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20 Cards in this Set
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Most fundamental part of Bible in Judaism. Contains first 5 books.
"Teaching" |
Torah
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"Prophets" part of Bible. Contains the entry into the land, period of monarchy, babylonian exile, and oracles of individual prophets
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Nevi'im
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"Writings". Contains return from exile and postexilic community.
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Ketubim
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Composed of Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketubim
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TaNaKh
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What makes something scripture?
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A community decides what is scripture, it becomes scripture because someone says it is.
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New temple after Israel's return from exile
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Second Temple Period
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Becomes king in 175 BCE. Forbids Jewish worship and customs
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Antiochus IV
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Political control, Spread of Greek Language, Spread of Greek Culture
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Hellenism
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What happened in 70 CE?
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Jewish Revolt
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Member of Jewish community in Egypt. Combined Greek philosophical ideas with observance of traditional Jewish Law. Argured Judaism is source of Greek philosophy and therefore is superior to it
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Philo of Alexandria.
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Which Jewish sect was high class, believed in no afterlife, and also believed that one should only do what is written in Torah?
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Sadducees
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What Jewish sect was concerned with correct interpretation of the Torah, and believed in an afterlife?
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Pharisees
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Which Jewish sect was associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls and was mostly celebate. They stressed the study of the Torah, had a long entrancy procedure, and frequenty purified themselves with water?
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Essenes
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Collection of Hebrew manuscripts found at Qumran in 1948. Earliest Hebrew manuscripts by 1000 years. Showed changes to Bible are still being made
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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Group had Essenes traits, Dead Sea Scrolls
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Qumran
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Oral Origins. Formed around 200 CE out of earlier oral traditions. There are no resolutions but is simply a collection of opinions without telling which is "right". Not explicitly tied to scripture.
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Mishnah
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To seek in scripture. Rabbinic scriptural interpretation, explicitly tied to scripture.
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Midrash
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Procedure, Rabbinic law.
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Halakhah
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Rabbinic narrative, anything that doesn't have anything to do with law.
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Aggadah
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Compilation of rabbinic teaching structured as commentary on the Mishnah. "Complete Torah" Composed of Halakhah and Aggadah. Mishnaic statements and biblical interpretation (Midrash)
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Talmud
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