PHIL 1091 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Amalek, Boal, Babylonian Captivity
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Samuel (originally a judge, military leader who studied feuds) Is resistant at first, eventually surrenders to god"s will. Similar to socrates" idea of enlightenment and liberation. Mediator: medium through which god speaks his message. Knowledge/truth is outside of the people who god reveals it to. Unlike socrates who brings out truth which is already in people through dialectic. Socrates believes that liberation lies in the individual. Covenant: i am god and you will be my people. Bond between them often expressed with marital language. Meant stability and order for a people who felt hopeless and disorganized in the desert. Land: place to worship freely, create own laws and culture. Law: source and principle of how people develop virtuously. Religious experience, fire as a source of warmth. Height is symbolic of transcendence, you can see below all of it. Passover: angel of death comes to kill 1st born egyptians as the end of the plague.
