Discussion 5 Notes-4/28/10
- Test Review
- Key Themes Questions
- What are the major religious myths associated with Jerusalem?
- What is axis mundi and how does it relate to Jerusalem in Judaism?
- Hierophanies
- Genesis stories
- Garden of Eden
- Akedah
- Religious myths aid in Jerusalem being conceived as axis mundi
- Garden of Eden
- Solomon’s Temple- JUST DO THIS ONE PLEASE
- Consecration of sacred space
- Threshing floor narrative- David
- Architecture
- Concentric rings of holiness
- Ark of the Covenant
- 2 Samuel 7
- 1 Kings 9- THE AXIS MUNDI CHAPTER
- pray to temple in Jerusalem
- that’s where god is/hears it
- sets Temple as center of world
- describe the role of the ark of the covenant in Jerusalem’s religious history
- built during Tabernacle, instructions from Moses on Mount Sinai
- nomadic people=god travels with them in Ark
- Ark=god’s throne
- Ark fixed outside city in Tabernacle
- Philistines capture Ark, set it up in own temple
- “take god as captive”
- given back, remains outside city
- DAVID
- Looking for neutral capital city
- Center Tribes through religious center in Jerusalem
- Consolidate power through religion
- Religious center by moving Ark into Jerusalem
- Successful move=god legitimizes Jerusalem as capital
- “chosen city”
- Destruction of Ark
- Religious reforms?
- Babylonian capture?
- KNOWN: passed out of Israelite traditions when moved into Temple
- Map the geography of Jerusalem. How has it impacted Jerusalem’s political and economic history?
- 3 valleys
- mountainous
- Western Hill- development
- Gihon Spring=water source (warren’s shaft, siloam tunnel, hezekiah’s tunnel)
- Approachability from the north- defensibility
- Access to water during siege
- Arable land
- What is cognitive dissonance and how does it relate to Jerusalem?
- How do you reconcile contradiction between your reality and your beliefs?
- Babylonian destruction
- Temple lost= god lost?
- 586 BCE
- lamentations, psalms (79,137)
- broken promise to David (2 Sam 7)
- historical inviolability of Jerusalem
- “Assyrian menace”
- Hezekiah’s “victory” of Sennacherib (701 BCE)
- Negotiate tribute (2 Kings 18, Sennacherib’s prism)- HAPPENED
- OR: angel of god came down and struck plague on Assyrians (Isaiah 36-39)- RECONCILED
- Sennacherib gets home and is killed during prayer by sons
- What are the major developments that led to the growth of the legend of Jerusalem?
- David-Solomon
- Taking Jerusalem- Jebusite city
- Census, threshing floor
- 2 Samuel 7
- Temple built
- Inviolability- HEZEKIAH VS SENNACHERIB- KEY
- Terms
- Ain dara/ Ta’yinat
- Other temple in area
- Footprints at steps
- Tripartite division
- Rough estimate of what Solomon’s temple looked like
- Haram esh-sharif
- TEMPLE MOUNT IN ARABIC
- Proper name
- Lachish Letter 3
- Soldier’s letter
- Increasing literacy
- ALSO: Mezad Hashavyahu, Ketef Hinnom Amulet
- Context for development of writing and thus date as to when bible was written
- Ishtar Gate
- Gate in Babylon
- Mentions allowance for Judean monarchy
- Last 4 verses of kings (2 Kings 25:27)
- Ophel
- Sewage dump
- South side of Temple mount
- Child sacrifice?
- Basis for hinnom valley=”hell”
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