[RELG 307] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (93 pages long)
Document Summary
Variously described: kind of chest, tablets of the ten commandments. Placed in there for safe keeping: portable throne for god, rectangular, set in between two monstrous looking beasts, center was empty, reserved for god. No image of god: god comes at least as close to the earth as mount sinai. Appropriate to honor his presence through burnt sacrifices: 1050 bce, philistines capture holy arch. Carried by members of the tribe of levi in front of the advancing group of. Israelite fighters: conflict between nations always thought of conflict between the gods of the two nations. Install a permanent leader who would have the power to call people into battle: saul, could lead people in battle, had some successes against philistines, ultimately failed. Philistines eliminated the rest of his sons. Successor is shepherd boy david: whenever saul became distraught, david would sing to him, saul was possibly neurotic with a persecution complex.
