RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Israelites
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Narrative is also critical to the formation of a coherent identity. Great importance in keeping a community cohesive. Judaism centred itself around a set of very powerful stories and jewish identities is very closely connected to an active memory of these stories. They"ve been passed down in texts, communal life and ritual practices from generation to generation. Most of these stories come down from the hebrew bible. Gives the most important narratives that defies our understanding of humans. The central scripture remains the most important component of jewish life. relationship with god. In the very first book of the bible, we learn of god"s creation of the universe. Jewish life centred around six days of work and the seventh day is a day of rest, known as the sabbath since god rested on the seventh day and created humans on the sixth day. The book of genesis tells us of how human beings were given several opportunities by.
