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Period/*Event* |
Dates |
Developments |
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| Abraham & the Patriarchs |
c. 19th - 17th cent.
BCE |
Hebrew People (tribal religion)
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| * Moses & Exodus * |
c. 13th cent. BCE |
Torah ("Written Law") |
| Hebrew Monarchy |
c. 12th - 7th cent. BCE |
in the Holy Land
Prophets, Priests, Kings & Sages
|
| * Babylonian Exile * |
6th cent. BCE |
encounters with Zoroastrianism? |
| Second Temple Period |
6th cent. BCE - 1st CE
(temple destroyed by Romans in 70 CE)
|
Synagogues and role of Rabbi develop |
| * Diaspora * |
135 CE (expulsion from Holy Land by Romans) |
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| Rabbinic Period |
c. 1st - 7th cent. |
development of "Oral Law" (Talmud) |
| Medieval Judaism |
c. 8th - 17th cent. |
"Orthodoxy"
Hasidism (17th cent. Eastern Europe)
|
| * release from Ghettos * |
c. 18th cent. |
Reform (18th cent. Germany) |
| Modern Judaism |
18th cent. - current |
Conservative (19th cent.)
Reconstructionalist (20th cent. American)
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