 | Chapter Objectives (See related pages)
After reading this chapter you will be able to:
• Discuss developments in the four general periods of Jewish history. |
 |  |  | • Describe the three parts of the Hebrew Bible. |
 |  |  | • Retell some of the major stories in the Hebrew scriptures. |
 |  |  | • Describe Jewish religious practices. |
 |  |  | • Explain the characteristics of the major divisions within Judaism. |
 |  |  | • Discuss the history of persecution that culminated in the Holocaust. |
 |  |  | • Discuss challenges Judaism faces in the modern world. |
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