Torah: Written and Oral

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Torah Written and Oral
Unit 8 Early Rabbinic Writings Pirke Avot 26
March and 2 April

• 2 April 2008
• The Academic Study of Religion A Definition

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Outline

• CS Text, Tradition, Theme, Thesis
• Tradition
• A definition of religion
• Thesis
• After 1110

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2. Tradition Paradosis Mesarah Hand over
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• KO 11 Note on And handed it over to Joshua (1)

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3. Definition of Religion Tradition is more
than a particular metaphor among others it is
the root metaphor (Stephen Pepper) for
understanding religion.
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• 3. H. Byron Earhart, Religious Traditions of the
  World, HarperSanFrancisco, 1993.

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• 3. H. Byron Earhart, Religious Traditions of the
  World, HarperSanFrancisco, 1993, 7.
• For our purposes of exploring religions of the
  world, religion can be defined as a distinctive
  set of beliefs, symbols, rituals, doctrines,
  institutions, and practices that enables the
  members of the tradition to establish, maintain,
  and celebrate a meaningful world.

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• 3. H. Byron Earhart, Religious Traditions of the
  World, HarperSanFrancisco, 1993, 7.
• As a distinctive pattern of human thought and
  action, religion is a tradition that is handed
  down, moving through time and manifesting a
  continuous identity along with a tendency to
  change and be transformed (7).
• This model may be displayed

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4. Thesis on CS Text, Tradition, Theme, Thesis

• Geography determines religion.

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5. After Humanities 1110

• Interdisciplinary Programmes in Humanities
• Classical Studies
• Religious Studies
• www.yorku.ca/human