RE104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Wart, Book Of Enoch, The Burning Times
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Re104 week 5: apocalypse and witches (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) The figure of satan developed among dissident jews in a particular time of jewish history (approx 150 bce to 100 ce). Jesus-followers were among these dissident jews. : in other words, the idea of satan as an enemy of god as found in christianity (and later islam) was not always around. Religion is never static: aspects of religion change with: Traditions, texts, revered people, places, emphases, cultural expressions. Try to understand their time, circumstances, culture, Think about our own assumptions, biases, ignorance (lack of knowledge) Apocalypse: popular usage = disaster, end of the world: films (i. e. world war z, 2012, war of the worlds, this is the. Academic language: a particular genre of text that reflected an apocalyptic worldview (i. e. 1 enoch, the war scroll, revelation) Apocalyptic = green (apocalupsis: = revelation revealed knowledge of truth (cosmic war; end coming soon; god will judge; etc. )
