REL 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Masoretic Text, Teraphim, Bronze Age

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On the nuzi tablets, the fact that the heirless person could adopt a slave as his heir is documented) Hagar gives birth to ishmael (ch: because both sarah & Abraham believed the covenant and were following the cultural norms of their day. Abraham that you will give birth to a son. Abraham and sarah promised a son (ch. Sign of the covenant (ch. 17: circumcision on 8th day. Sarah"s rejection of hagar (ch. 16: when god rejects ishmael, meaning. Ishmael"s birth (during which father and son bonded) that ishmael won"t be the heir. Abraham begs god to let ishmael be the heir: and when god tells abraham that he and sarah will have a son, he falls to the ground laughing. Even though in contrast sarah simply giggles, everybody preaches about her laughing and doesn"t even mention abraham laughing. (gender inequality) When you have multiple wives, you would make your favorite wife will be legally made your sister.

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