RELI 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nag Hammadi Library, Oral Torah, Abrahamic Religions
2 Apr 2017
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Practical/perspective: participating in religion, traditions, practicing vs academic: learning to understand rather than practice. This course is academic but could be applied to practical. All three religions worship one and the same god of abraham. Hermeneutical circle: to understand text you must need the whole picture to understand the specific and the specific to understand the whole picture. Hermanutics: the bug category given to ways to understand-- exegesis (to take out of the text, take out what"s going on)and interpretation (what it means now) Orthodoxy is the right belief, first table of the torah-- the first 5 commandments. Orthopraxy is the right practice/ action, the second table. These religious traditions develop in relation to one another in particular historical-cultural contexts and share a common core of moral values and theological tenets. These commonalities allow for a valuable interfaith dialogue and cooperation which may be helpful beyond the classroom.
