THEO1088 Lecture 1: JAN20_THEO100206_WALTON
Document Summary
Esther and judith - life under foreign rule. 586: babylonians destroy the jerusalem temple and exile the people to babylon: people struggle to understand why this happened, israelite tradition begins to change, slowly begin process of canonization. 539: cyrus of persia conquers babylon and allows the exiles to return: judeans allowed to rebuild the temple. 516: temple rebuild: davidic monarchy reestablished, some hope zerubbabel may be the figure to restore (zech 4:6-10) 516 bce - 70 ce - second temple period (post exilic: not quite as glorious and free as they hoped it to be. Literature: romance novella and apocalyptic: romance novella: prominent jewish hero or heroine showing great resolve and commitment to his or her people and religion. To entertain and instruct how to live under foreign rule. Provides comfort to those experiencing persecution (esther, tobit, daniel. Waiting for god to come and destroy the foreign empires, change everything.
