HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Henotheism, Ten Lost Tribes, Ethical Monotheism
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Writing: invented by sumerians (southern mesopotamia) cuneiform. Begins with a practical need record keeping. Sargon of akkad (r. 2350-2316 bce: found as a baby in a basket, (cid:862)(cid:272)hose(cid:374) (cid:271)y gods(cid:863) Amorites emerge from western desert (1900-1600 bce) establish capital in babylon. Hammurabi of babylon (r. 1792-1750 bce: most famous ruler. Royal ideology: (cid:862)ki(cid:374)g (cid:449)ho (cid:373)ade the (cid:449)orld o(cid:271)edie(cid:374)t(cid:863, (cid:862) hepherd(cid:863) to people. So why did the jews go with it?!?!?! Each city or nation has a patron deity: local and regional gods, pluralistic, not concerned with comprehensive interpretations of human destiny. Earliest texts/ books: c. 9th century bce: final form: 2nd century ce. Exodus out of egypt: c. 1200 bce under moses. Key to hebrew identity as a people: covenant between yahweh and people, understanding of role in history. Henotheism (enos= one: (cid:862)our loyalty is o(cid:449)ed to our god(cid:863) The hebrews- why monotheism: not one person, but generations, reform built on tradition, prophets.
