Celebrating the Islamic New Year in Kuala Lumpur

performances and community oriented work. A discount hotel in Kuala Lumpur that is located close to the Maal Hijrah celebrations is the Citrus Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

2-3 = part 8 of series This ispart of a series illustrating a Yale University course on the Hebrew Bible. It continues an examination of Yehezkel Kaufmanns revolutionary explanation of the transition from polytheism to monotheism. A transition that was unique to the ancient Israelites, and spawned the three monotheistic Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Kaufmann’s characterization of paganism: – Gods are limited – Mythology / theogeny – Fluid boundary between divine / human / nature – Power is material – Magic and divination – Cult is automatic – Autonomy of evil – Salvation is escape – Amoral universe Playlist: www.youtube.com List of uploads within playlist: berties-teapot.blogspot.com The full course can be found here: oyc.yale.edu oyc.yale.edu Christine Hayes is Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, she was Assistant Professor of Hebrew Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University for three years. A specialist in talmudic-midrashic studies, Hayes offers undergraduate courses on the literature and history of the biblical and talmudic periods (including Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and Introduction to Judaism). www.yale.edu academicearth.org Diagrams illustrating the timeline and books of the HB/OT: www.threetwoone.org www.threetwoone.org hodos.org hodos.org hodos.org hodos.org www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org www …

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