HUM 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Poultice, Venomous Snake
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The 5th plague affected large scale livestock of. Leprosy is used to describe the what can happen to the surface of a building. *certain diseases cannot be explained with modern context, they should defy nature, and should be super natural: disease and healers: the bible"s view. Prophets (elijah and isaiah) (kg 17:8~16) elijah: through prayers and physical touch, brought dead boy to life (kg 20:1~11) isaiah"s poultice for hezekiah. Hezekiah pray to god, prophet isaiah told hezekiah he will live, because of god. God as vector ( diseases tend to come from god himself (num 14:36~7) exploration party: god kills all bad messengers by giving them plague because they trashed the promised land (deut 28:21~22) moses threatens person by confronting him with lord"s assumed intentions implies that god has complete authority over disease and its control, shows god"s favorite weapon of choice as disease.
