RELG 300 Lecture Notes - Elephantine Papyri, Cyrus Cylinder
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Jewish culture of the 6th c : bridge before second temple period: variety of perspectives in bible : written over a course of centres, difference between jeremiah and ezra : concept of justice, covenant : agreement/contractual relationship. Today"s lecture : jews in the persian period (passages about prophets imp) Power positions: priest / temple priests : temple sacrifices etc, judges/ (legislative) interpretive , leaders. Find ways and ideas on how to absorb different things being done by the dominant culture letters looking for support both to leaders in jerusalem and samaria. Lord came through prophet haggai: south egypt : local sacrificial altar, trouble with neighbours , wrote, ( a call to build the house of lord) : governor and high priest. This is the big plan behind building the temple: zerrubabel : use him to lead this task (god"s representative, book of haggai : role of temple, place of ration to be god"s representative and change the world.