Moment of loss/crisis- destruction of temple, happens over and over again and Jews celebrate and get over it again2 Kings 24-25Exiles in stages597 Yehoyakhhin- did evil, king is taken by king of Babylon, only poorest people in land remained587 Zedekiah- emphasizes more physical destruction582 Gedaliah’s assassination- internal enemies560 restoration of King in Babylonfirst day of king’s reign he lets people out of jail, buys him favorsJeremiah 52similar account to Kingsnumber of deportees emphasizedsmall and diminishing verse 28-30same restoration of kingship endingreduces number even further of number of people takenfirst exile is worstII Chronicles 36emphasis on the vessels of the templebiggest emphasis on temple massacreend of the story is the restoration under CyrusEzra 1-6 continues the emphasis on rebuilding the TempleEmphasis on the religious meaning of exile70 yearsLeviticus 26:33-34MetaphysicalCultIsraelite MonotheismTendency was to stress radical differencePagan underlying assumptionPantheon of gods that shares divinityHierarchy leads to insecurity and changeMonotheism ends this anxiety11/12/2012 22:24:00←← Moment of loss/crisis- destruction of temple, happens over and over again and Jews celebrate and get over it again←← 2 Kings 24-25← Exiles in stages← 597 Yehoyakhhin- did evil, king is taken by king of Babylon, only poorest people in land remained← 587 Zedekiah- emphasizes more physical destruction← 582 Gedaliah’s assassination- internal enemies← 560 restoration of King in Babylon← first day of king’s reign he lets people out of jail, buys him favors← Jeremiah 52← similar account to Kings← number of deportees emphasized← small and diminishing verse 28-30← same restoration of kingship ending← reduces number even further of number of people taken← first exile is worst← II Chronicles 36← emphasis on the vessels of the temple← biggest emphasis on temple massacre← end of the story is the restoration under Cyrus← Ezra 1-6 continues the emphasis on rebuilding the Temple← Emphasis on the religious meaning of exile← 70 years← Leviticus 26:33-34← Metaphysical← Cult← Israelite Monotheism← Tendency was to stress radical difference← Pagan underlying assumption← Pantheon of gods that shares divinity← Hierarchy leads to insecurity and change← Monotheism ends this anxiety←11/12/2012 22:24:00←11/12/2012
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