Historical Significance Judaism - Judaism as a religion defined as the Oral Law, the Torah, and the interpretations. - 2nd Century A.D. - Christianity developed, nothing to combat growth. - Leadership based on diadoche began, as well as the developments of the Pirkei Avot, Moshe Rabbinu, and the Mishnah. - Development of the "halakhah." - Rabbi Judah the Prince - These councils lead to the claim of the Oral Law and the Torah, which led to the establishment of Judaism as a religion, instead of a people.
Orthodox Judaism - 1800s to late 1900s - Response to new innovations of Reform Movement. - Reformers took control of synagogues - Samson Raphel Hirsch - Azriel Hildesheimer