
The Three Libraries
A Christian Primer of the Torah, the Talmud, and the KabbalahBy C.T. PaulsenLength3h 13m
About this audiobook
Three ancient Jewish libraries — the Torah, the Talmud, and the Kabbalah — explained plainly for the curious outsider. No Hebrew required. Just a patient guide, an honest pen, and a tour that runs three thousand years from Sinai to Brooklyn. Whether you come for faith, history, or sheer curiosity, this is the primer you've been looking for.
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length3 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 18, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26Babylon and Exile
2Preface
27The Return and the Scribes
3Chapter 1: What Is the Torah?
28The Dead Sea Scrolls
4A Word Everyone Has Heard
29A Greek Torah
5What the Word Means
30A Personal Note
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6A Tale in Five Parts
31Chapter 4: The Torah After the Exile
7The Heart of the Torah
32A New Kind of Judaism
8Who Wrote the Torah?
33The Rise of the Synagogue
9How Big Is the Torah?
34The Sadducees
10What the Torah Is Not
35The Pharisees
11One Last Picture
36The Essenes and the Dead Sea Scrolls
12Chapter 2: Moses and the Giving of the Torah
37Other Jewish Groups
13A Baby in a Basket
38Jesus and the Torah
14The Burning Bush
39The Early Christians and the Torah
15The Ten Plagues
40The Destruction of the Temple
16Crossing the Sea
41A Personal Note
17Mount Sinai and the Ten Commandments
42Chapter 5: How Jews Read the Torah Today
18Did Moses Really Write the Torah?
43A Torah Scroll Up Close
19The Last Song and the Last Climb
44The Weekly Cycle
20A Personal Note
45Orthodox, Conservative, Reform
21Chapter 3: From the Wilderness to the Scribes
46Modern Biblical Scholarship
22After Moses
47Messianic Jews
23The Age of the Judges
48The Torah at Home
24The Kings and the Temple
49Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah
25A Lost Book Is Found
50Chapter 6: What Is the Talmud?