RELIGION 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Valerius Gratus, Second Temple Judaism, Mark Goodacre
22 Sep 2016
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Rel 155: the new testament: 6 september 2016: judaism in the greco-roman world, a brief history of israel. 1. 1-17 (jesus" genealogy) divides jewish history into three periods of fourteen generations each: abraham to david, david to the exile, exile to jesus. Abraham the father of israel in many, many texts including the nt. To be a child of abraham was to be a jew. David was israel"s greatest king, and in later days, hopes of the resumption of the monarchy (sometimes associated with messiah language) revolved around david. Exile to babylon: great trauma of israelite history, and more than anything else responsible for the crafting of the old testament scriptures, 587-539 bce. Persians conquer babylon 539; israel returns from exile; cyrus hailed as messiah (isa. Persian period ends in the 4th century. Alexander the great (356-323): greek influence begins. http://www. britannica. com/ebchecked/topic/14224/alexander-the-great. Programmes of hellenization against which maccabees (2nd cent.
