REL 1000 : Religion 1000 Exam 3 Key Terms
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Gathas: a zoroastrian hymn that takes on the quality of scripture. Ahura mazda: the one true god recognized by zoroastrians. Saoshyants: prophet or reformer who pre-zoroastrian aryans believed came to restore the purity of religion. Spenta mainyu: the beneficent spirit in zoroastrianism. Angra mainyu (shaitin, satan: the evil spirit recognized by zoroastrians. Exodus: the flight of the jewish people from bondage in egypt. Talmud: encyclopedia collection of mishnah and gemara, the literary source of postbiblical judaism. Torah: usually translated as law ; general term in the hebrew scriptures referring to divine law and instruction but can also refer to the first five books of the bible or to revelation in general. Mishnah: collection of oral laws gathered by judah ha nasi; the mishnah contained the bulk of extrabiblical jewish law up to the second century ce. Kosher: literally, fit, proper ; that which is ritually clean or acceptable in. Judaism; usually applied to food or food preparation.
