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| Why was it impossible in the time of Judah Hanasi for the Rabbis to maintain a central seat of Rabbinic power? |
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| So much persecution and unrest that Isrealites were fleeing the land of Iseal |
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| Why wasn't the oral law written down? |
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| It was meant to be changed as circumstanses changed |
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| What caused the transmission of the oral law not to be lost? What put it at risk? |
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| The Sanhedrain put it at risk and the Central Authority of the Sanhediran kept it from being lost |
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| What made Judah Hanasi decide it was time to write down the oral law? |
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| He saw the Sanhedrian getting weaker and weaker and knew that it might never get stronger. |
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| What are the six orders of the Mishna and what does each cover? |
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[image]#1: all agriculture and laws dealing with food and blessings. #2: Rituals of Shabbat and other jewish holidays #3: Marriage and divorce #4: Civil and Criminal law #5: laws of the temple laws of spiritual purity and impurity |
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| Following the completeions of the Mishna, what two factors continued to weaken the transmission of the oral law? |
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| Economic hardship and increased persecution that caused people to leave. |
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When were the first seeds of Christianity sown? |
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| 1st century during persecutions of Herod. Jews were fighting the Romans and each other. They were awaiting a leader who could help them get rid of the Roman yoke. |
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| Who invented the idea of the Mashiach |
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| Where is Mashia mentioned numerous times? |
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| What does the word Mashiach mean? |
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| What is the jewish definition of Mashiach? |
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#1)A human jewish leader #2) Desened from Kind david tribe of Judah) #3) Will have torah knowledge #4) Leadership ability to bring exiled jews back to Isreal #5) Rebuild the Temple #6) Bring world peace #7) Bring the entire world to believe in God |
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| Why was the Roman occupation a time for people to believe that Mashiach would come? |
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1) Brilliant sages were murdered by herod 2) Cerruption in the temple Hierarchy 3) Jews were put into three parts 4)Zealots 5) Pharasees 6) Saduceses |
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| How much do we know about the history of Jesus? |
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| What does Josephus say about Jesus in his writings? |
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| What can we say with certainty about Jesus? |
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1) he was a jew 2) Familiar with torah 3) Observed torah 4) Taught torah 5) departed from some torah cows |
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| What were two of Jesus most Famous teachings? |
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| Where did Christianity have it's greatest success first? |
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| Where people were attracted by the Jews but not their ideas |
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| What was the attitude of the Rabbis towards the Jesus Sect? |
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| They thought their beliefs were going to polute the jewish people |
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| Who was saul of Tarsus and how did he feel initaly about the rabbis actions towards the jesus sect? |
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| A jew from Turkey who believed drving them out was the thing to do. |
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| According to Sauls letters what made him change his mind? |
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| He had a dreamy vision of Jesus telling him to change his mind. He was doing the wrong thing and told him to stop |
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| How did saul remerge 13 years later? |
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| What was Paul's Revoluntionary idea that angered the Jesus followers? |
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| A new religion sperate from judiasm |
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| What was the idea that was added to Monotheiism to make salvation mush easier for gentiles? |
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| Just follow Jesus Beleive in Jesus , raplaced ovserbance of of commandments |
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| Where was the Christianity most popular in the begining? |
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| Places where non-jews knew alot about judiasm |
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| Why were the Romans Attracted to Judiasm? |
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1) People saw the Roman empire being violent and immortal 2) They were looking for Studbility 3) The Romans had to many Gods and too many holdiays 4) Constant fear of internal rebbellion and attack from the outside 5) Judiasm had one power and all loving God 6) Judiasm has a unique senscere community 7) Took care of the poor and sick 8) A high level of literacy |
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| Why didn't the Romans want to become jews? |
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1) They really show a scinscere desire to be become Jewish 2) Jewish laws seem difficult to follow 3) Fear of being disloyal to Rome by adopting a new country |
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| What happend to Christianity after the death of Paul? |
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| Why did the Roman officals Resist Christianity? |
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| Because it threatend the state relign |
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| What remarkable thing happend to christian fortune? |
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| Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity |
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| How did paul solve the problem of the jews who liked judiasm but didn't want to become jews? |
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| he dropped they didn't want |
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