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...

Code Of Jewish Law:   16th Cent: R. Yosef Caro, R. Moshe Isserles...

Acharonim:   17th – 20th Cent: R. Eliyahu Gaon-Vilna, Chasam Sofer, Chofetz Chaim...


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