RLG100Y1 Final: RLG100 Complete Exam Review.doc

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Rlg 100y major religious traditions, east and west. Monotheism belief in the existence of only one god part of the western religions" common worldview humans are made in the image of god: god is interested in our well being. Dispersal", the jewish world outside the land of ancient israel ;it began with the. Exile, from which not all the jews returned in year 70. 24 books: contains psalms, contains 3 sections, the torah, nevi"im( all accounts of prophetic messages) and kethuvim(stories or creative literature) Babylonian exile: when jews got exiled from the holy land, began with the first king of hebrews dying causing a split in northern and southern sections, the southern section(judea) by the babylonians. Jews begin to introspect about sins: evolution of synagogues ( use terms such as synagogues and rabbinic judaism) The second temple: was destroyed and never rebuilt in 70, see babylonian exile, synagogues and rabbinic judaism.