Religious Studies
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SELECTED'SACRED'TEXTS'(BIBLE'AND'KORAN)' ' WHY'SUCH'AN'ASSIGMENT?' The' objective' we' pursue' with' this' Assignment' is' mainly' “Faith' and' Reason”' ''''''(you'are'invited'to'develop'your'critical'thinking'skills)' 1Peter'3,'13V17:' '“Always'be'ready'to'give'an'explanation'to'anyone'who'asks'you' for'a'reason'for'your'hope'(or'faith)”'
' '2'Peter'1,'1V11:''“…'make'every'effort'to'supplement''your'faith' with…knowledge'”' ' Identify' texts'which'have' implications' for' interreligious'dialogue'and' texts'which'serve'as'a'justification'of'“sacred'violence”'and'reflect'then' on'the'notion'of'“The'Word'of'God”' Identify'the'main'theme'of'the'texts'of'each'section'of'this'assignment' ' This%assignment%has%6%parts%(and%some%sub4categories)% ' Part'1:'''I'and'II' Part'2:'''I,''II,''III,'and'IV' Part'3:'''I'(I.'A'and'I.'B);'''II'(II.'A'and'II.'B);''III;''IV;''V;''VI;''VII' Part'4' Part'5' Part'6' ' ' ' ' ' QUESTIONS%TO%BE%ADDRESSED%IN%YOUR%PAPER:% I.'General'Question:'How'did'you'feel'while'doing'this'assignment?'How' did' this' assignment' help' you' achieve' the' educational' goals' of' our' course?' ' II.'Specific'questions'(on'each'section'of'the'assignment):' PART'1:'
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From'what'you'read'in'these'texts'who'wrote'the'Bible?'Men'or'God?' Evidence'from'the'text?'What'are'the'implications'of'these'texts'for'our' approach'to'Sacred'Texts?'' ' PART'2.'What'do'the'texts'say'about'Jesus'and'his'nature?' What'do'these'texts'say'about'the'religious'beliefs'and'practices'of'“the' Chosen' people”(their' idea' of' God' and' the' nature' of' their' worship)?' What'did'the'Israelite'think'about'the'nature'of'God?'What'kind'of'God' did'people'worship'and'how?' Does'this'seem'to'be'radically'different'and'superior'to'the'religion'of' the'soVcalled'pagan'people?'Explain' ' ' PART'3'(and'Part'2,'IV).'' How'did'you' feel'while'reading' these' texts?' (Confused?'Enlightened?' Glad?'Sad?'Mad?)' Based' merely' on' the' texts' you' read,' is' this' a' religion' you' would' be' happy'to'belong'to'or'to'convert'to?'Why?'What'do'you'like'or'dislike' about'these'texts?'Why?'What'are'the'verses'that'touched'you'the'most?' Why?' Do'you'believe'what' is' said' in' these' texts' is' “the'Word'of'God”' that' people'should'follow'in'order'to'become'holy'and'go'to'heaven?'Why?' In'light'of'these'Biblical'texts,'do'you'think'that'critical'thinking'is'useful' in'order'to'have'a'genuine'faith,'or'is'it'merely'a'waste'of'time'that'leads' to'loss'of'faith?' ' What'is'the'JudeoVChristian'idea'of'God'according'to'these'texts?'What' are' the' characteristics' or' qualities' of' God' according' to' Judaism' and' according'to'Christianity'(as'exemplified'in'these'texts).'Does'this'seem' to' be' radically' different' and' superior' to' the' religion' of' the' soVcalled' pagan'people?'Explain' What'does'God'in'the'Bible'of'Jews'and'Christians'say'about'foreigners' or' immigrants,' slaves,' women,' mixed' marriages,' tattoos,' ' gays,' war,' violence,''and'members'of'other'religions'who'do'not'follow'Christianity' or' Judaism.'How'should'be'treated'those'who'worship' idols?'(add'to' your'paper'the'specific'verses'concerned)' What'does'the'Christian'Bible'(especially'the'New'Testament)'say'about' Jews'and'Judaism.'Is'Judaism'portrayed'as'a'decent'religion'in'the'New' Testament,'and'Jews'as'good'and'spiritual'people?'
