RELS 3520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Diocletianic Persecution, Master Of Accountancy, Decian Persecution
15 Sep 2018
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Lecture 8: 9/13/2018: 4 macc, hellenist assimilation, reason rules emotion i. ) Co-opti(cid:374)g helle(cid:374)isti(cid:272) (cid:448)alues as proof that the(cid:455)"re a(cid:272)tuall(cid:455) epito(cid:373)izi(cid:374)g the. We"re (cid:374)ot here to destro(cid:455) s(cid:455)ste(cid:373), (cid:449)e are the system: way of joining bigger group. The power to define reality: mother in maccabees i. ) He"s a(cid:374) ideal a(cid:374)d e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple (cid:271)/(cid:272) she"s a(cid:271)le to o(cid:448)er(cid:272)o(cid:373)e her li(cid:373)itatio(cid:374)s: her limitations: Women=emotional ones and mother so they expect her to encourage sons to live: becomes masculine. Background on early christianity: christianity in rome, problems christians had sporadic and localized i. ) Locals and how they felt override whether things were legal or not: rumor of incest and cannibals really pervasive. Eu(cid:272)harist: (cid:862)bod(cid:455) of christ(cid:863), (cid:862)blood of christ(cid:863: natural disasters, mass shootings, bad things; look for a scapegoat. Roman time, no separation of state and religion. Not praying to them: considered virus, not religion. No laws against judaism, but generally a respected thing because ancient: (cid:862)destro(cid:455)i(cid:374)g fa(cid:373)ilies(cid:863)
