REL 2000 : AExam 3 Lecture Notes
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Test monday from jainism through shinto; 45 questions; bring scantron; review sunday @ 1; Zoroastrianism: a bridge between east and west , developed within an aryan culture, religion of the middle east, monotheistic (ahura mazda/ ohrmazd, ethnic religion you are born into the tradition like you are born with an ethnicity. Orthodoxy vs. orthopraxy: orthodoxy correct belief, orthopraxy correct action/practice, what distinguishes one group from another is primarily behavior, not theology. Biblical origins: people are fundamentally unable to do the right thing, first covenant with noah, tower of babble, god makes a second covenant with abraham, promised a long life and many descendants (jews, israelites, or hebrews) Israelites welcomed in egypt: later enslaved, pharaoh orders death of infant boys moses survives with pharaoh"s daughter, god calls moses to free the israelites plagues, red sea, moses receives the 10 commandments. Rabbinic movement (march 21: rabbis seen as successors of the pharisees.
