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| The plagues as a duel with Egyptian gods |
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killing the pharaoh's first born son was a crowning blow in the struggle between God and Egyptian gods
Nile to blood - Khnum water and life, Hapi Nile god, Osiris Nile was his blood stream
frogs - Heket childbirth symbol a frog
pestilence in cattle - Hathor symbol cow, Apis was a bull
Hail - Seth winds and storms
Locusts - Isis goddess of life, Min fertility
Darkness - Amun-Re, Atum, Horus - sun
First born - Osiris judge of dead |
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did not go easiest - "the way of the land of the Philistines"
most probable was Lake Sirbonis cut off from the Mediterranean by a narrow strip of land, located on the north Sinai coast |
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The Covenant Code - designed for an agricultural society, laws that are classified as civil or criminal, religious crime suject to criminal penalties
The Priestly Code - final form sometime after Babylon exile, proper worship, powerful becasue priests were direct connections to God
The Deuteronomic Code - discoverd by Josaih , many ancient laws, a version of the 10 comandments, new laws were written "second law" |
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| a prophet, know of him through biblical and historical texts, the one who pronounces curses, Balaam went to Moab under God's command but for money which upset God, Balaam's donkey went out of control and God spoke through the donkey, every time he tried to curse the Israelites he blessed them |
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| God's covenant with Abraham (promises, why repeated, sign) |
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consist of 3 promises: Land, descendants and blessings
repeated - dispute over land, asking about Eliezer (servant), split sacrifice, punishing Sodom, sacrificing Isaac
sign is circumcision |
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| Interpret stories leading to Isaac in light of his birth |
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changing his name from Abram to Abraham
laughing at 3 visitors - Isaac means to laugh, disbelief to joy
Sodom and Gomorrah punished
Lot and his daughters - miraculous origin to sinful origin
Abimelech and Sarah - bareness of Harem highlights miracle of Sarah's fertility |
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| Attitudes of those chosen |
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there is no reason why God chooses Abraham
covenant relationship depends on God's power and faithfulness not Abraham
human faith develops as a positive response to God's promises and actions
should not be arogant but thankful |
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| Attitudes toward those not chosen |
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stories of Hagar and Ishmael frame Isaac's birth (first time told to go back but second time to go to Arabia)
Sarah - exclude, they are threat
Abraham -compassion but still sends away
God - provide for them, bless them with the 12 tribes that Issac has |
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| Abraham (Sarah) - Isaac (Rebekah) - 2 sons Jacob (1) and Esau (2) - jacob (Zilpah 2, Leah 6, Rachel 2, Bilhah 2) 12 tribes - Gad, Ashe Rueben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Isaachar, Zebulan, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali |
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| How God is "with" Isaac, Jacob and Joseph |
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Isaac - "I will be with you" in addition other promises for Abraham's sake, later in genesis the same sort of promises
jacob - in addition to 3 covenant Bethel - God's house, makes a deal "If God will be with me...then the lord will be my god", promises to return him home safely, Jacob goes to Betherl, ordering family to destroy idols
Joseph - as a slave, then as a prisoner and works his way up to a advisor to Pharoah, promises to return to land, the result through Joseph otehr families are blessed |
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| Significance of Late births (Isaac, Jacob and Joseph) |
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| mothers were formerly barren, not firstborn sons, covenant members are included by mercy, not merit God's power sustains the covenant group, God's choices reflect concern for the ignored |
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| 2 views on the date of the exodus |
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| 480 years or 12 generations before Solomon's Temple about 1445 b.c., Amarna letters - written to Canaanite kings, no mention of Israelites, Israelites built Pithom and Rameses under Seti I and Rameses II, Merneptah Stela - defeated Israelites 1207 b.c., most likely between 1294 - 1207 b.c. |
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| Meaning of "I am who I am" |
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literal translation - "I truely am", "he is who is he is"
holiness - there is no other like me
monotheism - i am the only god who is
omnipotence - i am whoever i want to be
gain glory through others |
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| Name of God in the plagues (to know the Lord) |
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pharaoh doesn't know Yahweh, therefore he will not let them go
the people blame Moses, Yahweh reassures him with his name
"You will know that I am yahweh your God, who has freed you"
El Shadday - the name of God Almighty also the name of a local god |
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| Theme of faith and believing |
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| God has to give signs to his people through the 10 plagues and freeing the Israelites for them to beleive him |
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| Establishing, ratifying and sign of Mosaic Covenant |
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step 1 - covenant is initaited by God, the people must obey, they will be his "treasured posession" kingdom of priest and a holy nation
step 2 - covenant is ratified by people with blood (sacrifice) and an oath
step 3 - the Sabbath is declared a sign
