SOC 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 67: 613 Commandments, God Speaks
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Wisdom traditions interested more in the liberation of individuals from this realm of suffering. Prophetic tradition god is going to be emphasized. Divine revelation 3 parts: there is god (basic, there are certain people who god speaks thru and, god has definite message for humankind. Yahweh the name of ancient hebrews (cid:449)ould"(cid:448)e given god. 4 holy letters, no vowels. (cid:862)i am who i am(cid:863) (literal meaning) (cid:862)i will be who i will be(cid:863) its trivial, self referencial statement. But, when god says this, it"s an acknowledgement of being human self, he is who he is, indicating his transcendent. Meaning in god what smith presents, intensive about the way jewish people how it deals with meaning and experience of life, trauma in life. (cid:862) in god(cid:863) you do not maintain of ur existence by yourself. The body we all have, we notice we need material to survive, and notice body wears out.
