HIST 295 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Adon
28 Sep 2017
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Turn away from bad self de nition: useless unless theres something to take its place. Covenantal metaphor: presented in terms of contractual relationships. Contracts: promise and witnessed of both parties agreeing. God makes contract with world after ood: never going to do this again > guaranteed by rainbow (witness) Take ideas from political contracts (treaties) and apply them to religious ideas and vv. Israel has two choices: israel couldn"t get out of servitude, so who will they serve, adon (master, ehed (servant, is being a slave to yhwh better than being a slave to the pharaoh. What do you have to do to be successful? set out in covenant clauses and stipulations. Idea that it"s possible to make a contract with god. Idea that you know what god wants from the people. Contract with stipulations of the divine reality. Primary idea in biblical literature that has huge impact and in uence in material.
