HIST 221 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Babylonian Captivity, Unclean Animal, Hanukkah
26 Feb 2018
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Hist 221 unit 4 test review: discuss the impact of the babylonian exile, hellenism, and early christianity on the jews and judaism. Which of these political, religious, and theological encounters between. Base your analysis on your readings and primary texts discussed in class (books of ezra and nehemiah, first book of maccabees, paul"s letters to hebrews and romans) Babylonian ( ezra and neh: had a hard time being jews so they changed the way they practiced their religion. Impact on modern jewish history but rather a gift which symbolizes the restored link between god and people. Israel centric worldview: time is cyclical, jews look back to make things like the past, oppose to looking to the future. Hellenism ( mac: chanukah, tolerance (ptolemies, jews tried to be unc, jews intermarried, persecution (seleucid and antiochos , torahs was burnt, unclean animals offered on altars, conformists, hasmoneans, and maccabeans.
