While I was working on my Master’s degree at Iliff School of Theology, there was a clear narrative about what classes were for PhD students, what classes were for PhD students that Master’s students could survive, and what classes were primarily for Master’s students. I decided to delve into one of those “Master’s students could survive” classes with Dr Amy Erickson.
The class was focused on the time after the 2nd Temple was destroyed in Jerusalem. For the first time in history, the Hebrew people needed to reestablish a relationship with a God that had previously lived in a house, the Temple. Much of their relationship had been centered around the Temple - it was where God lived, it was where they made pilgrimages, it was where they and the high priests conducted rituals and sacrifices.
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