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' PART' 4.' What' is' the' fundamental' theme' of' these' texts' and' its' implications' for' our' course?' How' do' these' texts' respond' to' the' educational'goals'of'our'university?' ' PART' 5.' What' is' the' fundamental' theme' of' these' texts' and' its' implications' for' our' course?' How' do' these' texts' respond' to' the' educational'goals'of'our'university?' In'order'to'better'address'this'question'focus'on'*Acts'7:22'and'Exodus' 2;'1V10'*' and'read'“Egypt'and'Israel”'and'“Egyptology'and'Theology”'(available' on'the'library’s'website)' ' ' ' HERE'ARE'THE'TEXTS'TO'READ'FOR'THIS'ASSIGNMENT:' ' PART'1.'WHO'WROTE'THE'BIBLE'AND'HOW?' I.' 1)'Luke'1,'1V4' 2)'John'20,'30V31'and'John'21,'24V25' ' II.'Compare'and'contrast' Genealogy'of'Jesus:''Matthew'1,1V17;'Luke'3,'23V38;'Mark'1,1' Beatitudes:'Mt'5,'1V11'and'Luke'6,'17V27'' Resurrection:'Mt'28,'1V2;'John'20,'1V12;'Mk'16,'1V5;'Luke'24,'1V4' Mission'to'evangelize'the'whole'world:''Mark'16,'14V20'and'Matthew' 28,'18V20' Creation'story:'Genesis'chap.'1'and'Chap.2' The'commissioning'of'the'Twelve:'Mt'10,'1V15;'Luke'9,'1V6'and'10,'1V12% Sola'Fide:' Justification'through'faith'alone?'Rom%3,%9431;%Gal%5,%146;%%% James%2,%1426% ' ' ' ' ' ' '
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' ' PART'2.'JUDEOVCHRISTIAN'IDEA'OF'GOD' I.'THE'DIVINITY'OF'JESUS' 1)'Mark'8:27V30' 2)'Mark'1:1;'Mt'1:1V25;'Luke'3:23V38;'John'1:'1V51' ' 3)'Mark'10:18' ' ' ' 4)'Mt'26:31V48' ' ' 5)'Mt'27:'46' ' ' ' 6)'Mt'24:'1V44' ' ' ' 7)'Mt'15:21V28' 8)'Mt'10:'5V15' 9)'Mark'11:'12V14' 10)'Mark'6:'14V16' 11)'John'14:'1V31' ' ' ' II.'' 1)'Deuteronomy'32:'8V9'' 2)'Psalm'82:'1V4' 3)'Psalm'89:'5V7' 4)'Ezekiel'1:10' 5)'Isaiah'6' 6)'Rev.4:6V9' 7)'Gen'14.18V22' '' ' III.' 1)'2'Kings'23:6,'14V15' 2)'Jer.44:15V18'' 3)'Jer.7:18' 4)'Numbers'11:12' 5)'Deut.32:18' '' ' ' ' '
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' ' ' ' IV.'SOME'RELIGIOUS'PRACTICES'AND'LAWS' 1)'2'Kings'16:'1V4;10V15' 2)'Judges'11:'29V40' 3)'Exodus'22:'28V29;''Ex'34:20;'and'Ezekiel'20:'25V26''' 4)'Genesis'22:'1V14'' 5)'Leviticus'chapters'1V7' 6)'Exodus,'chap.29' 7)'Leviticus'14'' 8)'Leviticus,'chapters'12'and'15'' 9)'Dietary'taboos:'Lev.'11'and'Lev.17:'11V16;''Deut.'14:'1V21' 10)'1'Samuel'28:'1V25;'Genesis'30:'25V28' 11)''Deut.'21:'15V17;'' 12)'Deut'25:'5V12' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
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' ' PART'3.'' ' I.'' I.'A.''' ' 1)'Exodus'20:'1V6,'and'Exodus'23:13' 2)'Deut.13:'1V17'and'Exodus'22:19;'' 3)'Deut'32:'1V35' 4)'Genesis'11:31V32;'and'12:1V2' 5)'Deuteronomy'26:5V10;'6:1V25;'7:1V8;'Deut'8:1V20;'Deut'9:'1V7;'and' Deut.'17:'1V5' 6)'1'Samuel'14:47V52'and'15:1V35' 7)'Leviticus'20:1V27' 8)'*Leviticus%25,%39446*' 9)'Nehemiah'13:23V31'and'Ezra,'chap.'9'and'10'' 10)'Leviticus'21:9V24' ' ' ' ' ' ' I.'B.'' 1)'Mark'16:'15V16' 2)'John'3:16' ' ' ' 3)'John'14:'6V7' 4)'Mt'10:'5V15' ' 5)'Mt'15:'21V28' 6)'Acts'11:19' 7)'1'Cor'10:'14V22' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
