Jewish History

How amoraic study sessions became the Gemaras.

The emergence of amoraic schools of study.

These two institutions reflect the dynamism and the tensions in late antique Jewish society.

Revelations from God

The process and the product of the canonization of the Bible became the basis for a varied tradition of interpretation.

Nascent Christianity was one of several apocalyptic Jewish sects active during the Second Temple period.

The marriage of politics and religion contributed to both the expansion and destruction of this short-lived dynasty.

The Jews of Medina rejected the prophecy of Muhammad.

What daily life was like from the first through fifth centuries.