Friday:

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Friday

• Breslauer chapter 3.

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Chanukah
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Book of Daniel Apocalypse

• Written as prophecy of empires Gods final
  victory
• End of the world
• God will create a new world for the pious

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164 bce Maccabees rule

• but Syrian troops stay in Jerusalem.

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142 bceIndependence from Syria.

• Maccabees claim to be High Priests and Kings
• Zadokite Priesthood abolished
• M. Claim Zadok as ancestor.

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Messiah

• Bible predicts a hero to restore the true
  religion / government for Jews.
• Maccabees associate themselves with predictions.
• Others make similar claims.

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Maccabees

• Claim total power
• Oppressive
• Face Jewish opposition.

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Parties

• Sadducees Zadokites Priestly class.
• Pharisees Torah interpreters for masses.
• Essenes Sectarians. Very Apocalyptic
• LIVE SEPARATELY. Hermits
• Zealots Militants

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63 bce Rome

• Defeats Judah, Replaces Hasmoneans.
• Puppet Kings
• Temple Desecrated.

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Roman Puppet Kings

• HEROD the Great Expands Temple
• Western Wall Wailing Wall
• Distrusted by Judeans.

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Western Wall Holiest site Jews now have access
to
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Pharisees and Sadducees

• Different beliefs
• Interpretation of Torah.

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Shavuot

• Count 50 days from morning after the Sabbath
• Sad. Literalists, count from Sabbath that
  occurred during Pesach.
• Phar. say,from the second day of Pesach
  Sabbath is a figure of speech

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Sabbath Light no fires

• Sad. say have no fires at all.
• Phar. say a pre-lit fire is o.k..
• Spirit of Joy more important than legislation.

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Resurrection

• Sad. No
• Phar. Yes
• What of Maimonides??

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Fate / Destiny

• Sad. No
• Phar. Yes

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Atonement

• Sad. A ritual procedure / Law
• Phar. A personal quest for righteousness

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Revolution against Rome

• Sadducees, Pharisees try accommodation
• Essenes already living separately
• Reject Jerusalem too defiled.

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War.

• 66-73 ce 1st Jewish Rebellion
• 70 ce Jerusalem destroyed.
• 73 ce MASADA

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Masada
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Yohanan ben Zakkai

• Refined Pharisaic Ideas
• Made peace with Romans
• Allowed to form a leadership for Jews.

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2nd century C.E.