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Title: 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
PA 11
  • 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
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