Glossary
The common interpretation of the Bacchae as a play about religious devotion and faith driving people into madness.
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religious fanaticism
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Jiang summarizes common interpretations of the Bacchae as religious devotion or fanaticism and as a satire on Dionysus, theater, and democracy.
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Jiang says Israel's importation of five red heifers is tied to temple-consecration theology and signals that religious fanatics want the Third Temple built on the site of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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"So two, three years ago, Israel imported five red heifers from Texas. These five red heifers were genetically modified to be perfect for war...."
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"...play that explores the idea of religious yield, religious devotion, or religious fanaticism, OK? Does that make sense? That's the most common interpretation. This..."
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"...that Bacchae, it's about the power and dangers of religious devotion, fanaticism, OK?"
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"...do not like what's happening, those who are opposed to the religious fanaticism of Israel, they'll just get on a plane and leave. Because..."
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"But because of their religious fanaticism, they will maintain these Crusader States for the next 20 years, okay? So the yellow are Crusader States...."
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"...He was part of the Jewish diaspora and because of the religious fanaticism in Jerusalem, that was creating conflict between the Romans and the..."
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Christianity wins twice in this lecture: first as a Roman-compatible institution, then as a strange formula that trains people to treat symbols as reality.
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