RLG313H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Babylonian Captivity, Jephthah, Child Sacrifice
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Internal chronology of the bible not to be taken at face value. Attempts to set genesis against an actual historical background. King amraphel of shinar in gen 14:1 could be hammurabi of. Society in genesis is dimorphic because it includes both settled populations and nomads. No evidence that puts the patriarchs in the early or middle parts of the second millenium. Names that end in -el rather than -yah indicates a time before the rise of yhwh o. Gunkel believes it is not history, but legend. Patriarchs make tribute to god in certain places as el. Large difference between how the patriarchs worshipped and what is called for later in the bible. Deuteronomy demands that all previous altars be broken and that only one be built where god says so. Association between a shrine and a patriarch still gave legitimacy. All abraham must do is trust yhwh and go where he tells him to.
