RELG 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Second Temple Judaism, Pharisees, Jesus Movement
2 Jan 2019
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Josephus: there are 3 most noticeable philosophies in second temple judaism. Being a pharisees did not entail going to the office and getting a membership. Josephus may not have known the exact number of people, but they could be the largest group. Argument: to reconstructionist jews and to non-jews that jews are not evil. Jewish war was not caused by jews but by a minority within second temple judaism who radicalized: trying to figure out how the disaster happened. Judas the galilean: a little bit embarrassing for josephus because the 4th philosophy is identical with the. Pharisees: everything is the same except the 4th philosophy, cannot hide: 4th philosophy must be a bump on the 3rd philosophy. The people in the 4th philosophy are just weird/radicalized pharisees. Jesus & judas the galilean *possible exam question* Both based in galilee but one upper and one lower. Both leaders of movements that strayed from judaism.
