Philosophy, Interpreting Religious Scriptures
Here is the paper requirement for Paper 2 due by the end of Week Six.
Write a 500-700 report using at least two websites. You may use the links from this week’s reading or any credible site. You may use Wikipedia as an entry point but it will not count as one of the two required sources.
These sites may help your work:
Internet Sacred Text Archive
Nearly every religious document you may want to review is here:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/
Bible Gateway
You can search both the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha, and New Testament here:
https://www.biblegateway.com/
The Noble Quran
http://www.noblequran.com/translation/
Technically, I believe that it is forbidden to translate the Quran so, historically, translators have gotten around that by calling their work “Interpretations” of it.
Here are the five items you must include in your essay and you must organize it in this order: URL Address of the sites you employed
Author(s) of Site, Credibility: In a few sentences explain whether you think one of the sites is credible (e.g., is it peer-reviewed?).
Recommendation of Site: Explain whom you think would benefit from the site; layperson, students, researchers, age group–be specific.
State your position or preview the discussion in 3-5 sentences; i.e., tell the reader your position or what you are presenting in the essay. (“Or” here can be inclusive; i.e., you can do both.)
Discussion of the topic
For the discussion, interpret the scriptures of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in light of the social construction of religious meaning. Use of the methods of Religionists and Reductionists is required. The Religionist perspective is helpful to interpret the religious meaning of scriptural passages, to see what they mean to religious adherents; while the Reductionist perspective is helpful to see how that meaning both reflects and molds social agendas.
Choose one passage each from the scripture of just two religions—that is, from either the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, or Qur’an.
Type out each passage and provide a full citation.
Then, using one religionist and one reductionist approach, write your own original commentary that outlines the meaning of each passage.
Finally, compare the two passages in terms of the message for society.
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