RELS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Zecharias Frankel, Hasidic Judaism, Masoretic Text
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Masoretic text: masoretes a scholar of the scribal schools that in the early middle ages (6th- 10th ce8nturies ce) contributed to the establishment to a standard text of the. Hebrew bible: masorah system of markings used by the masoretes (vowel marks) The divine name: tetragrammaton yhwh/yhvh the 4-consonant name for god, the divine name. What are the vowels? a- o a : the consensus position: masoretes inserted the vowel marks for adonai to disguise the divine name. Kabbalah: jewish mystical tradition, kabbalah = received, the zohar = text of light" and splendour"(mystical interpretation of the. Pentateuch) is the foundational work in the literature of jewish mystical thought known as kabbalah. Hasidic judaism hasid=pious: mystical judaism as reaction against academicism of rabbinical judaism, rabbi israel ben eliezer, master of the good name. The past is not universal, unless proven otherwise . Many jews became christian converts: conservative 30% The past is not cultural, unless proven otherwise .