RELI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ancient Greek Temple, Sacred Language, Talmud

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELI 100
• Professor: David Dakake

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Assyrians: destroy israel in 722 bc, 10 tribes lost in history. Judah is the only group who represents the israelite religion. Babylonian: destroy judah and the temple in 587 bc, exiled judah people, shift from ritual focus to moral focus. Amos and hosea: prophets who disregarded ritual behavior, love is more important. Greeks 4: alexander the great built theaters for greek plays in the holy land, oppressed the jews, built a gym and exercised in the nude, built schools taught in all greek, upset jews. Loose their sa(cid:272)red language of he(cid:271)rew = that"s what happened. Septuagint: translation of hebrew bible into greek. Antiochus: put greek statues into the greek temple, started rebellion, forces greeks out. Sadducees: priests of the jewish temple, ritual focused on the torah, sacred scripture, literalists, authority of the church. Jews who studied the hebrew bible: people respected their opinions, said all- torah, neviim, and ketuviim- is the sacred scripture.