RELG 203 Lecture 9: RELG 203 - Lecture 9, The Bible in Politics
15 Dec 2017
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Relg 203 - lecture 9, the bible in politics. Jewish kings that think it"s their job to keep everyone in line, with the jewish laws, priests and all. Babylonia exile = lost their kings and priests, therefore the written tradition became more important for some people. Cyrus-ezra = new king rebuilding the jewish tradition, using the books to build laws for the new kingdom. More destruction comes in again and once again they got nothing but their books. Political context in which the bible came to be. At that time a lot of people would not recognize the distinction between sacred and secular. Cesar was seen as a god by romans, therefore there was no separation between the political and the sacred for romans. Glowing things in movies are constantly seen as special Having important fathers passes the information that someone is special. Roman"s 13 says that we have to submit to secular authorities.
