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History 282/JWST 234. Hasmonean & Herodian Eras. Hasmonean Hellenizing of Judaic Practice. Greek burial customs and funerary architecture but banning of any figurative representations of deity emphasis on bathing and ritual purity fine tuning of scripture (e.g., additions to Greek Esther) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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History 282/JWST 234
Hasmonean & Herodian Eras
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Hasmonean Hellenizing of Judaic Practice
• Greek burial customs and funerary architecture but banning of any figurative representations of deity
• emphasis on bathing and ritual purity• fine tuning of scripture (e.g., additions to
Greek Esther)• names continue to be Greek• rise of the bet ha-midrash
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Sectarian Judaisms
• period of religious growth and division
• I Maccabees 2: 29ff-41 – are these radical Sabbetarians? – how new is the Hasmonean textual
interpretation?
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Josephus’ Picture
• Antiquities XVIII
• 3 groups:– Pharisees (popular) -- piety of abstinence?– Sadducees (priestly) -- Zadok– Essenes (Qumran?) --
• sicarii, others
• sectarians are a small minority
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Social Message of Qumran
• much debated among scholars
• good overview on library of Congress website – http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exh
ibit/intro.html
• David Flusser: dualism, poverty, remaining within society, pre-destination, baptism
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Roman Domination
• dynastic struggle between Hasmonean sons leads to Roman takeover
• shrinkage of control to Jerusalem and Galilee
• Pompey 63 BCE
• decline of high priesthood and replacement by Herodian dynasty
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Herod 37-4 BCE
• elimination of last Hasmoneans
• administration dependent on himself
• city builder: Masada, Caesarea, Herodium, Tower of David, rebuilds Temple
• builds for Jews and pagans
• http://www.inisrael.com/ipix/java/holyland.htm
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Herod’s Death
• general unrest and rebellions - oppose changes
• period of mixed rule till 41 CE Agrippa I
• Pontius Pilate (c. 26-36) insensitive and cruel– removed at Jewish request
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Judaean & Diaspora communities
• Philo of Alexandria -- member of a very wealthy and prominent Alexandrian Jewish family
• late first century BCE to mid first century CE• mentioned by Josephus• fusion of Greek and Jewish wisdom• represents the Alexandrians before Gaius Caligula
(37-41) -- becomes a spokesman for the Jewish people – “Legatio ad Gaium” ed. E. Mary Smallwood
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Rebellion
• 66 CE -- tension turns into rebellion
• Josephus (Flavius)
• divisions among the Jerusalem defenders
• city destroyed 70 CE (Vespasian and Titus)
• Masada falls 73/74
• Arch of Titus (c. 81?)
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Revolts and Reform
• Jewish tax applied universally
• rebellions under Trajan 115-117 CE
• Bar Kokhba 132-35 CE– a star comes out of Jacob (Numb. 24:17)
• last stronghold Betar (SW of Jerusalem)
• major devastation
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Yavneh
• story of Yohanan ben Zakkai
• restructuring of Judaism
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Implications
• end of Judaea as center -- shift to Galilee
• passivity vis-à-vis the Romans