Imagining a New World When Your Old One Collapses: The Rabbinic Response to the Destruction of the Temple

Dr. David Kraemer
By :  David C. Kraemer Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics Posted On Apr 20, 2020 / 5780 | Monday Webinar Times of Crisis and Possibility

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Part of the Series, “Times of Crisis and Possibility”

In 70 CE, the Jewish world changed catastrophically. The Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed and the Judaism prescribed by the Torah became impossible. Into this gap, the rabbis emerged to create a new, vibrant Judaism that required no particular center in any place. What is the system they created and how does it fill the gap left by the destruction?  

With Dr. David Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, JTS. 

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