Outline of Judaism
overview of and topical guide to Judaism
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Judaism:
History
Origins of Judaism
Jewish history
Pre-monarchic period
Ugaritic mythology – The Levant region was inhabited by people who themselves referred to the land as "ca-na-na-um" as early as the mid-third millennium BCE
Ancient semitic religions – The term ancient Semitic religion encompasses the polytheistic religions of the Semitic speaking peoples of the ancient Near East and Northeast Africa. Its origins are intertwined with Mesopotamian mythology.
El (deity) – the supreme god of the Canaanite religion and the supreme god of the Mesopotamian Semites in the pre-Sargonic period.
Elyon – "God Most High"
El Shaddai – "God Almighty"
Elohim – a grammatically singular or plural noun for "god" or "gods" in both modern and ancient Hebrew language.
Asherah – a Semitic mother goddess, the wife or consort of the Sumerian Anu or Ugaritic El, the oldest deities of their pantheons
Baal – a Northwest Semitic title and honorific meaning "master" or "lord" that is used for various gods who were patrons of cities in the Levant and Asia Minor
Yahweh – the national god of the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel (Samaria) and Judah.
Tetragrammaton – YHWH
Monarchic period
United monarchy
King Saul – the first king of the united Kingdom of Israel.
Ish-bosheth – the second king of the united Kingdom
King David – the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel
King Solomon – the final king before the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah
Solomon's Temple – the First Temple, was the main temple in ancient Jerusalem, on the Temple Mount (also known as Mount Zion), before its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar II after the Siege of Jerusalem of 587 BCE.
Further information:
Tel Dan Stele – a stele (inscribed stone) discovered in 1993/94 during excavations at Tel Dan in northern Israel.
Mesha Stele – a black basalt stone bearing an inscription by the 9th century BC ruler Mesha of Moab in Jordan.
Divided monarchy
History of ancient Israel and Judah
Return from captivity
Cyrus's edict
Ezra
Nehemiah
Second Temple Judaism
Hellenistic Judaism
Hasmonean dynasty
Development of Rabbinic Judaism
Jerusalem
Temple in Jerusalem
Jerusalem in Judaism
Timeline of Jerusalem
Herod
Sanhedrin
Pharisees
Sadducees
Essenes
Jewish–Roman wars
First Jewish–Roman War
Kitos War
Bar Kokhba revolt
Diaspora
Middle Ages
Muslim rule
Haskalah
Emancipation
The Holocaust
Aliyah
History of Zionism
History of Israel
Land of Israel
Sacred texts
Written Torah
Tanakh
Torah
Chumash–a Torah in printed form
Nevi'im
Ketuvim
Oral Torah
Oral Torah
Talmud (as encompassing the main Oral Law)
Jerusalem Talmud
Babylonian Talmud
Mishnah, the first major written redaction of the Jewish oral traditions known as the "Oral Torah".
Gemara, rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah
Aggadah, a compendium of rabbinic texts that incorporates folklore, historical anecdotes, moral exhortations, and practical advice in various spheres, from business to medicine.
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