RELI 2110 Lecture Notes - Christian Mortalism, Sadducees, Hand Washing
17 Feb 2014
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Discussion questions: natalia pochtaruk, johan de-silva, sarah cook. Josephus describes the destruction of the temple as the romans responding to the jewish rebellion, highly criticizing the over-zealous fanatics . Briefly summarize how the four jewish groups are described in this text. Believe in an immortal soul: rewards and punishments after death. Claim to have an oral torah handed down from moses, passed on through the generations of scribes. Purity: introduce prayers and hand washing before eating. Lived in small elite communities, separated themselves off (not as extreme as. Stayed in touch with the temple, and influenced temple rule to a large extent. Souls die with the bodies, there is no reward or punishment after death. Preoccupied with questions of purity and patriarchal descent. Appeal to the multitude far less than the pharisees. Group believed to have written the dead sea scrolls. Represented as stoics with an extremely strong interest in purity: ascetic extremists.
