REL 2029 Lecture : Religion 2029 Notes
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David takes jerusalem and makes it his capital. Assyrians conquer northern kingdom and disperse its people. Josiah centralizes worship at the temple in jerusalem in deuteronomic reform. Roman lay siege to jerusalem and destroy the temple. Birth of saadia, gaon in babylonia (d. 942) Birth of rashi, commentator on bible and talmud (d. 1105) Birth of moses maimonides, author of the guide of the perplexed (d. 1204) Birth of moses of leon, author of the zohar (d. 1305) Birth of israel ben eliezer, the baal shem tov, in poland (d. 1759) Birth of moses mendelssohn, pioneer of reform in germany (d. 1786) Conservative judaism separates from reform in the united states. German synagogues vandalized in prelude to the holocaust. Friday until sundown saturday: priestly hierarchy, 1. All are now true: sephardic jews lived in spain, italy, and north africa, while ashkenazi jews lived in germany,
