REL 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Psalm 2, Jesus Walks, The Garden Tomb
4 Apr 2016
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Ezra (scribe) and nehemiah (rebuilds wall of the city) 587/586-332 bce: persia ruling since 538, babylonian before then (587-538) Persia (538-322 bce: cyrus defeated babylon and all the countries they controlled. Gave jews limited self-rule allowing them to build the temple (515 bce) Dualism: good and evil god that struggled. Resurrecion: rewards (heaven) and punishment (in place like hell) Alexander the great (332-323 bce: defeated persia in 332, spread of hellenism: greek culture and way of thinking. Civil strife (323-301 bce: alexander"s territory divided into fourths and given to 4 generals, ptolemy wanted egypt (became dominant in south, seleucus. Ptolemaic dynasty (301-198: septuagint (translaion begins with ptolemy ii) Town of modein erected alter? and told matathias to make the sacriice. Rachel essary: judas third son who got nickname of maccabeus (able to restore religious freedom to jewish people) Hanukkah celebrates this: hasmonean dynasty (hasmoneans are same as maccabees) Biggest group: pharisees (came out of hasidim or hasideans)
