RS121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nature Religion, Sigmund Freud, Erich Fromm

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS121
• Professor: David Seljak

Document Summary

Introduction to judaism: a chosen people: the covenant with god and the torah, essential questions: History of judaism in flour slides: religious sources claim that founding of israel dates to 1500 bce, greek courses mention judaism as a religion only after conquest of alexander the great 323. Bce: israel is conquered by the assyrians in the 8th century bce and then the babylonians in 587. Bce: exiled, therefore jews spread throughout the hellenistic and roman empires, diaspora or dispersion focused mostly in babylonia (iraq): a community thrived there until. Babylonian exile to middle ages: babylonians are replaced by the persians in 538 bce; jews return to jerusalem and build a second temple, antiochus iv epiphanes 215-164 bce banned jewish rites and traditions and desecrated the temple. !1: maccabean revolt results in independence jewish kingdom (165 bce) until roman conquest. Wednesday, september 20, 2017 in 63 bce: second expulsion in 135 ce after bar kokhba revolt.