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Lecture 7b: Pentateuch Selected Texts

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Genesis

  • Genesis 1-11: Primordial History
    • Creation of the universe
    • The shape of the first human beings
    • The story of the first human beings in the Garden of Eden and the Temptation
    • Cain and Abel
    • The Flood
    • The Tower of Babel
  • Genesis 12-50: The History and the Patriarchs
    • The Patriarchs are the founders of the Nation of Israel (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob)
    • Jacob's Twelve Children, among which is Joseph
Genesis 1-3: Creation, Adam and Eve
  • Two accounts of Creation
    • Genesis 1: The Priestly Account (ca. 5th Century BC)
    • Genesis 2: The Yahwistic Account (represents the oldest account ca. 8th Century BC)
  • Differences:
    • Genesis 1, God is a powerful King in Heaven ordering things to come into creation. He created ex nihilo (out of nothing) and does it by the power of His Word. He doesn't move from heaven or descend on earth, but He commands and everything appears.
    • Genesis 2, 
Genesis 4:1-16: Cain and Abel
Genesis 12: Call of Abraham
Genesis 18: The Three Heavenly Visitors
Genesis 22: The Sacrifice of Isaac
Genesis 28: Jacob's Dream at Bethel
Genesis 37; 39: Joseph and His Brothers; Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Exodus

Exodus 1