REL 1004 Midterm: 1004 Study Guide For First Test

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Canon: the canon is the fixed list of books in the bible which jews and christians regard as sacred and authoritative for their faith and practice. Ex: snakes crawling on their bellies; animosity b/w snakes and humans; pain of women in bearing. Etiology: story that explains the origins of customs, natural occurrences or features. children; demotion of women in marriage, hardship in farming. Know the distinguishing characteristics and details of each account: divine name = lord god (yahweh elohim)/ p used just god, starting point of creation = land without growth. / p starts w just water (deep: first act of creation = the human; vegetation and animals created subsequently. / p human creation is the climax. 4. human sexes created in sequence: first the male, and later the female. / p both sexes created at once: human portrayal of the deity. Laws = don"t eat flesh w/ blood; don"t shed human blood. Abrahamic covenant (gen 17) deity"s name = el shaddai.

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