RELIGST 1B06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Emic And Etic, Mishnah, Talmud

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 1B06
• Professor: Philippa Carter

Document Summary

Religst 1a06 - thoughts on western darshana continued - sept 24. Some parts of the hebrew bible are as much as 3000 years old. The legal and spiritual interpretation generated the oral torah (as opposed to the written torah- the 5 books of moses) The commentary by the rabbis is known as the gemara and is arranged on a page of talmud around the central passage from the mishnah. Recognize that interpretation is an ongoing process. Reflect on our own biases towards our own tradition and others. Theology- insider perspective: not easily separated. , emic and etic worldviews often overlap. Worldviews are always situated politically, socially, historically.