RLGA02H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Rabbinic Judaism, Judah The Prince, Judah Bar Ilai
Document Summary
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 the end of age, from the greek for study of the end". Exile: the deportation of jewish leaders from jerusalem to mesopotamia by 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.
