RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fitra, Muhammad Abduh, Deuteronomy Rabbah
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Discover what people think is the truth. For our purposes here: the job of a myth is to construct a world of meaning in which people can dwell. It constructs a map of the situation in which people find themselves. Myths tell people how they got to where they are and why things are the way they are and it tells you where the world should be going, devising the best routes given its view onto the world. How these myths construct a sense of naturalness to the position of women and the position of men. Remember where important people positioned in history. Explanations that construct and maintain a natural order. The question addressing an already existing ruling or practice and looks for an explanation. Reminds women that they are the ones who bring death, menstration: positive thing given. Lilith is the first wife of adam, wouldn"t submit. Doesn"t want to be on the bottom when having sex.
