RLG101H5 : study answers

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6 Jan 2011
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Exam (worth 5 points each: abram, or later abraham, is a symbolic figure in the hebrew bible who becomes the. Who was abraham and why was he so important in later judaic, christian and islamic traditions: abraham made a covenent with god in genesis. What is a covenent and what did it require of abraham and his people: describe the prophetic experience of moses with god (yhwh) at mount sinai, as it appears in the hebrew bible. How does this story differ from moses" encounter with god (allah) in the qur"an: describe in detail the second encounter of moses with god (yhwh) at mount sinai after the exodus of the hebrews from egypt. How might you characterize this religious encounter: in deutoronomy 31. 24, shortly before his death, moses is said to have finished writing the words of this law in a book (the torah) .