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The anti-iconic principle and its modifications.

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The sacred language: Hebrew and the vernacular tongues.

Holy places: the land of Israel and Jerusalem.

Ceremonies marking the individual life cycles.

The traditional pattern of synagogue practices.

The traditional pattern of individual and familial practices.

The future age of humankind and the world.

The formulation of Jewish ethical doctrines.

The relation to non-Jewish communities and cultures.

Interpenetration of communal and individual ethics.

The age of the amoraim: the making of the Talmuds (3rd–6th century).

Origin of Christianity: the early Christians and the Jewish community.

Religious and cultural life in the Diaspora.

Religious rites and customs in Palestine: the Temple and the synagogues.

Social, political, and religious divisions.

Hellenistic Judaism (4th century bce–2nd century ce).

The period of classical prophecy and cult reform.

The period of the conquest and settlement of Canaan.

The Mosaic period: foundations of the Israelite religion.

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