THEO1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Old Testament, Rabbinic Judaism, Rabbinic Literature
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Tues. 6/9 introduction to biblical criticism and introduction to rabbinic literature. As literature, as historical document, and religious influence. Leviticus, and numbers) hebrew word for it: pentateuch--- christian scholarly term for it (book of 5) Four main parts of the hebrew bible that are categorized. Tanakh is the acronym tnk, torah, hebrew word for prophet and writings, standard jewish categorization. Parts of the hebrew bible: torah/pentateuch (first 5) [400 bce, historical : read as actual history, talks about kings, battles, and it"s pretty historical, very ancient history. Kings, wars, etc: wisdom: (encompasses wisdom, poetry, tell stories, poems (verse, psalm, very ancient poems, whole range of human experiences, poetry aka psalms, philosophical, proverbs (ex. Can"t judge the book by its cover, don"t give pearls to pig: prophets [200 bce] Individual people who maybe individual, believed to receive the word of god, wisdom or commandments and wonder around the land to tell people (ex.
