RELIGST 2DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Taberna, Miscarriage, Priestly Source
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Anat-yahu; elephantine, 5th c bce: no images. No physical and care with metaphorical images: wrongful use of yhwh"s name, sabbath. Combine different strains of cultures and traditions. Much more written for ritual understanding than historical. Negotiations of boundaries (marriage, what can be done, economics, production, etc. ) How people should behave in the presence of the time. Theophany (ch19); appearance of god at sinai/study of god. Anum and enliil named me to promote the welfare of the people. Me, hamurabi, the devout, god-fearing prince to cause justice to prevail in the land to destroy the wicked and the evil, that the strong might now oppress the weak . Violence escalates up this passage puts limits on it. Slow to anger love for the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin . Part of the core of the priestly tradition (p source) Way of imagining a central sanctuary: place of judgment.