RELG 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: History Of Ancient Israel And Judah, Ten Commandments, Jahwist

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 208
• Professor: Gerbern Oegema

Document Summary

Babylonian text (1874) mesopotamia: marshlands were covered by weeds. These texts were produced in a region that was susceptible to. Abraham comes from or from the something. The formation of the diatese is by naming; while it doesn"t say how creation happened, the text doesn"t do that but rather just says that there is a birth through language. The word for god is plural but it can be translated as singular so while it doesn"t really talk about diatese, but the question is whether they had one or more gods. The text has a live setting within communities that worships these daitese, where they likely didn"t have temples yet so would worship in huts. The creation of mankind has similarities with the genesis text. You have to count from the very first sabbath : moon calendar helps you keep up with the pace of the year: you have festivals throughout the year and need to know when they are.