ENGLIT 0597 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gerar, Midrash, Odysseus
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Lecture 3: matriarch in danger (ch12: egypt, ch20: gerar, ch21: gerar isaac and rebekah) wife passed off as sister and taken a curse is put on the kingdom. Results in wealth variations of the same folk tale (3 different versions of the same story) These are all threats that god must overcome not abraham god is responsible for all crises. Credit is given to god any victory. Focuses on comparing lot (as well of sodom) and abraham hospitality. Abraham convinces god to the good men of the city before destroying it (bargaining) Abraham"s hospitality (feast, rest) is better than sodom"s (gang rape) God said he was going to destroy the cities and he did shows abraham that the covenant is real god keeps his promises. Furthermore shows that sarai and abraham will have a baby. God is portrayed as very humanlike negotiating, feasting with abraham. As the bible continues, god becomes more and more distant (exodus)
