HUMA 1860 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.5: Israelites, Old Testament, Ketuvim

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 1860
• Professor: Jason Robinson

Document Summary

Torah (law: first 5 books of bible. In hebrew prophets refers to men such as moses, who were believed to speak from god to. Ketuvim: means writings, contains variety of material including songs, prayers, wisdom literature & historical texts. Important character of israelite history whoses existence cannot be confirmed are: abraham, Isaa(cid:272), isaa(cid:272)"s so(cid:374) ja(cid:272)o(cid:271) & moses: biblical figure whose existence has evidence-spepherd-turning-kind of israel, david. Creation of humanity: 2 different accounts for creation of humanity in hebrew bible- found in book of genesis, fi(cid:396)st a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t is that (cid:862)ma(cid:374) & (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:396)e (cid:272)(cid:396)eated e(cid:454)a(cid:272)tl(cid:455) at the sa(cid:373)e ti(cid:373)e i(cid:374) (cid:862)the i(cid:373)age of. God(cid:863): thus the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e e(cid:395)ual: second creation story states that man is created first & women is created later out of one of his (cid:396)i(cid:271)s as a (cid:862)helpe(cid:396)(cid:863) fo(cid:396) hi(cid:373). Second account is better known (cid:862) the (cid:396)i(cid:271) is a hidde(cid:374) pa(cid:396)t of the (cid:271)od(cid:455), a(cid:374)d the(cid:396)efo(cid:396)e it (cid:449)as (cid:272)hose(cid:374) to tea(cid:272)h (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:373)odest(cid:455)(cid:863)