REL 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cherub, Sefer Torah, Advertising Mail
12 Sep 2016
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Question: did the israelites know the tales mentioned in the bible before it was written (on sinai by moses) The 5 books of moses pentateuch [pen-teh-tuk: genesis = bereshit, exodus = shemot, leviticus = vayiqra, numbers = bemidbar, deuteronomy = devarim, know order of books, biblical canon begins with this sub-canon. Genesis 1-3 as a myth : brettler pages 38-39, 47, myths are, metaphors on the story level, traditional tales dealing with issues of collective importance , a myth is not true on a factual level. Instead it is a vehicle of message that tells the story teller regards as. True : myths work as stories, not declaring things that are factual on an objective level, but something true on another level entirely. Historical-critical questions: did the ancient israelites understand their myths literally, as narratives about actual historical events, did the ancient israelites regard the cosmology of genesis 102 as.
