RLGA02H3 Lecture Notes - Book Of Leviticus, Book Of Deuteronomy, Polytheism
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Islam mohammed says one god is enough: polytheism belief in more than one god, abraham god wants an exclusive contract with him, what is the inference of other gods, henotheism/monotheism you are to exclusively worship me because all the other gods are false, by the time you get to islam this idea is locked in, polytheism (idolatry) as islamic call it, torah refers to the 5 books of moses (genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy ) Sacred history of the tradition: will of god, may be connected with the oral wisdom of god, may think of a text, nobody views the torah as literal history! (as scholars) we see them as stories, others see them as shaping their lives or framing their worlds, revelation threshold concept (apocalypse) by the beginnings of the christian tradition might describe a lot of jews as apocalyptic.
