RELIGION 109: Jewish Tradition
Technical Terms(1st 1/2):

 
Ashkenazi
Sefardi
TaNaKH
  • Torah
    • Bere'shit (Genesis)
    • Shemot (Exodus)
    • Vayiqra (Leviticus)
    • Bamidbar (Numbers)
    • Devarim (Deuteronomy)
  • Nevi'im
  • Ketuvim
Sefer Torah
Humash
yad
aron
parashah
haftarah
Septuagint
mitzvah, pl. mitzvot
miqveh, pl. miqva'ot
halakhah
aggadah
Pharisees
Sadducees
Essenes
Mishnah
  • Zera'im
  • Mo'ed
  • Nashim
  • Neziqin
  • Qodashim
  • Toharot
Tosefta
Beraita
Gemara
Talmud
tractate (massekhet)
Midrash
  • Midrash Halakhah
  • Midrash Aggadah
Tanna, pl. Tannaim
Amora, pl. Amoraim
sanhedrin
Torah she-bi-khtav (Written Torah)
Torah she-be-'al-peh (Oral Torah)
Shema'
Haggadah
Karaites
YHWH
nefesh
apikoros
middat ha-din
middat ha-rahamim
Shekhinah
Kabbalah
Ein Sof
sefirah, pl. sefirot		 Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
David
Solomon
  • Israel
  • Judah
Ezra
Maccabees
Hillel
Shammai
Rabbi Akibah
Rabbi Yehudah ha-Nasi (Judah the Prince)
Philo
Rabbi Saadia Gaon
Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac (RaSHI)
Rabbi Judah Halevi
Moses Maimonides (RaMBaM)
 

Dates:

586 BCE
332 BCE
167-164 BCE
70 CE
200 
550 
1492
1665
1897
1948