THEO 202 Lecture 5: lecture 5
21 Feb 2020
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Class 5: different authors, genesis 1: p for priestly, genesis 2: j for jahweh (german for yhwh) Definition of a myth: three characteristics: a myth is an authoritative narrative with spiritual characters that explains the relationship between the understood spiritual dimension of the cosmos and the physical dimension of the cosmos. Three key elements: myths are presented in narrative form, myths are allegories that explain the relationship between the spiritual and physical dimensions of the cosmos, myths are held to be authoritative. Literal versus allegorical meaning: an allegorical narrative concerning spiritual beings, literal meaning points to allegorical meaning, the literal meaning is less important than the allegorical. Both muthos and logos could be true, but. Logos developed a sense of truth and reason: muthos developed one of unreliability and untruthfulness. Logos replaced muthos for explaining world: greek philosophy uses logos. The bible has traditionally been viewed by jews and christians as being non-fiction.
