Jews and Samaritans
Jews
Forced out, Back in 538
Finish Temple 515
Apostacy - Divided into Groups
Samaritans
Married Non- Israelites
Not allowed to help with rebuilding theTemple
Had competing claims to Authority
Built Alternate Temple at Mt. Gerazim
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Jews:
Prophets became silent
Levites became more important
High Priest office Corrupted
High Ranking Jews tried to interpret scriptures
Priests and Levites didn't teach correctly
Religious Groups
Righteous
Talked and sang of Messiah
Looked for the Messiah
Maccabean Family
Led Jewish resistance 167-160
Maccabean War against Greece
Eventually freed the Jews
Hasideans
"The Pious"
Lived Law of Moses
Every aspect as they understood it
Pharisees
Independent Group
Focuses Were:
Food Laws
Ritual Purity
Sadducees
Origin Unknown
By the time of Christs Birth they had control
of the temple
Rejected all Oral Traditions
Strict Adherance to the 5 Books of Moses
Rejected all Prophets not in the 5 Books of Moses
They were the Elite in Jewish Society
Scribes
Taught based on Ezra
Ezra 7:25, Neh 8:1-8
Preparation for Christ
Much religious writing
Hebrew Bible translation to Greek
Dead Sea Scrolls being written
Ideas being developed
Angels, Resurrection
Heaven and Hell
People Looking for:
A Davidic King
Son of Aaron
No one at all
Many Individuals accepted John the Baptist
The Groups did not
History
Babylon 586-538
Persia 536-333 under Cyrus, Temple Rebuilt
Greek Rule under Alexander the Great, 332 160
ATG died, Jews were divided among his Generals
Palestine ruled by Greek Emperors
Jewish Faith outlawed in 167
Maccabean War 167-160 Jews became a free nation
Romans Conquered Jerusalem in 63 BC
Descendants-Pharisees