[RLST 210] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 77 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Towson University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RLST 210
• Professor: Deborah Barer

Document Summary

3 terms to be used throughout the course: judaism - Meaning: people won"t tell if they are part of a deeper level/branch. Example: someone asks someone else what their religion is, the response would be, i"m jewish, not i"m an orthodox jew . Meaning: you can draw connections between religions: religious roots, generic category. Meaning: having a house of worship is considered to be generic of religions. Example: man thought that there was no religion in a place because he couldn"t. Nd a house of worship: house of worship - synagogue, mosque, church, temple, etc, anthropologic category. Meaning: people observing religion and seeing its effects/movement (evolution: movement - in this case, movement refers to how it changes and reshapes itself. Tanakh: ta - torah (5 books of moses, na - nevi"im (prophets, kh - ketuvim (scriptures) Patriarchs and matriarchs (from genesis): abraham (formerly abram) Married sarah (formerly sarai: had a child, isaac, who became a patriarch.