RLG202H5 Lecture Notes - Babylonian Captivity, Prayer Book, Tashlikh
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The story of the beginnings the first four books: it is mesopotamian traditions. Israel judah is squished and trampled on because they are in the middle of them three. M any of the people migrating to the area settled on the plain lying between the tigris and euphrates rivers known as. It is fertile here because there are rivers. So there is a lot of civilization here. Abram the father (or god) is exalted. Abraham = the father of many nations. Righteous man, with wholehearted commitment to god. A an of peace; compassionate and hospitable. An unscrupulous liar to save his own skin. Afraid of being killed, so he said sarah, his wife, is his sister. A man of great spiritual depth and strength. A person with common human weakness and needs. Circumcision is to create an identity and cohesion. Emphasis on abraham"s testing by god and his endurance.
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