THE 1000C- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 63 pages long!)

• School: St. John's University
• Department: Theology and Religious Studies
• Course: THE 1000C
• Professor: Maione

Document Summary

Hw read up to ch. 3, finish gen 1-25, and start exodus 1 - 13. Genesis 1- 25 maionel@stjohns. edu use this email for professor. Canonical - according to or ordered by canon law : the canonical rites of the. Dead sea scrolls fragments of every book in the hebrew cannon (jewish bible) Gen 1 & 2 god"s creation of earth & animals, and people. Apocryphal: doubtful authorship not necessarily authentic. **has something important to say, but it didn"t necessarily happen: whether your interpret the bible literally, or figuratively, its there (written) but not the focus. Purpose of story, to show temptation, evil, human fault, sin. Illuminates the purpose, not that it may have happened. P (586-587 bce = exile, 539 bce = post-exile negative point of view) God created the heaven and the earth: earth, without form, void, darkness upon face of the deep.