HUMA 1880 Lecture 4: Lecture 4

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 1880
• Professor: Yedida Eisenstat

Document Summary

Apocalyptic texts - the belief of day of judgement gave people the strength to suffer through what they suffered. the early jesus movement, explained jesus" death. they believed that the christification, will brave on the apocalyptic movement. We start calling jews after the first exile 539 bce. 2 dominant modes after the second temple was destroyed: prayer and study. Paul said that becoming a jew causes physical aspects (circumcision) and dietary restrictions (no pork). One of the major issues between jewish and christians, is that jews believed that they had a special connection with god. Treasured nation - exclusive property, israel worships only god, as a result of this they are subject to all of the commandments. (therefore israel is held to a higher standard, more laws more rules). Paul comes along and says- no, not only jews have the special connection with. Supersessionism- also called replacement theology or fulfillment theology, is a.