Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Vulgate, Books Of Chronicles, 2 Maccabees
5 May 2016
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Clc 1020: the hebrew bible (the old testament) Bible (in greek, bibla = book: pentateuch = first 5 books = torah. The languages of the bible: the hebrew bible (or christian old testament): Written in hebrew, except for parts of books of daniel, ezra and one verse of. Jeremiah, which are in aramaic: christian new testament: written in greek, latin vulgate bible: a translation into (lousy) latin, further translations into other languages. Gen. 1-11: primeval history (creation of universe, man, woman, family, etc. ) Gen. 12-50: patriarchial history (abraham, isaac, jacon, joseph, etc. ) Four strands in composition of genesis: j or jahwist (because calls god jahwej/yahweh); jhwh = Jehovah: e or elohist (because calls god elohe) Both j and e are 9th century b. c. They become united into 1 narrative: d or deuteronimic ca. B. c: p or priestly codification (roughly 5th century) In genesis 17, covenant is circumcision: outward covenant, you either are or.
