THEO10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Book Of Leviticus, Israelites
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Robert krieg, conversion, treasure in the field, p. 41-43, 47-60 [library e-reseves] Your readings for tuesday are the story of another covenant. Abraham, denotes a binding relationship between god and the descendants of abraham and includes a ritual to formalize that bond. This time, however, the rationale and the terms of the agreement are far more detailed. Your reading from krieg is on the concept of conversion, but it also lays out the judeo-christian understanding of conversion in relation to the story of the covenant at sinai. This covenant at sinai will come to define israel"s relationship to god (and israel"s straying from that relationship) through the rest of the old testament and into the new testament. Please skip his short section on jonah, p. 43-46. For your essay, respond to the following writing prompts in an essay totaling around 250 words.
