CATH298 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Book Of Tobit, Nazirite, Burning Bush
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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) Nothing more than god"s message, angels are very closely identified to god, i. e. the lord came and then the angel said transition from god to angel very ambiguous; Message of the angel takes on the form of that which can be perceived (sensed). We are not limited to our imaginations as angels are able to appear as just about anything.
