RS110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Solomon Schechter, Immanuel Kant, Oil Lamp

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS110
• Professor: Peter Frick

Document Summary

Religion is an institution consisting of culturally patterned. Nomern kingdom: under king rehoboam, 926, 10 tribes. The messiah comes to the throne of david. Hebrew word messiah meaning annointed one was translated into greek as xpioros, the root for the english word christ . Josephus said the pharisees had the most accurate interpretation of the torah, the most influential among the common people, the majority of the jews followed them in their understanding of the. Torah, they believe that the soul in imperishable, their was a such thing as fate as well as the providence of god. They believe that the body would experience some sort of resurrection (ie. after life, punishment of the immoral). The key element is that they were the most careful interpreters of the torah. The core of the torah is the first five books of the tenach. Often referred as the sinai or the mosaic torah, the 10 commandments.