THEO 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 85: Epistle To The Philippians, Sadducees, Essenes
29 Apr 2020
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These questions are asked by all of the leaders of the jewish groups of the time (except the essenes: all will come to an end with the destruction of the temple. They are all the tenants of the vineyard. The e-level emphasizes that the son of man will have his revenge: d1 chief priests and scribes plot to kill jesus, d2 son of david will destroy enemies. The conclusion is that jerusalem, the temple, and its leadership has been judged guilty of not bearing fruit, and giving to god what is god"s, and they killed his son. The destruction of the temple: a huge shock to israel. In the year 70 ce, the romans destroyed jerusalem and the temple: there was massive and horrible death. We cannot really imagine the effect this had on judaism at the time (including christianity: jerusalem and the temple were in one sense the heart and soul of judaism (alongside the torah)
