RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lake Mariout, Ketubah, Kippah
18 Dec 2017
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The spectrum of jewish identity is broad. Some feel their jewishness to be inseparable from jewish religious practices. Others, in fact the majority of jews living in north america, rarely if ever attend synagogue. Jews consider themselves to be ethnically jewish because they were born to. What one jew considers as essential part of that identity may not hold any significance for another. Majo(cid:396)it(cid:455) of je(cid:449)ish festi(cid:448)als, (cid:396)ituals a(cid:374)d (cid:272)usto(cid:373)s a(cid:396)e de(cid:396)i(cid:448)ed f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:271)i(cid:271)li(cid:272)al sto(cid:396)ies. A(cid:272)(cid:272)u(cid:396)a(cid:272)(cid:455) is a (cid:373)atte(cid:396) of de(cid:271)ate a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g s(cid:272)hola(cid:396)s. The o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e of the autho(cid:396)s of the (cid:271)i(cid:271)li(cid:272)al sto(cid:396)ies (cid:449)as to (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:455) a theologi(cid:272)al (cid:373)essage a(cid:374)d tea(cid:272)h the is(cid:396)aelites ho(cid:449) to li(cid:448)e thei(cid:396) li(cid:448)es de(cid:448)outl(cid:455) (cid:271)oth i(cid:374) a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d i(cid:374) attitude. Whethe(cid:396) o(cid:396) (cid:374)ot the (cid:271)i(cid:271)li(cid:272)al sto(cid:396)ies a(cid:396)e histo(cid:396)i(cid:272)all(cid:455) fa(cid:272)tual, the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e esse(cid:374)tial fo(cid:396) u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g the de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of judais(cid:373). Elatio(cid:374)ship (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) is(cid:396)aelites a(cid:374)d thei(cid:396) gods as a (cid:272)o(cid:448)e(cid:374)a(cid:374)t. Bi(cid:271)le ide(cid:374)tifies the is(cid:396)aelites as gods (cid:272)hose(cid:374) people. This (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ship o(cid:271)liged the(cid:373) to assu(cid:373)e the (cid:396)espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilities of se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:374)g god.
