LECTURE: FROM SECTARIANISM TO CONSENSUS: THE RISE OF RABBINIC JUDAISM

Second TempleThe late Second Temple period was an era of spiritual and religious ferment that manifested itself in a variety of Jewish groups. Each sect had its own approach to Jewish Law, religious and national identity, and social constructs. The competition among these groups eventually contributed to the Great Revolt against Rome (66-73 CE) and the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple. In the aftermath of the destruction, a consensus eventually emerged around rabbinic Judaism that would sustain the Jewish people for two millennia. Based on both textual sources and archaeological discoveries, this presentation reconstructs the nature and trajectory of this process and its testimony to the vitality of the Jewish tradition.

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