HUM 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Balaam
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Balaam curses israel (num 22~24) barock engaged in war with israelites, and instructs balaam to curse on the israelites. Samson (jud 16:28~30) captured by philistine, samson prays to god, gains power, and killed the philistine. Laws: ten commandments (ex 20:1~17) israel obeys commandment as covenant. God is the guarantor in all privilege forms of speech. The possibility of true speech all depends on god"s existence and him as the guarantor. Advantages: formulation of truthful discourse has certainty guarantees validity, source is single from god. Risks: high profit high risk because one untrue prophecy calls the validity of god, questions and doubt on the system. Moses as the one and only god"s prophet. *these evidences shows the book as an authority . serves to authenticate the legitimacy of the book. In the event of book authenticating itself also disproves the reliability of.