primary expectation is holiness on part of hte Israelites |
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Moses was on Mt. Sinai for 6 weeks and Israelites question is he alive and who will lead
does the calf represent God or a new god
Aaron introduces idol as "your" God(s), then calls a festival to the lord
God = elohim = gods
Moses confronts Aaron, he is befuddled - you know the people they are evil
Moses destroys the calf and Levites kill 3000, God sends a plague |
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the name - merciful, gracious, loving, forgiving (to 1000 generations), punishes sin (3 to 4 generations)
not power here, but personal characteristics
not either merciful or punishing but both
neither cancels the other, but long term mercy overshadows brief punishment |
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| Twelve Spies (and relationship to God's character-name) |
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12 spies sent out for 40 days from Kadesh
10 say the people are too strong, but beautiful land
Joshua and Caleb say we can do this with the help of the lord
obvious lack of faith and God threatends to disinherit those who want to go back to Israel
people follow 10 spies and as a result wander for 40 years so the parents will die and the sons will inherit the land |
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| Mosaic Convenant relating to Abrahamic Covenant |
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Abraham - descendants, land, blessings
Moses - laws show who are the true descendants, law teaches people how to reatin land and prosper in it, law defines a holy nation and only a holy nation can be a blessing to others |
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| What makes te 10 commandments different from other laws |
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these are the most serious crimes, and the basic categories, universally aplicable
major question is how are they punished |
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| Basic tone of wilderness wanderings |
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that the Israelites question God all the time
no food or water - god provides with water from a rock and bread only good for the day harvested still don't listen
snakes bite them - god tells them to create a bronze snake and heal them
people there are too strong - if you follow the lord than he will guide you and help defeat others |
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| To love the Lord with all your heart means |
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worship only one God
fear/respect God
don’t fear enemies
depend on God
realize you are not self-sufficient
not self-righteous
internally devoted to the Lord
know the Lord’s laws
are generous
able to do what Lord expects |
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| How Deuteronomy addresses concerns for the poor |
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heloing widows, orphans, sojourners (homeless) and Levites
in imatation of the Lord
on a regular basis three times a year
a tithe of 10% of years harvests |
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| for Moses, Moses’s brother, becomes priest of Israel |
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| king of Gerar who in two stories (Isaac & Abraham) confused a wife for a sister |
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| story of “Binding of Isaac” in which God asks Isaac to sacrifice his son on top of a mountain as a test |
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| Jacob falls asleep and realizes God’s presence in this exact spot, builds a “Pillar Stone” and later an altar there |
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| Caleb was in the Exodus with Moses, Aaron and Joshua. He was one of the twelve spies sent to scout the land of Canaan. He gave an honest report, as did Joshua, and was granted entrance to the promised land later |
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the name of Gold Almighty
also the name of a local god |
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| Servant of Abraham, gave birth to Ishmael |
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| first son of Abraham but born to Abraham's servant, was exiled and is the father of Islam |
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| Kadesh, or Kadesh-Barnea, meaning consecrated or holy, was located north of The Sinai Peninsula between the Wilderness of Paran and the Wilderness of Zin. It's first mentioned in The Bible during the time of Abraham, and later, during the Wilderness Journey after the Exodus, the Israelites remained for many years at, and in the vicinity of, Kadesh. |
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| nephew of Abraham, accompanies Abraham until their herds quarrel and they split from each other, Lot goes to Sodom & Gomorrah. Lot is captured but saved by Abraham and has drunken sex with his two daughters |
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| 14th century Egyptian pharaoh, conducts a campaign in Levant, the only recognized Egyptian reference to ancient Israel |
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| older sister of Moses and Aaron, hides baby Moses by the side of a river |
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| mounatin where Moses meets God through the buring bush, 10 commandments |
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| the night of the 10th plague the Israelites were spared from their 1st born son being killed becasue of a mark of goats blood on the door post, unleavened bread |
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| first capital of Kingdom of Israel |
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Passover (Festival of Unleavened Bread) -celebrates Exodus events
Feast of Weeks – celebrates grain harvest, fifty days after Passover
Feast of Booths (Tabernacles) – early Fall, celebrates fruit harvest
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) – High priest purifies himself, people, tabernacle, sins carried away on a “scapegoat” |
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Water/Blood
Boils
Frogs
Hail & Fire
Gnats
Locusts
Darkness
Flies
Cattle Plague
First Born Death |
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