RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 99: Maimonides, Rabbinic Judaism, Pauline Christianity
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Tanakh and to chris- tians as the old testa- ment. Contains 24 books in- cluding the torah. Contains stories about creation, exile and wisdom of prophets. Mesopotamia by the conquering babyloni- ans in 586 bce. Israelite political, ritu- al, and agricultural in- stitutions back to babylonia and then they built the. This temple was also destroyed by the ro- mans when the zealots revolted in 70 ce. Haggadah is text read during the liturgy for the ritual passover dinner. Celebrates the passing of death during the. Halakhah is the legal material in the tal- mud. In the broad meaning, tion from israelite reli- gion to judaism. When the babylonians invaded jerusalem, they destroyed their temple. After the destruction of that temple, they could not perform any of their rituals. After the 50 years of exile, a new emperor allowed jews to come it means the instruc- tion or law of god.
