Week	Day	Lecture Topics	Reading Due	Project Due
		Unit One: Intro to Jewish Religious Texts
1  Jan. 9,12	M	Torah and Tradition Part One	Syllabus
	W	Part Two	Everyman's Talmud (ET) pp. IX-LV
		Unit Two: Teachings of the Talmud
2 Jan. 16,19	M	Doctrine of God	ET Ch. 1
	W	God and the Universe	ET Ch. 2
3  Jan. 23,26	M	Doctrine of Man	ET Ch. 3
	W	Revelation	ET Ch. 4
4  Jan . 30, Feb. 2	M	Domestic and Social Life	ET Ch. 5&6
	W	Moral and Physical Life	ET Ch. 7&8
5 Feb. 2,9	M	Hereafter	ET Ch. 11
	W	Midterm
		Unit Three: Learning to Read Midrash
6  Feb. 13,16	M	History and Methodolgy of Midrash	Learning to Read Midrash (LRM) pp9-24
	W	Understanding Mashal	LRM Ch. 1&2
7 Feb. 20,23	M	The Petihta and Proof Texts	LRM Ch. 3&4
	W	Mashal as Narrative	LRM Ch. 5&8
8 Feb. 27, Mar. 2	M	Mashal as dialectic	LRM Ch. 6
	W	Resolving Discrepancy	LRM Ch. 10
9 Mar. 6-10		Reading Days
10 Mar. 13,16	M	Interpreting Dialogue Part One	LRM Ch. 12
	W	Interpreting Dialogue Part Two	LRM Ch. 13	Midrash  Exegesis
		Unit Four: Jewish Mysticism
11 Mar. 20,23	M	Introduction and History	Heart and the Fountain (HF) pp.1-48
	W	Principles and the Tree of Life
12 Mar. 27,30	M	Deification of Enoch	HF Ch. 3
	W	Prayer and Worship	HF Ch. 7,8,9
13 Apr. 3,6	M	Zohar	HF Ch. 12,14
	W	Walking with Shekinah	HF Ch. 17
Unit Five: Jewish Philosophy
14 Apr. 10,13	M	Introduction and History
	W	Leading Personalities