RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sherwin Wine, Judaean Mountains, Passover Seder

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 131
• Professor: Forough Jahanbakhsh

Document Summary

Jewishness can be grounded in religious, ethnic, or cultural elements. Some believe a female rabbi is acceptable; others do not. Hebrew bible the place to commence a discussion of jewish history (aka the tanakh or the old testament to. The old testament is not a term used by jews because it reflects the christian idea that the hebrew bible was superseded by the new testament. Anthology of 24 books containing a variety of literary forms, including poems, songs, legal prose, and vivid narratives full of drama and supernatural events. Believe to be composed by a variety of authors from different segments over 800 years, from approx. the 10th to 2nd century bce. Divided into 3 sections: 1) torah 2) nevi"im 3) ketuvim. Torah designates the law or instruction of god refers to the first 5 books; genesis, exodus, leviticus, These books cover the history of the israelites from the creation of the world until the entry into the promise.