THEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Burning Bush, Priestly Source, Talmud
11 Feb 2017
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History of the jewish people: history experienced as a continuing dialogue with god. The semi-nomadic tribes who answered god"s call to use the divine law. Those who answer the call and strive to obey the law through the torah. Jewish history starts with the stories recounted in the hebrew bible (tanakh in hebrew, old testament for christians) Stories such ascreation of the world by a supreme deity or god. Moses, who spoke with god and led the people according to god"s commandments. Post-biblical evolving teachings and practices are collected in the talmud - a great compendium of jewish law and lore. Year 70 ad: romans destroy the jewish temple in jerusalem and disperse the jews throughout the world. Problem of historicity: scholars are uncertain about the historical accuracy of the early biblical stories because no other evidence exists about certain events and people genealogies mentioned in the bible. Torah (five books of moses) were revealed by god directly.
