MMW 11 Lecture 8: Ancient Israel’s Test of Faith
30 Nov 2016
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Key points from last lecture: for ancient israelites, their history and destiny shaped by ethical accountability of the people ethical monotheism, trans-generational consequences inherited from the virtues and vices of their forefathers. Jerusalem) (a) danger of other tribes and nomadic people worshipping outside of the city is becoming tangential to the original faith. Pagan practices would emerge or polytheism (3) was this policy out of choice or necessity? (a) political authority went hand in hand with the unification of the state and nation. So they are united under the same religion and assyrians tried to exploit this by breaking apart israelites by introducing their own faith. (b) sounds like a policy out of necessity. Trying to keep nation together (4) after the death of hezekiah, there was a relapse as kings tried to make compromise and amends with other religions/alliances: the ascension of king josiah (640-609, deuteronomy actually means law in greek.
