HUMA 1880 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tallit, Organ Donation, Mishnah

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 1880
• Professor: Yedida Eisenstat

Document Summary

There was a political difference in ancient israel: two kingdoms. Israel: north: judah: south (survived, there were ideological/theological differences, the difference between these two were tense. There were not sectarian divisions in judaism; one movement karaite : denomination of judaism conflict between karaites and other jews. After destruction of first temple, new divisions: samaritans/other jews, diaspora/israel. Towards the middle of second temple period: elephantine, diaspora hellenized jews, speaking and writing greek. All religion"s play a role in helping people deal with death, and comforting survivors who mourn. Blessed and praised, glorified, exalted and extolled : discuss the significance of the husband-wife metaphor as used to describe the relationship between god and the people israel in the bible and later judaism. Husband-wife metaphor: suggestion that gd needs to be understood as husband, and people of israel are understood as being the wife, many bibilical texts.