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The Influence of Jewish Mysticism on the Early Christian Church Mystics know and experience God in a very different way than the ordinary believer. Whereas the ordinary believer knows God in an objective‚ concrete manner as embodied in nature or via sacred scriptures‚ the mystic knows God by personal‚ one to one contact between their own spirit (soul) and the spirit of God; heart to heart‚ or as Augustine called it‚ “cor ad cor loquitur.” Because of the one to one‚ highly individualized nature
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Groups in Judaism * Sadducees * Ruling clan * Leaders of the temple * Pharisees * Presenters of the laws/ teachers * Educated * Middle class * Nicodemes * Paul * Jesus of Nazareth * Essenes * Separatist: believed they had the only version of the true religion * Monastic clusters * wilderness * John The Baptist * Zealots * Ancient Judaism
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The Sadducees supported the Hasmonean ruler. The Pharisees opposed him because he spoke of himself as a king even though he was not descended from King David. And even worse‚ he embraced Greek culture and rejected traditional Judaism.5 The Sadducees favored the Hellenization of 1 Merriam-Webster. “Sanhedrin.” Accessed August 1‚ 1017. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sanhedrin
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In a time of trouble political condition‚ the oracular words of the prophetess Huldah were crucial to the reign of King Josiah. In 622 BCE‚ when Josiah was twenty-six years old‚ one of the most important books in the Jewish and Christian Scripture was discovered (Satlow 43): the book of Deuteronomy. The prophetess Huldah referred to the book of Deuteronomy several times; for instance in 2 King 22:16. For those clues‚ 2 Kings 22:13-20‚ Deuteronomy was cited in the written form of a newly found scroll
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that occurred. He probed into the social structure of the Second Temple period by analyzing the people of influence and the institutions that shaped the culture during those times. This includes priests‚ civil rulers‚ the Sanhedrin‚ Pharisees‚ Sadducees‚ Essenes‚ the temple‚ the
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Hellenization means the historical development of bringing together and conforming the various cultures of the Mediterranean within Alexander’s empire to the fundamental mold of what is now called Greek culture. Alexander and his following leaders were very pompous of their culture. They wanted to send it abroad‚ and they wanted the world to conform to it. The Jews had kept integral parts of their own culture while gradually accepting the Greek culture. Hellenized Jews started saying that sons of
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Ethnic and Missionary religions Ethnic Religion - is one that is identified with a nation of people or with a particular ethnic group a religious identity that is passed through generations and blood ties it is usually symbolized by an external marker‚ act of membership in the community ethnic religions are often thought to be located in a particular region and based on that region (e.g. Hinduism‚ and Judaism) predominantly Judaism has been passed through blood ties‚ generations its perfectly
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Question 1 There are many elements to consider while reading the bible. Three vital elements to gain knowledge about the New Testament according to NTA (New Testament Antiquity) would be to know the land‚ having an understanding of the history and knowing the culture of the people from the land. Knowing these three items will broaden the bible and the message of Gods word‚ confirming and bringing knowledge from the past. In order to paint a picture that will allow literature to flow the authors
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Israel. “Rabbinic domination of the synagogue was the result of a long and gradual process… Rabbinic literature is an “internal” literature‚ written by‚ about‚ and for the rabbis.” (Cohen‚ 225) Competing with other Jewish sects like the Sadducees‚ Essenes‚ and Pharisees caused Rabbinic theology to result in a gradual process which allowed for the authorship of crucial literature that would be substantial to the sustainment of Rabbinic Judaism. This establishes a leeway for individuals who decide to abandon
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