RLGA02H3 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Ketuvim, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Babylonian Captivity
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The final battle between darkness and light expected at the end of time. Apocalyptic literature flourished in the hellenistic era: it also tends to be very eschatological in nature. The special relationship between god and the jewish people. It began with the babylonian exile, from which not all jews returned. One philosopher wrote about diaspora saying that the torah remained very important but diaspora thinkers tried to show that it agreed with greek philosophy. The 1894 theory that the pentateuch was not written only by moses but compiled over a long period of time from multiple sources. Although most people disagree with this hypothesis, it tends to serve as a basis for current research. Doctrine concerning the end of the age. The term comes from the greeks, and it means study of the end". Ancient hebrews were not overly focused on what happens after death. The deportation of jewish leaders from jerusalem to mesopotamia by the babylonians in 586 bce.
