RELS 131 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cud, Antisemitism, Jewish Religious Movements
31 Jan 2017
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Revelation: written and oral: god revealed the torah to moses at mt. Sinai [including both written (pentateuch) and oral (talmud): the torah breaks down into, pentateuch aka five books of moses aka torah (five books of moses)- Commandments) and for living according to these rules, god frees them from slaver. This is a covenant about building and supporting a nation. Jews to come together for a variety of reasons. Jews in christian and muslim lands: up to the crusades (end of the 11th century), the christian attempt to recover palestine from. Muslim rule, jewish life under christian rule was quite good even tough they were 2nd class citizens: jews could not seek converts, serve in imperial service, testify in christian courts or have. First, appealed to poor jews but hasidic masters wanted to bring joy into the despairing lives of jews caught b/w christian anti-judaism and a growing secularism among.
