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communitas
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an anti structural formulation of cultural ideas (associated with liminality)
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Decalogue
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the ten commandments (see Ex 20 and Ex 34, not difference)
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deus otiosus
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"distant God" - a god who, after creating, recedes from everyday life, delegating most things to lesser gods
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Haggadah
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"narration"- ritual text of the seder
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imitatio dei
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"imitation of God"
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Levites
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the tribe of Levi, selected as the priests of the Lord
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Messianism
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the hope or expectation of a coming messiah, redeemer, savior
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mitzvah
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1) the commandments, of which there are 613 diven in the chumsah 2) any jewish law at all 3)by extension, any truly moral act, esp kidness
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monotheism vs. monolatry
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there is only one god vs. there is one god above all others
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reactualization
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Eliade, ritual repetition that makes illud tempus present
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seder
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passover festival meal
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3 stages of a rite of passage
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separation, liminality, reaggregation
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Aliyah
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"up to Jerusalem" jewish migration to the land of Israel
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Agnon
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nobel-prize-winning hebrew author,
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Agnut
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Agnon's signature story "forsaken wives"
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Destruction of second temple?
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70 CE
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Bar Kokhba Revolt
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the final revolt and defeat of the Jews at the hands of the Romains in 135 CE; jews exiled from Jerusalem and Israel
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eschatology
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belief or doctrine concerning ultimate or final things; death, last judgement, etc.
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Rabbis
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teachers, sages, wonder-workers who progressively take up the reins of authority after the destruction of the temple in 70 CE
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The Restoration
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return of Israelites to Jerusalem from Babylonia and the rebuilding of the temple (~537 BCE)
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Aggadah
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homiletic and other non-legal material in the Talmud
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Halakha
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the total corpus of the jewish law
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Midrash
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exegesis of a Biblical text
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Mishnah
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oral law compiled by Judah the Prince in about 200 CE
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Talmud
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record of rabbinic discussions, from the Mishnah to about 500 CE
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Tanakh
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the Hebre Bible
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Sections of Tanakh
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1. Torah (instruction, first 5 books, Chumash, Pentateuch)
2. Nevi'im (prophets, histories and prophets) 3. Ketuvim (writings, wisdom and histories) |
