RELI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Johanan Ben Zakai, Bar Kokhba Revolt, Judea (Roman Province)

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Religion
• Course: RELI 1001
• Professor: Tyler Kelly

Document Summary

70 ce: destruction of the 2nd temple. This is where rabbinic judaism comes from. A jewish school founded at yavneh by a teacher from judah. The teacher was snuck out of the city in a coffin (yohanan ben zakai) Yohanan ben zakai asked a roman general for permission to have land to build a school so their religion won"t die out. The general asked why yohanan ben zakai predicted that the general would become emperor by the end of the month and it came true. This school became the center for jewish authority. People came to ask all sorts of questions. Rabbinic sends people out to recruit people to teach and to ask for money. Center of political authority (contact with romans through this school) The traditions of the fathers are the oral torah. They weren"t just some traditions, it"s the tradition. The main guy simeon bar cosiba or simeon bar kochba (son of the star)