RLGB10 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pharisees, Midrash, Mishnah
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Describe the contracts or covenants outlined in the stories of the hebrew bible. Discuss themes connected to successful and/or failed attempts to live up to these contracts. Make sure to include specific examples of these contracts. The central organizing concept in the ancient hebrew religion was the covenant (aka berith in. A theological term , "covenant" means much of the same thing that "contract" does today. The purpose of life for those bound by the covenant is defined by the special contractual relationship into which first abraham, then jacob & moses and the people of israel, enter with. God gave abraham and his descendants the land of canaan, after abraham obeyed gods order, of cutting-up the animals in two. Hence, god"s providence is expressed in the form of a treaty between abraham. & yahweh the god who promises to oversee the destiny of his descendants, if they conform to the model of behaviour laid out in the covenant.
