AHSS*1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Book Of Deuteronomy, God Speaks, A Prophet
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Friday, oct 20 2017: the message of the torah sustained the people in exile it is the word of god, the story of an encounter (what we call revelation) The five books of moses: genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy: genesis, gen. 1-11: world history, gen. 11-: patriarchs and their families (abraham, exodus, exile, slavery, exodus of the jewish people from slavery, ten commandments and revelation at mt. 750bce) war and peace fighting pagan religions: moral righteousness, a prophet= speaks the word of god, not predicts the future. Classical: isaiah, ezekiel, jeremiah (750bce after) lone individuals called by god to get the people to repent. God"s justi(cid:272)e, (cid:449)hy the (cid:449)i(cid:272)ked prosper and the righteous are punished. Esther: the only book where god is not mentioned. Genesis 1: the story of creation, power of good vs evil, hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s (cid:373)ade (cid:862)i(cid:374) the i(cid:373)age of god(cid:863) Genesis 2: humans created from the earth, the woman is made from the rib of the man.
