:

11th-14th Cent: Rashi, Maimonides, Nachmanidies…