RELIGST 2DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Collective Memory, Shema Yisrael, Book Of Deuteronomy
7 Apr 2016
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Second person, singular (you), plural address (y"all) Some close affinity to prophet josiah (god"s covenant with israel) Partly economic: shift from barter (no money there) to money, move towards fetal system. Partly social: reflect a breakdown in family solidarity that is caused by social change. Political: unfair (people who need justice the most, monarchy needed to be rained in. Whether in babylonia; during the exile (not all returned) What makes israel, israel : israel god"s people, not another god"s people . Ezekiel and jeremiah: religious and cultural resistance (cid:1) (cid:1) Survival strategies for israelite identity in babylonia: sabbath, circumcision, praying towards jerusalem. Deuteronomy style: hortatory (preachy, cautions, promises, threatens. Context: 10 commandments (deut 5) and shema (deut 6: temptation of worship of other deities. Deut 13. 2-6: if prophets prophesy omens and they come true, and the prophets say, let us follow other gods they shall be put to death (cid:1) (cid:1)
