RELI 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Korban, Oral Torah, Tefillin
2 Apr 2017
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They are viewed from the bottom-up from a cultural/historical perspective, religious authority is a possession and investment of a religious community. Viewed from the top-down from a theological perspective, religious authority is a possession and investment of god. Therefore, loci of religious authority are determined by the community"s interpretation of who or what constitutes a reliable conduit of divine authority in matters of belief and practice. The basic aim of worship is to communicate with god. Communication is the means of building a relationship between the individual believer and/ or believing community and god. Worship both preserves ancient tradition and serves as a median in which evolving self-understandings of a community can be expressed . Term jew as a multivalent identifier of ethnicity/ race, religion, and/or nationality. Models of covenant community: nation led by prophets, liturgical community led by priests, state led by kings, disciple community led by sages.
