REL 2029 Chapter : 1st Temple Period
Document Summary
Significance of temple: first temple built 950bce, first temple destroyed ?? bce, political, social, and ritual center. God: political decline 722 bce, prophets turn focus inward to compassion, security in terms of financial stability and security to construct (permanence), political security, establish themselves publicly, jerusalem. Shifts to three focuses of religious worship (all over the world): morality, devotion, compassion. Destruction of temple and babylonian exile: political, social, and ritual loss, crisis of faith, babylonians who worship false gods are able to destroy the. ?s concerning whether their faith has been misplaced: they do not doubt god"s power or the truth of their faith. Ideas of messiah, apocalypticism, cosmic evil: apocalypticism- destruction of the world, cosmic evil- the devil; satan. Development of synagogue worship: emphasis on prayer and study (and text) > sacrifice, minyan, minimum of 10 adults (usually male) required to have a group prayer, torah compiled 430 bce, synagogue: gathering place, rabbi- very educated layperson.
