RELIGST 2DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hebrew Bible, Pomegranate, Pseudepigrapha

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2DD3
• Professor: Janet Ross

Document Summary

Not on a piece of paper (not aware of who wrote it) Associated with different texts doesn"t always mean the same thing. Biblical that women should be subordinate to men. Superior status to those whom they help (edam) Helper; by itself you cannot tell if it is superior or inferior. Not interpreted as helper because in english is refers to superior: thus, defined as companion (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Moral ethics: governed by harm or non-harm. Cultural ethics: the appropriate thing to do within a specific culture. Why a man leaves his parents to live with a women. Matrilineal; identity linage comes from the mother: stemmed from the earlier reference of man leaving parents, used throughout history to indicate that there is only one person for every person ( two will become one ) The snake is described as more crafty than other animals. Christian interpretation; devil, satan (ha-satan; the accuser: personified evil.