RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Messianic Judaism, Essenes, Hasmonean Dynasty

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16 Apr 2013
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Talk about how important the oral dimension is. Need to talk about moksha, samsara, maya. Atman human soul or even better the most eternal part of our soul. 1800 bce traditional date of abraham, legendary first patriarch. Jerusalem = capital of israelite kingdom under king david. End of northern kingdoms, destroyed by assyrian"s in 721 bce. First temple was destroyed (exile of israelites in babylonia. They focus on the text, interpretation and debate on the meaning: 5 books of moses, hebrew bible. Assyrians come and conquer northern kingdom then the. Cyrus (persian king) is referred to as a messiah. Messiah is a religious person that comes to help out to save everything and fight evil off. Diaspora = jews no longer in homeland but continuing traditions elsewhere. Judaism became a tradition all about diaspora. After the persians the greeks take over. Hebrew is now a scholarly language, not many people speak it any more.

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