RLGA02H3 Midterm: Study Guide for Midterm
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Apocalypse from the greek for unveiling (the latin equivalent is revelation ); the final battle between the forces of darkness and light expected at the end of time. Berith hebrew term for covenant, the special relationship between god and the jewish people. Diaspora dispersal , the jewish world outside the land of ancient israel; it began with the babylonian. Documentary hypothesis the theory (1894) that the pentateuch was not written by one person (moses) but compiled over a long period of time from multiple sources. Eschatology doctrine concerning end of the age, from the greek for study of the end. Exile the deportation of jewish leaders from jerusalem to mesopotamia by the conquering. Babylonians in 586 bce; disrupting local israelite political, ritual and agricultural institutions, it marked the transition from israelite religion to judaism. Exodus the migration of hebrews from egypt under the leadership of moses, understood in later. Hebrew thought as marking the birth of the israelite nation.
