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MAP QUIZ OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE NEAR EAST.

Jerusalem was a city of 3 faiths that was very vast city Kared (Harod) the great Church where Jesus was executed Western wall is a pray wall used by Jewish people Jewish holy site praying toward the site of Isaac where he was executed and its important because it was on top of the 1st or 2nd temple. (wailing wall) Muhammad Muslim holy site now Jerusalem from Nehemiah to the Herods Ciry of david Dome of the The temple mount, Sepulchre desputes over what faith runs the church, (greek orthodox, Christian, Armenian ) ANTONia fortress, herodian temple( people would buy sacrificial items to sacrifice to god,) Artiical port made out of nothing caesarea harbor inner basin crusader wall clums jetty middle basin the herodian quay journey of paul Geography quiz a list of places and geographical features can be found under the course content in d2l 1-20 History and religion of ancient Israel the nd temple period ca 600-bce-135 ce What did he mean axial ages key influential times- when scientific thing happened discoveries new technology. Ancient Egypt is really the start. Egypts artichtectiual greatness, old babolynian period laws, and policies were created for society. Philosophy, starting to write history. Enlightenment important time bc of scientific revolution Stuff were looking for important for society, the individual, religion, government. This period is when the Humans religious imagination are running wild. The creation of the 1 slums 2 Judaism, 3 Christianity. Still around today. Sources and Approaches (non- sectarian is Professor Wrights approach) 1. Traditional VS. 1A. Critical 1 & 2 Early Judaism and Christianity Confirm your beliefs with these faiths if done traditional and will stay the same as a standard to go by for the future. 2. Religious VS. 2A. Secular 1A & 2A With these ideas people will ask questions, doubt, and not conform their beliefs Standard tradition for Jewish faith are set by Rabbis Orthodox (Christian) approach traditions faith are set by Hierarchy such as Pope, Cardinals, Priest etc Learning how to understand why religious ways are the way the are? Sources - Cannon or Canonical collections of writings used for laws, traditional religious Authoritative Biblical sources

39 books Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament (scripture for Jews and kind of Christians) 20 books Apocrypha scripture for non protestants catholic jews orthodox 29 books New (supplement Testament (scripture for Christians) Pseudepigrapha Early Jewish literature. Writings atrbutited to a person but not written by that actual person (non canonical ) Not believed by the traditional Jewish Rabbis of the time period Sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls crazy things Nog Nammadi Gnostic Christianity (Dan Brown) Paul the apostle killed the Gnostics Archaeology Josephus-history phil- phiospt

1/26/12 Green is faith black is history in the bible. You can debate the black and green but you cant confirm faith. The people who wrote the bible are the duturemony. The people who wrote the bible believed in things happened because of faith 3 deportations 598- elites are deported 586/7- destruction of the temple 582 scribe, artisans rest of the elites BABYLONIAN EXILE The people who stayed behind had to cope with the situation. Why did this happen? Because 1 belief was they sinned 2nd was the Babylonians wanted to control the meditterran and trading are the sea. People will either do 2 things keep the faith and compound even more beliefs on top because they sinned to much and then lose faith or mix the 2 religons Pragmatic response The Religious response woe woe woe Deuteronomistic yahwism: The Evidence Was god weak? Did we bring about gods wrath psalms 74,79 137: book of Lamentations: Ezekiel The author of psalms 74 has despair over the loss The enemy thinks that they have defeated a god and in this case the Israelite god The people have a sense that god has left them Psalms 79 The question of how long keeps coming up. They wanna know how long this will go one even tho they are clean Learned deafeted Jerusalem Psalms 137 this is written by someone in exile Hummuliated by Babylonians treated poorly by Babylonians the were commited to return

Pragmatic response Lis is what you make of it. The people left Jeremiah said to deal with the situation and do what is needed to keep the faith Daniel date from this period. 1-6 tells you how the people were treated and how the jews were treated persecuted because of jewish faith. Steps character-threat-prayer to goddeliverance-promoted. Esther(Persian king looking for a new wife and holds a beauty contest esther won.) It show that jews could be found across a wide spectrum of Persian society it also says something about how worldly wisdom can serve to preserve people. God doesnt appear in the book of esther. A jewish woman saved her people with her smarts and contections The murashu archive- tells who bought what from this person. Its a business transaction books to a nearly 100 of the transactions are of jewish people During the time of exile in Babylon 50% of the names had yahwestic parts 3% were all jewish names. Jes gave their kids Babylonians names combos with bel and nabu people with baby. Names gave their kids jewish names yehoyishma daught of shawash-sar-utsuz Jewish people started to assimilate and mix with the Babylonians parents who gave their kids jewish names were concerned with identifying jewish faith. But the grand parents were interested in assimaliting with babyl. Jews with babyl. Names in the bible sheshbazzar. LIFE IN EXILE Religious response our sin caused the destruction and a stronger faith. Pragmatic response was life is what you make it and assimilate and do what is needed.