REL 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Polytheism, Bar Kokhba Revolt, Simeon Bar Yochai
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Apiru/habiru: wanderers, etic, generally used (non-specific), mesoptamian/egypt texts, Bible term: ibri (hebrew), monolatry: many dieties-1 main. Yhwh: chief god, or el, teltragrammaton, so holy they can"t even say it, g*d, yahweh. Temple of solomon: early kingdom, ark of covenant, priestly tribe w/ animal sacrifice, strict purity laws, israelite religion, archeological evidence. Babylonian exile: 587-8 bce: conquer by new-babylonian king, temples destroyed, called. Jews, prompted religious change (why did temples fall? what to do without temple?) Bar kokhba revolt: 135 ce: messiah/self declared prince-alternative state, violent, jews banned from jerusalem, (developing away from here) Tanakh: torah, major text, nevi"m (prophets), khetuvim (writings) Torah: 5 books, hebrew bible, oral transmission until 7th-4th c when written down here: genesis: mythology, early stories, exodus: israelite stories, leviticus: legal code/ practices, numbers: 40 yrs. Talmud: oral torah, to offset exilic upheaval, re-edited around common era (200 ce), Midrash: commentary, explanation, classics written down, ongoing, large studies by rabbi, 4 approaches: surface/direct, deep/symbolic, comparative, secret/mystical.
