RELG 207 Study Guide - Final Guide: Protestant Reformers, Purgatory, Messianic Secret

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 207
• Professor: Arvind Sharma

Document Summary

Hebrew bible: old testament of the christian bible. New testament: second major part of christian bible. One gospel to the next have same story told but different things played: comprise of 4 gospels, history of acts, letters of the. Types of judaism: judaism is fragmented under jewish rule. Sadducees: jewish priests and rulers/ traditional ruling class. Rome but feel need to call jews back to law of moses and follow them as closely as possible: agree with rome but are independent. Essenes: small group of jews who retreated from jewish society go live on the shores of. Dead sea, live a communal monastic lifestyle denial of bodily needs and desires. Zealots: revolutionary groups responsible for military rebellions against roman occupation of israel. Want to reestablish jewish law but unwilling to collaborate with the. Romans: in 63 ce, rise up one last time and carry out a war that lasts 4 years result in.