MC 2000 Chapter : Internet 2
Document Summary
All monotheistic are the same; no need to join this one. Common belief that we as spiritual beings existed in a heavenly world and chose our religion then. Spread and decline: 559 bce cyrus led the persian empire. Test 3: intense purification done before weddings, after birth, and if someone touches a corpse, death, temporary triumph of evil, dead bodies are impure, rituals in place to protect the ground, fire, etc. from contamination. Influence: hard to know much, concept of satan, light/dark imagery in john. Orthodoxy vs. orthopraxy: orthodoxy correct belief, orthopraxy correct action, judaism emphasizes correct action, what distinguishes one group from another is primarily behavior, not theology. Biblical origins: people are unable to do the right thing, first covenant with noah, tower of babble. Test 3: god makes second covenant with abraham, promised a long life and many descendants. Rabbinic movement: rabbis seen as successors of the pharisees.
