| There are stories of sacrifice, bondage and exodus, and survival in the wilderness that are an integral part of the Jewish tradition. Compare and contrast the plots of these stories with secular stories that you are aware of with similar themes. In addition, discuss the significance of the secular stories for the intended audiences. What sorts of assumptions or biases might audiences who are not the target audiences draw from these stories (perhaps if they don’t identify with the main characters of the stories)?Your response should be at least 300 words in length. |
| Selected Answer: The Jewish tradition embraced pain, in terms of sacrifice, bondage, exodus and survival in the wilderness as an integral part of their spiritual growth. It was a common routine for the Jewish faithful to partake in different forms of ‘suffering’, a common scene being circumcision at a very young age or taking part in activities like trade and animal farming for long periods in the wilderness, specifically the desert. This enabled them to be hardy and strengthened their faith and relations to God. In the secular world, these themes of sacrifice, bondage, exodus and suffering are well expressed in well scripted movies and plays. An example being ’12 Years a slave’ which depicted the crazy life of blacks trying to get hold of freedom. This compares to the Jewish life where ‘sinners’ were banished to such cruelty as a way of correcting them and making them better people in the society. The significance of these secular stories to the intended audiences is that it shows them how the people of the past were prepared for the tough life that was ahead of them as well as their religious believes. All these is intended to make the target audience understand exactly how concerned they were regarding the religion and pleasing the gods and their ancestors. On the other hand, audiences who are not the target audiences for these stories might misunderstand the whole context of the stories and be left thinking that tradition was too harsh and biased especially on the black people. It would appear to them as if people were put through unnecessary suffering and torture for no good course. It would take a lot more than just reading a text for them to understand that it was not only to make them better versions of themselves, but also majorly for religious reasons and that does not make the tradition a bad thing.Correct Answer: [None] Response Feedback: La’Quita, You have given the primary purpose of the ecumenical movement and interfaith dialog and shown why this can be a positive vehicle for communication, unity, and peace.Many would see ecumenical dialog as a positive thing, but there can be a negative side too. Who decides who is invited to the dialog? How much concession is made between groups which have doctrines that diametrically oppose each other? These are all questions that need to be waded through on this topic. Nice work. |
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