Judaism, postbiblical and Talmudic period

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I. Apocryphal materials: 1. The Maccabean books: The rededication of the temple ;The origin of Hanukkah ; The seven brothers ; The prayer of Simon the High Priest ; Reason and the Passions

2. Divine wisdom in history

3. A messianic vision

4. Tobit: A Jewish Polonius ; A prayer of joy

5. The prayer of Manasses

II. Hellenistic Materials: 1. Philo of Alexandria: The existence and nature of God ; On the creation of the world ; The excellence of the Jewish law ; The lawgiver and his work ; The punishment to fit the crime ; An anti-Jewish episode

2. Josephus the historian: The Jewsish theocracy

III. Sectarian movements: 1. The Samaritans ; 2. The Jewish sects ; The Essenes ; The Therapeutae ; The New Covenanters ; A sectarian manual of discipline

IV. Tannaitic Collections: 1. The oral tradition: The chain of tradition ; The methods of Rabbinic interpretation

2. The Mishnah: Sabbath regulations ; Some commercial regulations ; Degrees of holiness ; Blessing the good and the evil

3. The Halakhic Midrash: I am the Lord thy God ; Beloved are the strangers ; On peace

V. Amoraic Collections: 1. Commandments, customs, and courts: How many commandments? ; On local customs ; A Sanhedrin and Capital Punishment

2. Atonement: The day of atonement ; Sacrifices and atonement

3. Proselytism: The status of the proselyte ; The treatment of proselytes

4. Communal responsibility: A law of loving-kindness ; The social welfare system ; On education

5. The future life: The messiah ; Do the dead know what happens on earth? ; On the resurrection and the afterlife ; Resurrection taught everywhere

6. The Aggaddic Midrash: Cast thy bread upon the waters ; They have forsaken my law

VI. Prayer: Some regulations for prayer ; Prayers and Aphorisms of the Rabbis ; The 'Amidah for New Year's Day ; Hymns from the Dead Sea Scrolls. rc