HIST 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sephardi Jews, Rabbinic Judaism, Hasidic Judaism
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Nazis proposed the final solution to the "jewish" problem. If you want to understand the relationship between jews and christianity you have to go back in time to understand. Abraham had a son isaac, isaac had his two sons, jacob was one that god chose to be the father of a great nation (israelites). Israelites later had a king named saul, saul is replaced by david. There is no proof david existed, but there was a king around 1000 bc, he was anointed with holy oil, messiah (meaning anointed one). Jesus" lineage can be traced back to david"s, another king was prophesized to come from the house of david. Judea was destroyed by the babylonians in 586. Fifty years later the persian empire comes along and gives permission to the jews to return to. The temple was the centre of judaism, 300s alexander the.