tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439004.post115997279365110691..comments2023-08-06T11:27:08.548-04:00Comments on Mindless Meandering: Reading for September 2006Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08035592248355582901noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439004.post-1160062656988783752006-10-05T11:37:00.000-04:002006-10-05T11:37:00.000-04:00Thanks for the heads up on the typo. Spell check ...Thanks for the heads up on the typo. Spell check is great but it is no substitute to careful proofreading. <BR/><BR/>In "New Testament and the People of God" Wright does cover in brief the history of the Jewish people beginning around the end of the Exile. I remember some discussion of the Maccabean revolt, but it was not extensive. <BR/><BR/>As to the second point, I don't kniw that Wright addressed that directly. Maybe if Justin is lurking he could respond with more knowledge on that point. I think Wright takes great pains to point out that Second Temple Judaism was a very diverse period, and it is unwise to say there was a normative or majority view on a point such as this. Some of the evidence he would offer would seem to speak differently; in particular, Josephus, who identified God having transferred himself to the Romans. Thus, Josephus would not look favorably on a violent revolt. There were other who were allied politically or militarily with the Romans who would have thought likewise. <BR/><BR/>Hope that helps a little.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035592248355582901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439004.post-1159996424547894772006-10-04T17:13:00.000-04:002006-10-04T17:13:00.000-04:00'Wright beings with a discussion of history, and o...'Wright beings with a discussion of history, and outlines his historical method of critical-realism as a antidote to both empiricism and positivism. Using the critical-realistic method, Wright outlines the major contours of the diverse Judaism from the exile until the Bar-Kochba revolt. '<BR/><BR/>I think that should be be 'begins' , not 'beings'.<BR/><BR/>Does Wright think cover the Macabbean revolt? (I can never remember how many b's and c's there are)<BR/><BR/>Did the success of that revolt lead Jews to believe that violent revolts were looked upon with favour by God?Steven Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983601793874190779noreply@blogger.com