THEO1088 Lecture 2: JAN23_THEO100206_WALTON
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Many different types of jews: rabbis, sadduces, pharisees, orthodox, hellenistic, etc, various beliefs about god, fate, law, structure, afterlife. Hyperlink-two different writers: philo of alexandria, josephus. 4 periods within second temple period (look at class lecture notes for dates/ names) List of peoples in book pages 18- 25: pharisees, sadducees, essenes, zealots, herodians, samaritans, gentiles. Oral vs text traditions: hard to have everyone following the same set of rules if there isn"t one text written down for everyone to read. Monday, january 23, 2017: nothing fixed, different versions of the 10 commandments. Ex: herodians can only worship in one place, which centralizes their followers. Some people remain in jerusalem, some people spread out across the land: cities are usually focused with one sect, rural areas have other types, city vs rural changes if you can read, how you interpret texts, etc.
