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