RELIGST 2VV3 Lecture Notes - Parable Of The Lost Sheep, Israelites, Books Of Samuel
31 Mar 2013
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Methods of biblical analysis: 20th century saw a conflict between christian fundamentalism and historical criticism, historical criticism, source criticism, form criticism (formsgeschichte, redaction criticism (redaktionsgeschichte, narrative, plot, character, theme, genre, social-scientific, feminist, postcolonial, queer, literary criticism, other approaches. Source criticism: source critics determine the sources that were used to put a text together, the bible itself talks about other non-biblical sources. 12 on the day the lord gave the amorites over to israel, joshua said to the lord in the presence of israel: Sun, stand still over gibeon, and you, moon, over the valley of aijalon. 13 so the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the book of jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.
