SRS 1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mishnah, Book Of Leviticus, Great Assembly
31 Jul 2018
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10/04/17 (7) shaping tradition: from the torah to the rabbis. Two fundamental jewish texts: the hebrew bible (the tanakh): the first five books of moses" (torah), the. The hebrew bible is not so much a history book as it is a document with a particular theological agenda people, places, and key moments are embellished in order to instruct the israelites and instill in them pious behaviours. [events recorded exclusively by men, long after they were purported to have taken place, with little archaeological or material evidence. ] Nonetheless, the bible does give us a glimpse into the central episodes that became significant in the collective memory of the jewish people. " (jakobsh, p. 48) Central episodes in jewish memory: the world of the patriarchal period (abraham; approx. 2000-1700bce): generating and memorialized in, the narratives of the covenant, the ritual of circumcision, the exodus from egypt (approx.
