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Prof. Markus Bockmuehl
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29: Varieties of Judaism
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Some suggested readings to assist with the paper's Set Texts
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Essay Topics
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Was there a 'common Judaism' that the priests and people held in common?
Why was the Temple destroyed in 70 CE, rather than in 63 BCE or 165 BCE?
How important were the Pharisees, and what did they believe?
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls, who wrote them, and why?
Who believed what about the Messiah in the Second Temple Period?
What would fellow Jews have thought of Philo's Judaism?
How did Jews cope with the end of sacrifice?
Explain the rise of Rabbinic Judaism in the first century.
What characterized Jewish biblical interpretation in the period you have studied?
What were synagogues?
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