HUMA 1860 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Documentary Hypothesis, Near East, Rabbinic Judaism
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A phenomenological approach urges us to bracket" assumptions so our object of study can appear as it is, without any filters (herling 17). Phenomenological method involves bracketing our prejudices and presuppositions about religion and describing religious phenomena in a non-judgmental way. Nietzsche used the phrase in a figurative sense, to express the idea that the. Enlightenment had killed the possibility of belief in god or any gods having ever existed. Marx also saw religion as harmful, as it prevents people from seeing the class structure and oppression around them, thus religion can prevent the necessary revolution. Torah: the main holy book of judaism, law the term torah is sometimes used to refer to the hebrew bible as a whole. In a narrower sense, torah refers to the five books of moses: These five books are also known as the pentateuch. Tanakh: acronym for the 3 main texts: torah, nevi"im, ketuvim.