RLG202Y1 Lecture Notes - Shabbos Goy, Determinism, Moses Isserles
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1) one could suggest that orthodoxies need heterodoxies (need opposition). Judaism has defined itself as an orthodoxy. 2) history shows many religions how they might learn and adapt to things orthodoxies are not so in tune with learning from history. 3) general rule traditions depend on geniuses (prophets) to revive traditions. (max weber virtuosos ) 1) origins of the movement - founder anan ben david. 4) reasons for the decline of karaism and saadia. Probably the greatest protest movement to arise in judaism. There was a time where more jews were karaites than rabbanites. 2) sparked by social and economic causes (babylonian jewish. Anan ben david was in the line to become the exilarc king of the jews in exile (traced back to david). Tremendous authority. for some reason he was passed over given to his younger brother instead of him. ^this is because he was found to have a blemish (not physical).
