THE 1000C Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Primeval History, Gen12, Near East
9 Jan 2019
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Central to israel"s understanding of her relationship with god. Primeval history: why god entered into human history. Examples of the traditions, values and ideals held sacred. ~narratives: review past from perspective of god"s actions. Defines hebrews in relation to other peoples in ancient near. Hebrew understanding of their encounter with god. ~god"s encounters with abraham: (gen 12:1-9, 15:1-21; 17:1-27) Rise to power but trust in god. The call: burning bush, identity of god- yahweh, identity of people of god. Reveals god as: powerful, caring, warrior god. Reveals israelites as: hesitating, doubting, grumbling. Theme: god"s saving action, israel"s faithfulness/ unfaithfulness to covenant. Saving act of god: death of firstborn, passing over of israelites. Saving act of god: parting of red (reed) sea, presence of god. People"s action: follow moses, accept yahweh. Covenant act of god: ten commandments, i will be you god and you will be my people .