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' ' ' II.'A' 1) Deuteronomy,'chapters'6,'7,'and'8' 2) Deuteronomy'27:'9V26;'' 3) Leviticus'20' 4) Isaiah'60:11V12' 5) Judges,'chapters'5,'7,'and'11' 6) Exodus'21:22V25'(Lex'Talionis)' 7) Exodus'chapters'7'to'12' 8) Numbers,'chapters'13V15;''' 9) Numbers'33:50V55' 10) 1'Samuel'14:47V52;'and'15:1V35'
' ' ' II.'B.'' 1) *'Psalm'109*' 2) *Psalms'136'*' 3) Psalms'35' 4) Psalms135;'' 5) Psalms'139;''' 6) Psalms'68;'' 7) Psalms'94;'' 8) Psalms'58''' 9) Psalms'59' 10) Exodus'15:1V26'
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' ' ' ' III.%%
- 1)%**Rom%13,%147**'''''' - 2)'1'Timothy'2,'1V6''''''''''''''''''' - 3)'1'Peter'2,'13V20' - 4)'Titus'3,'1V3''
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1)'Leviticus'21:9;'and''Deut'22:'13V22'' 2)'Deut'25:'5V12:' 2)'Lev'12:'1V8;'and'Lev'15:'19V31' ' ' 4)'1'Cor'11:'1V6' ' ' 5)'1'Tim'2:'1V14' ' 6)'Ephesians'5:22V33' ' ' 7)'Lev'20' 8)'1'Kings'11:'1V7' 9)'Genesis,'chapters'29'and'30' 10)'Nehemiah'13:'23V31'and'Ezra,'chapters'9'and'10'
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1)'*Leviticus%25,%39446*' 2)'Ephesians'6,'5V8' 3)'Colossians'3,'22V25' 4)'1'Timothy'6,'1V6' 5)'Titus'2,'9V10' 6)'1'Peter'2,'13V20' 7)'Exodus'chapter'21'(“Rights'of'Slaves”?)' 8)'Genesis'chap.'9'and'10:'Divine'curse?' ' ' ' ' '
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' VI.''' ''''''''''''''''' 1)'Lev.'18:'22'and'20:13'
2)'Rom'1,'25V27' 3)'Lev.19,28:'' 4)'Deut'22:'5'' 5)'Deut'22:'13V22''
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1)'Rom'11:'28' 2)'Mt'27,'1V44'(Focus'on'Mt'27,'1V2'and'27,'22V25)'' 3)'John18,'29V40'and'19,'1V18' 4)'Acts'2:'22V23'' 5)''Acts'3:'12'V'17' 6)'Mt'5:'17''(Mt'chapters'5,'6,'and'7)' 7)'Mt'23:'1V38' 8)'John'8:'31V59'' 9)'Rom'3:'21V28;'Gal'2:'15V21'and'Gal'3:10'' 10)'Acts'4:'8V12''
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' ' ' ' PART'4.'' ' 1)'*Wisdom'11:'24'–'12:1*''and'John'1:1V12' 2)'*'Acts10:'25V35*'' 3)'*'Romans'1:18V21;'2:'14V15;'and'Acts'17:'16V34'(focus'on'17:22'and' 17:'25V28)*' 4)'and'Acts'10,'1V4;''**Mt'8:5V12*''and'Mt'7:'1V23' 5)'the'book'of'Jonah' 6)'Acts'7:22'and'Exodus'2;'1V10' ' 7)'Heb.11:1V16'and'Sirach'44:'1V20'' 8)'Gen'14:'18V20;'Heb'7:'1V3' 9)'Is.'44:28'–'45:1' 10)'Luke'10:'30V37' ' 11)'Is'19:'21V25;'Is.'42:'1V12' ' ' ' PART'5.'' 1) *Acts'7:22'and'Exodus'2;'1V10'*' 2) Mt'2:'13V23'' 3) Numbers'12:'1V15' 4) Genesis,'chapters'46'and'47' 5) 1'Kings'3:1;'9:16;'11:1' 6) 2'Chronicles'8:'1V'9:29;'and'1'kings'10' 7) Is.'19:25' 8) Ez'29:'13V16'
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' ' ' ' PART'6.'ISLAM' ' What' does' the' Koran' say' about' Jesus,' Mary,' Christians,' Jews,' “idol' worshippers,”'and'Women?'According'to'some'Koran'texts,'what'is'the' Islamic' attitude' toward' other' religions' in' general?' How' should' “idol' worshipers”'be'treated'by'faithful'Muslims?' How' did' you' feel' while' reading' these' Koranic' texts?' How' did' this' assignment'help'you'achieve'the'educational'goals'of'our'university'and' our'course?' ' HERE'ARE'SOME'TEXTS'TO'USE' *'Surah'2:2;''Surah'3:19;''Surah'3:85;''Surah'9:1V20;'and'Surah'5:24V
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