All of Rabbinic Literature in Seven Sessions Dr. David Kraemer
(The Leon Finley Course in Jewish Studies) Monday, April 15, 22,
29; May 6, 13, 20; June 3, 2013 • 6:30 PM - 8 PM UDAISM AS WE
KNOW IT is the Judaism invented by the Rabbis in the first
several centuries of the Common Era. It is the Judaism that
allowed Judaism to survive the destruction of the Jerusalem
Temple and the growth of Christianity. But who were these
Rabbis, and how did they transform the Judaism they inherited
into the Judaism that bears their stamp? Read the Rabbis’ texts
and study their methods, coming to understand their thoughts and
visions — the bold quality of which yielded a vibrant, resilient
Judaism that would define Jewish thought and practice to the
dawn of modernity and beyond. DR. DAVID KRAEMER is professor of
Talmud and Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where
he is also Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian, overseeing the
greatest collection of Judaica in the Western world. Among his
many publications is his re