REL 2029 Midterm: Rel 2029 Exam1 All Notes
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Reconnecting us to the yoke the thing that holds two oxen together. Like we"re supposed to be in a different state. Canaanites: chief god: el, el"s son: baal, abraham behaved like a pagan didn"t bring his gods to the new location because they were no longer relevant. When moses asked god who he was, he replied i am who i am = yahweh: yahweh almost means (mind yourself, not me, the holy is rejected and needed all throughout life, the plagues of egypt. After god kills the first borns of the city, the pharaoh gives in: never again will any human rule as absolute, only god, god is still only the god of the jews, not the egyptians. He is fighting the gods of israel"s enemies: yes, you can be with god. But don"t think you"ll ever see god clearly: when waiting on moses in the mountains, the israelites made a golden calf, the image of.
