REL 2029 Lecture : 4th Lecture
Document Summary
Greek culture: judea and diaspora, looser tie to the text, more variety of the different interpretations, different temples, people disagree which temple is permissible to sacrifice in, syncretism. Objected by people who believe in the purity of the religion: septuagint (translation introduced extra-biblical interpretations that influenced early christians, 70 people who translated pentateuch from hebrew to. Greek and all worked alone, but had exactly the same translation: very important to greek communities because the spread of christianity was very quick to the greeks, philo, greek jewish philosopher, infuses biblical ideas into greek philosophy, logos. Greeks wonder why circumcision is important to them, they believe the human body is perfect: 167 bce antiochus defeated. He had criminalized dietary laws, outlawed circumcision, no practice in the temple: judah persecuted the hellenizers. Jews who were pro-adaptation: hasmonean kingdom 164-63 bce, historical origin of hanukkah, roman period 63 bce-70 ce, religious sectarianism (pharisees, sadducees, essenes, God gave an oral law, passed down to the.
