Religious Studies 1023E Lecture Notes - Gospel, Abrahamic Religions, Talmud
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With thanks to many peoples, many faiths by robert ellwood & barbara mcgraw, as well as other sources (please note, this list is not exhaustive. Be sure to take notes during the lecture. ) The god" quranic designation for the one god. Belief in spirits theory that religion originated in reverence for spirits of living beings and inanimate objects. From the greek biblia, meaning book(s)" sacred scriptures for christians consisting of the christian old/first testamenta s well as the new/second. Dispersion" scattering" the dispersion of jews away from the jewish homeland to live as minorities in other lands doctrine/teaching about the last things the end of the world, judgment day, etc (greek) uncover" reveal". Letter" (greek) in the christian tradition, letters written between key early. Christian leaders (notably paul) to christian communities they founded, usually offering advice, encouragement and theological reflection. The christian bible recognizes 21 canonical epistles, 2/3 of which are attributed to paul.