1. INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM RELI 3310 @ UT TYLER SPRING SEMESTER 2015 Instructor Rabbi Neal Katz

2. INTRO TO CLASS

3. SYLLABUS & EXPECTATIONS

4. VOCABULARY OF JUDAISM - LITERACY

6. WHO ARE THE JEWS? WHAT IS JUDAISM?

7. HOW IS SOMEONE JEWISH?

8. HOW IS SOMEONE JEWISH? 1. BORN TO A JEWISH MOTHER*

9. HOW IS SOMEONE JEWISH? 1. BORN TO A JEWISH MOTHER* 2. CONVERT

10. HOW IS SOMEONE JEWISH? 1. BORN TO A JEWISH MOTHER* 1A. BORN TO A JEWISH FATHER** 2. CONVERT

12. God/Theology Life Cycle Events Worship Culture Religion Land Language Literature Food Rituals Legal System Dietary Rules History Bible Peoplehood Temple/Synagogue Antisemitism Holidays Messiah Denominations

13. BIBLE

14. HEBREW BIBLE JEWISH BIBLE OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE TORAH TANACH

16. TANACH / TANAKH

17. TORAH NEVI’IM - PROPHETS KETHUVIM - WRITINGS

19. TNKTNK

20. T N K

21. TANAKH

22. TORAH (5) NEVI’IM – PROPHETS (21) KETHUVIM – WRITINGS (13)

23. HEBREW BIBLE TEXTS PROPHETS Joshua Judges Samuel (I & II) Kings (I & II) Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi TORAH Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy WRITINGS Psalms Proverbs Job Song of Songs Ruth Lamentations Ecclesiastes Esther Daniel Ezra Nehemiah Chronicles (I & II)

24. TANAKH TORAH NEVI’IM - PROPHETS KETHUVIM - WRITINGS

25. TORAH

26. GENESIS EXODUS LEVITICUS NUMBERS DEUTERONOMY TORAH

27. TORAH HISTORY

30. PROPHETS

33. WRITINGS

34. TANAKH – HEBREW BIBLE

35. EXTRA-BIBLICAL WORKS

36. SINAI

37. GOD

38. SINAI GOD ORTHODOX

39. SINAI GOD PEOPLE ORTHODOX

40. SINAI GOD PEOPLE ORTHODOXNON - ORTHODOX

41. SINAI GOD PEOPLE ORTHODOXNON - ORTHODOX 95%

43. HOMEWORK PICK 1 BIBLICAL BOOK FOR A HISTORICAL/JEWISH EXPLANATION – FOR A SIMPLE PRESENTATION NEXT CLASS

44. NEXT CLASS TUESDAY, JAN 20 @ 9:30AM