HISTORY 16A Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Shofar
29 Aug 2016
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The israelite before god and the days of awe. Speaks of individual and personal experience, atonement, repentance: days of awe, new year (everyone is judged), day of atonement (day of forgiveness, focus on individuals and their standing with god. Rosh hashanah, the new year, the birthday of the world. God as a judge in 3 aspects: god"s remembrance, god"s domination (as judge, god"s sounding the shofar to announce the redemption of israel. At the new year, humanity is inscribed for life or death. Soveiregnity is created by the creation of the world. Repents the sins, day that brings forgiveness of sins of the whole year. Make confessions and prayers as a community: although individual focus dominates. Represents israel as a pilgrim people, expiating the sin of a generation that rebelled against god. Reminds israel of how by reason of its rebellion, it lived in temporary hovels for an entire generation.
