REL 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Moab, Zarqa River, Sibling Rivalry
16 Sep 2016
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9-16 genesis the ancestors [2] (genesis 26-50) (session 4) Genesis 26-50 the cast of characters tribes in the area: isaac + rebekah (rebecca, esau and jacob, jacob + leah + rachel + bilhah + zilpah, jacob"s sons, esp. , reuben, judah, simeon, levi, joseph, and. Benjamin: joseph"s two sons, manasseh and ephraim. Bethel: house of el: ancestor"s religion is noticeably different from later israelite religion, name of shrine jacob sets up. Pillar/ standing stone (matsebah: theophany; covenant (31); memorial (35, matsebah represents presence of divine or encounter of divine. A canaanite shrine in hazor: often shaped with curved top, rare to have an inscription or image, represent the divine to the worshipers. The arad temple (holy of holies reconstruction: inner sanctum, where people believed the divine presence was located, further show matsevah representing god"s presence, where people believed the divine presence was located, further show matsevah representing god"s presence. Genesis 32: motif, river diety/demon, mark transitions.
