I’m not sure which part of all of these you want to go over. This forum isn’t set for making a thesis.
Ancient Hebrew view, in death you lie as dust in the earth. In Persian period we begin to see an end times resurrection, bodily resurrection. Daniel and Isaiah. There are individual passages but I have to re-look at some stuff, the entire basic theology is a Jewish version of Hellenism, J.Z. Smith explains it well (a PhD who specializes in Hellenism and it's influence)
Hellenistic religion, any of the various systems of beliefs and practices of eastern Mediterranean peoples from 300 bc to ad 300. The period of Hellenistic influence, when taken as a whole, constitutes one of the most creative periods in the history of religions. It was a time of spiritual
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Changes that religions began taking from Hellenistic religions (this describes Judaism to Christianity exactly) - how many times is salvation mentioned.
-the seasonal drama was homologized to a
soteriology (salvation concept) concerning the destiny, fortune, and salvation of the individual after death.
-his led to a change from concern for a religion of national prosperity to one for individual
salvation, from focus on a particular
ethnic group to concern for every human. The prophet or
saviour replaced the priest and king as the chief religious figure.
-his process was carried further through the identification of the experiences of the soul that was to be saved with the
vicissitudes of a divine but fallen soul, which had to be redeemed by cultic activity and divine intervention. This view is illustrated in the concept of the paradoxical figure of the saved saviour,
salvator salvandus.
-Other deities, who had previously been associated with national destiny (
e.g., Zeus, Yahweh, and Isis), were raised to the status of
transcendent, supreme
-The temples and cult institutions of the various Hellenistic religions were repositories of the knowledge and techniques necessary for
salvation and were the agents of the public worship of a particular deity. In addition, they served an important sociological role. In the new,
cosmopolitan ideology that followed Alexander’s conquests, the old nationalistic and ethnic boundaries had broken down and the problem of religious and social identity had become
acute.
-Most of these groups had regular meetings for a communal meal that served the dual role of
sacramental participation (referring to the use of material elements believed to convey spiritual benefits among the members and with their deity)
-Hellenistic philosophy (Stoicism,
Cynicism, Neo-Aristotelianism, Neo-Pythagoreanism, and Neoplatonism) provided key formulations for
Jewish,
Christian, and
Muslim philosophy,
theology, and
mysticism through the 18th century
- The basic forms of worship of both the Jewish and Christian
communities were heavily influenced in their formative period by Hellenistic practices, and this remains fundamentally unchanged to the present time. Finally, the central religious literature of both traditions—the Jewish
Talmud (an
authoritative compendium of law, lore, and interpretation), the
New Testament, and the later
patristic literature of the early Church Fathers—are characteristic Hellenistic documents both in form and content.
-Other traditions even more radically reinterpreted the ancient figures. The cosmic or seasonal drama was interiorized to refer to the divine
soul within man that must be liberated.
-Each persisted in its native land with little perceptible change save for its becoming linked to
nationalistic or
messianic movements (centring on a deliverer figure)
-and
apocalyptic traditions (referring to a belief in the dramatic intervention of a god in human and natural events)
- Particularly noticeable was the success of a variety of prophets, magicians, and healers—
e.g., John the Baptist, Jesus,
Simon Magus,
Apollonius of Tyana,
Alexander the Paphlagonian, and the cult of the healer Asclepius—whose preaching corresponded to the activities of various Greek and Roman philosophic missionaries
Hellenistic religion - Beliefs, practices, and institutions
NT uses Hellenistic ideas,
Mark12:25 ...when they raise from the dead, no marriage, they are like angels in heaven
Luke 20:36 they are equal to angels
Corinthians 15:51-54. in death we shall be changed, perishable nature becomes imperishable, mortal becomes immortal (not the Hebrew view)
Luke 20:34-38, death body is like or above angels, no marriage, no death
Genesis 3 - death is never a friend
Adam is made of dust. He returns to dust.
Again, interpretation. didn’t I give you the example of a speed limit?
Which had nothing to do with the point. If God created a speed limit than there would be a sin in going over it. But that isn't what is said. He literally says he creates evil and darkness. It didn't exist.
The Hebrew word means -
misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness, he created it.
Babies with cancer are not punished from a sin, they are ill. Because this God created misery.
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