TESP 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jahwist, Origin Myth, Serfdom
11 Mar 2018
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Narrative frame // sets up a story to bring out true meaning. Serfdom and gomorrah // homosexuality: god destroyed because people were having gay sex. You"ll have a son in a year sarah laughed at that and the baby was named after her laugh. God makes everyone speak different languages: punishment for trying to build tower to reach the heavens. Babylon ziggurat // tower to reach heavens. Why are there different languages: babel. The earth was a formless void // indicates god had something to work with. Genesis 1 and 2 written by two different authors in two different time periods. Animals created to find a suitable sexual partner // use rib to create woman. Serpent tries to get woman to eat fruit on tree. Trible says woman is the brains of the operation. Gods punishment to woman consists of two things: child bearing pains, submission to husband.
