HIST 221 Lecture 2: HIST 221 – September 15
15 Sep 2016
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Hist 221 jewish history; september 15, 2016. Covenant: jews came before judaism, because they must have been there to create the institutionalized religion, covenant is a formal agreement. This one between god and abraham of the responsibilities of humans. Circumcision a dedication of life, making god the first priority; the signature on the covenant: bible is full of stories of covenant breaking; theme. Conflict between freewill of humans and god is a motif of the bible and. Do whatever you want, just don"t eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge. By violating god"s command, they did assume a part of god"s features: creativity, knowledge, judgement, conscience: second bible story: Cain kills abel and god punishes him by banishing him and not letting him farm.
