REL 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Books Of Chronicles, Books Of Samuel, Food And Drink Prohibitions
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Temple of herod destroyed 70 ad: synagogue (assembly) replaces temple as center of community (280, rabbi as enlightened teacher replaces priest by inherited authority, study of torah replaces sacrificial system (283) Builders of cities, makers of bronze and iron tools = civilization. Farmers kill shepherds because its animals eat/trample the crops. God favors the shepherds over the city people (cid:1006). O(cid:272)ial p(cid:396)i(cid:448)ileges: a(cid:271)(cid:396)aha(cid:373) as (cid:862)(cid:272)hose(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:272)esto(cid:396)(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1006)(cid:1010)9, (cid:1007)(cid:1005)9(cid:895). The 12 sons of jacob (favored one) vs esau: yahweh as family god to tribal god to national god. He is the god of that territory: zionism: modern movement to restore israel as a political state for jews vs religious state for jews vs religious state. Cosmic relations: what is sacred, torah: the word of god (298, sabbath: the day of rest (305) Part 7: judaism: kosher food: spiritual contagion (301, where is the sacred, the land: promise of god to subsistence society, jerusalem: city of god & the temple of god.
