Holocaust cut half of Jewish population. Judah meaning descent of Jews. Jews don’t eat pork. Dress modestly just like Islam. Sephardic: Spain‚ Palestine and North Africa Ashkenazi: Eastern Europe and Russia Jewish Theology: Torah: Word of God. Monotheist: Belief in one God. Shema: Prayer‚ pray to One God. Orthopraxy & Orthodoxy: Ortho = Correct‚ right. Praxy = Practice. Doxy = Thought or belief/opinion. Tanakh: The whole of Hebrew bible. Exodus: Deliverance of Israelites from Egypt
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There are two distinctive tendencies in the history of literature—Classicand Romantic. At some period in the history of Literature one tendency dominates‚ and then it is followed by the predominance of the other tendency‚ and in this manner they appear alternately‚ one following the other. In the history of English literature‚ the Elizabethan period may be called the first Romantic period‚ dominated by Marlowe‚ Shakespeare‚ Spenser and others. It was followed by the Classical period in the eighteenth
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Greece immigrants To the west of Athens‚ a starved family of five stumbles upon a small city. There is something strange about this city‚ for there are no people. The starving family spits out their old tasteless gum and runs down to the city‚ hoping for food. This scene could describe one of the many abandoned cities in Greece along with starving families looking for food. The U.S. has accepted Greece’s homeless starving‚ immigrants in our country‚ making them one of America’s important immigrant
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Alexander in Central Asia The Persian king was no longer in control of his destiny‚ having been taken prisoner by Bessus‚ his Bactrian satrap and kinsman. As Alexander approached‚ Bessus had his men fatally stab the Great King and then declared himself Darius’ successor as Artaxerxes V‚ before retreating into Central Asia to launch a guerrilla campaign against Alexander. Darius’ remains were buried by Alexander next to his Achaemenid predecessors in a full regal funeral
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To study the New Testament from an academic perspective‚ you have to study it as a historical literature; a piece of literature that not only influenced history but was also influenced by it. You can only understand things based on what you know about it so if you know nothing about the new testament then you cannot fully study and comprehend it. The history of the new testament authors gives an understanding of the environment in which it was written. since everyone is influenced by their environment
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE PRESSURES AND DISUNITY OF THE INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD BY ARTHUR D. JACKSON (ID# 24522806) NEW TESTAMENT INTRODUCTION NBST 525 LUO (summer 2013) Dr. Bob Kendall August 11‚ 2013 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 ANTECEDENT EVENTS 722-433 BC 5 PERSIAN AND MEDO-PERSIAN RULE 559-331 BC 6 HELLENISTIC (GREEK) RULE 368-323 BC 7 PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDS RULE 323-166 BC 8 JEWISH (MACCABEAN AND HASMONEAN) SELF-RULE 166-63 BC 9 ROMAN (HEROD) RULE 63 BC to AD
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Antiochus Epiphanes mandated the adoption of Greek culture in his empire as a means of unification. Jews of Palestine accepted this ordinance with mixed reviews leading some to protest the process. Therefore‚ Antiochus put laws in place to enforce Hellenism and essentially make it illegal for Jews to practice their religion (Ehrman‚ A Brief Introduction to the New Testament‚ 35). Over the course of time‚ the Jewish people continued to become weary of oppression from foreign authorities. The injustice
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The Greatest of All Art of the Hellenistic period is characterized by highly expressive portraiture in various medias. This is seen in several superb depictions of the youthful Alexander in the form of marble busts‚ bronze statuettes‚ coins‚ and medals. Alexander (356 323 B.C.) the Third of Macedon‚ also known as Alexander the Great‚ was a celebrated king of the antiquated Greek kingdom of Macedon. Alexander remains one of the most compelling and exciting personalities of classical times
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Greek word study dialégomai‚ dialogizomai‚ dialogismos : Conscience Summary I. dialégomai In classical and Hellenistic Greek culture The Greek words dialégomai was usually used for “converse” or “discussion.” In the time of the great philosophers like Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle‚ the art of persuasion and demonstration was developed as well as the establishment of the idea and the investigation of demonstration. In fact‚ dialégomai is the only way to reach the idea in Greek philosophy‚ so it
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Roman Greece is the period of Greek history (of Greece proper; as opposed to the other centers of Hellenism in the Roman world) following the Roman victory over the Corinthians at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC until the reestablishment of the city of Byzantium and the naming of the city by the Emperor Constantine as the capital of the Roman Empire (as Nova Roma‚ laterConstantinople) in 330 AD. The Greek peninsula came under Roman rule in 146 BC‚ Macedonia being a Roman province‚ while southern
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