REL A 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hanukkah, Israelites, Candelabra
25 Aug 2016
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Jews, after babylon, learned aramaic and brought it back to israel. Greek = common language of the world at the time. Passover, feast of tabernacles, pentecost, and yom kippur. High priest - only one that can go into the holy of holies, and only goes once a year on yom. High priest goes into the holy of holies with two sheep. Kills one sheep and sprinkles blood on ark of the covenant. Then bestows all the sins of the people on the other sheep, then lets it go (origin of scapegoat") Gospel changed so greeks could accept it better. Scholars call it the great hellenization, lds calls it the great apostasy. Mattathias - jewish priest that fought against the greek soldiers. Judah - son of mattathias, known as judas maccabaeus (the hammer) Miracle of lights (hanukkah) - they only had enough oil to light the candelabra for 1 day. Antipoter is the son of forced conversion jews.
