HUMA 1860 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Antiochus Iv Epiphanes, Babylonian Captivity, Maccabees
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Shavuot: celebrates god"s revelation of the torah to moses. Sukkot: commemorates the israelites" wanderings in the wilderness. First temple in jerusalem built by king solomon, son of king david, and destroyed by the. Babylonians in 586 bce (when the temple was destroyed) Second temple built in jerusalem in 515 bce and destroyed by the romans in 70 ce: deuteronomy 6: 4-9: hear o israel, the lord our god, the lord is one. You shall love the lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These words which i command you this day are to be kept in your heart. You shall repeat them to your children, speaking of them indoors and outdoors, morning and night. You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand and wear them as signs upon your forehead; you shall write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates (murray 76).