RELG 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ten Lost Tribes, Bed Trick, Masturbation
25 Feb 2014
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Children of lot and his daughters, etiology continues with jacob and esau. When the romans destroy the temple of jerusalem. Christian"s associate themselves with jacob, and jews with esau. Jews first born, rejected, christians born later get the reward (harassed by jews, chased by. **both groups do the same thing, in opposite directions. Both groups make the association between the story of esau and jacob in their own present reality. Moses is the great prophet of the hebrew bible. In spite of his message, sometimes in christian interpretation he is viewed negatively because of his firm associations with jews. Deposition: taking jesus down from the cross via jacob"s ladder up to heaven. Rachel and rebecca struggle with barrenness as well\ Travels with abraham"s servant to be married to isaac. Always with jug (a symbol of virginity and purity) Able to exercise agency in getting what she wanted for her son.
