RELIGST 2B03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Carol Meyers, Social Science, Phyllis Trible
23 Apr 2016
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Emphasis on the law of moses as a means of cultural marking, now that there is no temple, especially concerning apects such as diet, circumcision and marriage. Minor province of a vast empire not independent. Ezra/nehemiah (ezra as new moses , focuses on marriage with foreign women) Ruth: foreign women acan be incorporated into israelite society (though there is a tension within the text, she is an ancestor of david: affirmation of exogamy) Tobit: marry within your own kin, being pious = marriage within the clan (article in wbc dr. schuller) Not accepted as part of holy bible by rabbis (end of 1 c. ce) Accepted as canonical by roman catholic and orthodox churches, but not protestant. Sirach/ben sira/ecclesiasticus: ben sire, a scribe and wisdom teacher in. Greek work, probably from alexandria (~1 c. ce) Elephantine (see wbc 194-5) jewish military colony with many archives, containing docs of marriages, tax, divorce, etc. (legal documents)
