RLST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Documentary Hypothesis, Ketuvim, Tanakh

• School: Towson University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RLST 210
• Professor: Deborah Barer

Document Summary

Tanakh: ta - torah (5 books of moses, na - nevi"im (prophets, kh - ketuvim (scriptures) Patriarchs and matriarchs (from genesis): abraham (formerly abram) Married sarah (formerly sarai: had a child, isaac, who became a patriarch. Maid servant was hagar: had a child, ishmael, who was not a founder. Had a child, esau, who was also not a founder: first born. Had a child, jacob, later known as israel: tricked isaac, to receive esau"s birthright. Jacob/israel (isaac"s son, father of 12 tribes: married leah. Had 10 children with her: married rachel, had 2 children with her. Monolatry - belief that many gods exist but you only have faith in one god: later turned into monotheism. Monotheism - the belief that there is only one god. Suzerain - treaty between lord and vassals (by hittites) Friday, september 9, 2016: preamble (in which you praise the ruler, prologue, stipulations, blessings/curses, reference to deities, public readings, sacri cial meal.