RE204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Rabbinic Judaism, Mishnah, Sefer Torah
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Today in judaism: 22 tishrei, 5774 am & 23tishrei. Shemini atzeret (8th day of the assembly) rain day. Shimchat torah (rejoicing in the law) the completion of the annual cycle of torah readings. Hakafah torah scroll gets love: controversial practice, christian/pagans peg idol worship of the torah. May have believed in angels: essenes. Did not have the book of esther. Does not use name of god female hero. Not a lot of their own documents, not much information about them. Believed in apocalypse - theirs was an active version lot of popular support, but blamed for roman war fighting would start the apocalypse (active/passive apocalypse) Revolution! religious, but also political: under greco-roman domination, there were four major attempts at revolution: Against the romans first jewish war 66-73ce: against foreign oppression, this was god"s city, god"s home, romans not beloved by jews. Seen as anti-god: siege of jerusalem in 70ce. Zealots withdrew, legend shows mass suicide so.