HIST 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Dreidel, Talmud, Rehoboam
25 Oct 2016
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Hist 221 jewish history; october 25, 2016. Maccabees book 1: land and covenant and culture, keep land and lose culture, or keep culture and lose land, many jews had greek and hebrew names, read: Strength does not come from the size of the force, rather the faith and power of the people. God will love you no matter how big your force is. They fight for their lives and the law. Do not worry, god will give us victory. The others are insolent and proud and wish to destroy us. Better to die than to witness the destruction of their nation and sanctuary. Moved the unholy stones to a cave where they awaited instructions from a prophet. Hanukah is a celebration of the regaining of an israel-centric world philosophy: dreidel the great miracle happens there , lighting of the menorah: talmud said oil lasted 8 days. 2nd day light two: talmud is a book of opinions:
