Christian Scriptures
Time Line
Hebrews
Israelites
Nation of Israel with a King – 1020 B.C.
Destruction of Judah by the Babylonians – 587
Time Line – Foreign Domination
Exile
Persian Period - 539
Greek Period
Roman Period
Judaism
Monotheism
Sacred Text; makes them unique
Christianity
Destruction of Jerusalem – 70 A.D.
Arrangement
Hebrew Bible – TANAK
Law/ Torah
Prophets / Nevi ‘im
Writings / Ketuvim
Old Testament
Law / Pentateuch (five scrolls)
History
Wisdom Literature & Psalms
Prophets
Law or Pentateuch
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Narrative History
Structural / Legislative
Law = ?
Instruction / Teaching
Nature of Creator – Relationship of Created to Creator “what does that god does, or gods, where do they operate, is it a god to trust”
Nature of Creation – Relationship with each other “human to human, human to god”
GENESIS
Introduction
Composite
Documentary Hypothesis (J, E, D, P)
1ST word became the title bereshith (Hebrew) =
Genesis (Greek) =
“In beginning”
Etiology –beginning
Narrative in two Parts
Chapters 1-11
Primeval Tradition
Chapters 12-50
Ancestral History
1-11 Beginning of Life
Creation (1-3)
Killing/Cain & Abel (4)
Genealogy (5)
Flood Story (6-9)
Genealogy (10-11)
Tower of Babel (11) – how they became so diverse
Symmetrical Structure 1:1 – 2:3
Command “God said,”
Execution “and it was so,”
Assessment “saw that it was good,”
Time Counting of days
Day 1,2,3,4,5,6 Animals, Humanity Day 7 Affirmation of Sabbath (most important institutions of Jewish life)
Genesis 1:1 – 2:3
Order out of formless water & darkness
Spoken work = creation force
Progression & Climax with humanity
Image of God = Male and Female
Dominion, multiply and fill
Very good!
How does the 2nd description of creation in Genesis Differ from the first?
2:4 – 3:24 Creation Retold
Setting= Land & water
God formed & breathed
Eden (garden of delight): 2 trees – life & Knowledge
Hebrews
Israelites
Nation of Israel with a King – 1020 B.C.
Destruction of Judah by the Babylonians – 587
Time Line – Foreign Domination
Exile
Persian Period - 539
Greek Period
Roman Period
Judaism
Monotheism
Sacred Text; makes them unique
Christianity
Destruction of Jerusalem – 70 A.D.
Arrangement
Hebrew Bible – TANAK
Law/ Torah
Prophets / Nevi ‘im
Writings / Ketuvim
Old Testament
Law / Pentateuch (five scrolls)
History
Wisdom Literature & Psalms
Prophets
Law or Pentateuch
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Narrative History
Structural / Legislative
Law = ?
Instruction / Teaching
Nature of Creator – Relationship of Created to Creator “what does that god does, or gods, where do they operate, is it a god to trust”
Nature of Creation – Relationship with each other “human to human, human to god”
GENESIS
Introduction
Composite
Documentary Hypothesis (J, E, D, P)
1ST word became the title bereshith (Hebrew) =
Genesis (Greek) =
“In beginning”
Etiology –beginning
Narrative in two Parts
Chapters 1-11
Primeval Tradition
Chapters 12-50
Ancestral History
1-11 Beginning of Life
Creation (1-3)
Killing/Cain & Abel (4)
Genealogy (5)
Flood Story (6-9)
Genealogy (10-11)
Tower of Babel (11) – how they became so diverse
Symmetrical Structure 1:1 – 2:3
Command “God said,”
Execution “and it was so,”
Assessment “saw that it was good,”
Time Counting of days
Day 1,2,3,4,5,6 Animals, Humanity Day 7 Affirmation of Sabbath (most important institutions of Jewish life)
Genesis 1:1 – 2:3
Order out of formless water & darkness
Spoken work = creation force
Progression & Climax with humanity
Image of God = Male and Female
Dominion, multiply and fill
Very good!
How does the 2nd description of creation in Genesis Differ from the first?
2:4 – 3:24 Creation Retold
Setting= Land & water
God formed & breathed
Eden (garden of delight): 2 trees – life & Knowledge