RELG 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Messiah In Judaism, Sadducees, Pharisees

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 207
• Professor: Arvind Sharma

Document Summary

Bible (hebrew bible, new testament) there is a christian bible, which includes both the old and new testament. Then there is a jewish bible, which only includes the. Roman rule in judea establishes itself in judea around 63 bce. The romans give the name judea to the land of israel, naming it after the jews who occupy it. Romans went around, they liked to collect gods. For the jews who are monotheist, this is utterly offensive. There are 4 types of judaism: sadducees these are the jewish teachers and leaders. They represent the most powerful group at jesus" time. They were favorable to life under roman rule and thus were favored by the romans. They were religious authorities who favored making the best out of a bad situation: pharisees this is another group. They believed in life after death unlike the. They did not like roman rule but were also not opposed to it.