REL 1004 Lecture : REL 1004 Lecture Notes
Document Summary
Original literary text of the bible is backwards, non-biblical literary evidence: enuma elish, non-literary physical artifacts. Canon- a standard against which things may ne judged. 1. fired- could use ink: still damp- stylus. Types and purposes of ancient writing: records of legal transactions, 2. records of important individual occasions, 3. Communal calendars: significant communal records, codes of law. Doublets : alternate points of view serve as warranties of honesty. Names for the bible : the danger of monolithic interpretation. 1. the hebrew bible: the greek septuagint (lxx, the catholic old testament, the protestant old testament. Any god of any religious tradition from any area of the world. Sources and duplicate accounts: divine name, literary style and vocabulary. Humbaba- guarded the sacred tree of the gods. Father, brother, son can have more than one meaning. Goshen- area granted by the faroh given land of goshen to joseph. A man from the house of levi married a daughter of levi (1)
