RELIGST 1B06 : Religious Studies 1B06 Notebook.docx

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 1B06
• Professor: Philippa Carter

Document Summary

1000 bce institution of the israelite monarchy. 586 fall of jerusalem to the babylonians. 538 cyrus permits the rebuilding of jerusalem/return from exile. 167 end of the maccabean revolt. (antiochus iv dies 164) 70 destruction of the second temple (vespasian) All three traditions teach that the god of abraham revealed his will concerning his people. Theodicy a problem for all three traditions (how can a god permit suffering) Theocracy a subtext to all three traditions. Judaism, islam and christianity traditionally taught that abraham was a real person who lived in the second millennium bce. (this is a truth claim. No evidence outside of scripture for the existence of abraham. Evidence for ideas about the divine that challenged a polytheistic view. (e. g. [pharaoh, 1364-1347 bce] ruled that only the sun-god, aten, should be worshipped. ) God reveals himself to certain people, at certain times aka prophets.