REL Midterm Review

Allegory

• More than one meaning; should be taken in a figurative sense
• Ex; Hagar and Sarah don't represent marriage but covents.
• Represents social status of people who were rebels, outlaws, raiders, etc.
• Used in Exodus and to prove the Documentary Hypothesis

'Apiru

• means hebrew
• Represents low social status of people who were rebels, outlaws, raiders, etc.
• Belief in the existence of many gods but only worships one
• More than one meaning; should be taken in a figurative sense

Charles A. Briggs

• American Presbyterian Scholar who said that past Biblical teaching was "dead wood, dry and brittle stubble"
• Was excommunicated from the church for heresy due to his liberal theology regarding the bible.
• German biblical scholar who investigated the old testament and the composition of the Hexateuch
• Found that ancient Isreal is found in pre-Islamic Arabs religion.

Elohim

• Hebrew word meaning Gods or Godhood
• Used in Exodus and to prove the Documentary Hypothesis
• means hebrew
• Belief in the existence of many gods but only worships one

The Documentary Hypothesis

• Helps explain the origins and composition of the Torah (Diff authors like J and E)
• The Pentateuch is independent documents rather exactly what God revealed to Moses.
• Should be based on the LITERAL Bible alone and is historically accurate.
• the explanation of the origins of customs, beliefs, and events within religious context.

Etiology

• Basic purpose to explain how things came to be the way they are now
• Ex. Like how Abraham and Sarah and Jacob got their names
• Belief in the existence of many gods but only worships one
• Should be based on the LITERAL Bible alone and is historically accurate.

Fundamentalism

• Should be based on the LITERAL Bible alone and is historically accurate.
• Can't be Intellectual honesty (you believing every other science is wrong)
• May lead to atheism if not careful
• the explanation of the origins of customs, beliefs, and events within religious context.

Lex Talionis

• Seeks to ensure justice rather than vengeance (Isreal law system)
• Ex. Eye for an Eye, Tooth for Tooth, etc.
• American Presbyterian Scholar who wrote the messiah of the gospels
• Helps explain the origins and composition of the Torah

Midrash

• Hebrew word refer creative retelling to bring out hidden dept and meaning
• Ex. Issac knew what was going to happen since he didn't fight his dad.
• Belief in the existence of many gods but only worships one
• Seeks to ensure justice rather than vengeance (Isreal law system)

Mishnah

• Basic legal code of Judaism
• The Oral Torah and The Pentatuch
• An appearance of a divine (you see it with your eyes)
• Hebrew word refer creative retelling to bring out hidden dept and meaning