For session 7 (11 November)...

In our next session we'll be looking at the leaders and rulers, groups, and worship within second Temple Judaism.

For this session you will need to have read VanderKam, ch. 3, pg. 175-218. Here are some things to think about during your reading:

• What role did the priests play in second Temple Judaism (p. 176-182)?
• What was the Sanhedrin, and what role did it have (184-185)?
• What were the three major groups in the later second Temple period, and what were some of their distinctives (187-192)?
• What elements of worship were connected with the Temple (203-211)?
• What were the synagogues, and what happened in them (211-213)?