REL-Historical Origins

-Victorious Sun
-Primary God in the Roman Empire
-Unconquered Sun
-DOB: Dec 25th
-In 321, Sunday was made "day of rest"

-Best know mystery cult
-Popular in western empire
-Ritual bath on initiation
-Ritual meals; 7 rituals
-Rival cult of Christianity
-100s-400s CE

-Universal reason
-Logic

-Spiritual realm exists
   *Neoplatonism: Matter is corrupt; spirit is pure
-Pneuma
-Truth exists and is intelligible by humans

Breath of Life (soul)

-Attempt to reestablish sovereignty
-167-160 BCE

-temple
-main focus was rituals
-no afterlife
-sacrifice animals

-Synagogues
-Believed in afterlife
-Scholars
-One God

-Rebels
-The extremes

-Rejected Religion
-The extremes

-annointed
-Kingdom of Israel
-1020-722 BCE

One God (jewish context)