REL 2029 Chapter : Biblical Judaism
Document Summary
Israel. named after jacob, descendent of abraham; god fulfills covenant through jacob"s children: israel = struggle , covenants, 1st = between god and abraham. Hebrews promised certain land (canaan); abraham takes god as his god. Covenant recognized by circumcision. (serious business. ) (still henotheistic. : 2nd = between god and isaac (son of abraham from sarah). Children become leaders of israel: *ishmael drama: abraham"s first son, from hagar. Sarah gets pregnant, ishmael and hagar turned away. Remembered, commemorated, recognized yearly in passover ( pesach ): inconsistencies: references to towns/cities of different periods; no record of mass exodus; logistic inconsistencies, story: begins w/ moses. Pharaoh starts killing slave babies, moses sent down river, rescued by. Grows up, murders egyptian, flees egypt, gets married and tends flocks of in-law family. Moses goes back, performs miracles (including plague), pharaoh lets slaves go; they run. Next: 40 years desert wandering: 3 months in: hebrews arrive at sinai, site of next mosaic (of.
