REL 1004 : 1004 Study Guide For Second Test
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Theory of deuteronomistic history: be able to explain the theory of the deuteronomistic history (dtrh). Israel"s entry into palestine to the babylonian exile. ) the dtrh: when did the dtr editors produce the dtrh? (ca. Joshua and judges and the settlement: review the speech of god in joshua 1:2-9. It is a key passage composed by the dtr editors. What is the theological lesson of the passage: describe the overall picture of the settlement in joshua, the concept or ideology of holy war is present in the books of joshua and judges. Review the major elements/claims of this ideology. (for example, jahweh fights in the very midst of israel on the battlefield. Etc. : the so-called judges (for example, gideon) were not judges in the modern sense of the word. What kind of figures were they? (military saviors or heroes: the dtr editors construe the history of the judges era according to a cyclical pattern.
