CATH298 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Theophany, Burning Bush, Israelites
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Start with the bible: founds and forms authority on what we (can) know about angels and demons. The bible as divinely inspired : that scripture is a way god reveals himself to us through words. Angels appear to provoke thought in ways our imaginations cannot inspire. They make occasional but persistent appearances which reveals god to us and says something about our relationship to him. Pentateuch (greek) meaning 5 books , or the 5 first books of the bible. Genesis and exodus are the first two, and are believed by tradition to be written by moses. These passages were revealed to him through divine intervention and chronicle creation up to the end of moses" life (up to israelites and the promised land). The formula for the appearance of angels in the bible: god wishes to make known something to mortals, no mortal can see god and live, adepts message to a form mortals can receive (an angel, malach)
