First Unit Exam Background to the Bible Story The Bible is divided into 2 sections: Old Testament/New Testament. Covenant: Promise God made to Human beings. The New Covenant fulfills the Old best describes the connection between the two sections of the Bible. The three divisions of the Jewish Old Testament are: the Law‚ the Prophets‚ and the Writings. Sacred writings are called Hagiographa. The Apocrypha is considered helpful‚ not inspired‚ and not approved for public reading. They are
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THE EXEGESIS OF THE GIVEN TEXTS IN THE BIBLE 1. THE CALLING OF ABRAHAM Genesis 12: 1-9 Now the Lord said to Abraham‚ go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation‚ and I will bless you‚ and make your name great‚ so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you‚ and the one who curses you I will curse and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. So Abraham went
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Joseph he is showing that he will bless his people even in a foreign and non covenantal land. God from the beginning has a true friendship with the patriarchs of the covenant line. God walks with Adam in the garden‚ he wrestles Jacob‚ and he saves Isaac from death. These are three examples of God showing up in a major way. God sets this precedent early on in the Old Testament and continues to do it
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ABRAHAMIC COVENANT CHART This is a chart that is a basic overview of Genesis 12-50. On this chart there are six columns that describe what this chart is depicting. The first column starting on the left is the Covenant’s biblical references‚ or in more simple terms‚ what Scripture in Genesis this is occurring in. The second column is to whom it is addressed to‚ with the third column being the circumstance under which it was reiterated. The fourth column is the “Ingredients” column‚ or what the Covenant
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and deem us righteous or wicked. The near sacrifice of Isaac is undoubtedly the toughest test for Abraham to prove himself to God. The son that Abraham had longed for all his life and whom God finally provided for him was to be killed by Abraham‚ himself‚ as a sacrifice. Abraham intending to obey this seemingly merciless and unreasonable request from God was indubitably his most relevant showing of loyalty and trust. The submission of Isaac to his father is symbolic of the death of Jesus Christ‚
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context of Genesis‚ divides it into two sections. Genesis 1-10 describes the creation story and the flood. Genesis 11-50 provides the genealogy of Abraham’s family‚ back to Noah‚ followed by the tradition of the earliest ancestors of Israel (Abraham‚ Isaac and Jacob known as the ‘Patriarchs’) wherein their faith is rooted and articulated (Brueggemann‚ 2003:43.) It is essentially a book of promises‚ a preface to the history of the Israel; identifying the nation of Israel and its God (Barton 2001:39).In
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Jacob Esau is the elder twin brother of Jacob and were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah. They were also the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah. The book of Genesis‚ “identifies Isaac as God’s chosen son of the promise as well as Isaac’s youngest son Jacob.” (Towns‚ 1996) The theme of dishonesty happens repeatedly through the course of Jacob’s life. Jacob deceives his father Isaac and took the blessing from under his Brother Esau’s nose. Jacob departed from his home to a town named Haran‚ which was his
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child is born and is named Ishmael. God later on tells Abraham that Ismael shall not carry on the Covenant but Sarah will have a child of her own and that child will be the Blessed child who carry on the Covenant. This child’s name will be Isaac. Even though Isaac is the Blessed child‚ when is my out and his mother are sent out into the Wilderness God Saves them blesses them I’m saying that they will be abundant have a nation of his
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and trenches there." This quote is clearly depicting an image of Isaac going unwillingly to war with the parapets and trenches. "When lo! an angel called him out of heaven‚/ Saying‚ Lay not thy hand upon the lad‚/ Neither do anything to him. Behold‚/ A ram‚ caught in a thicket by its horns;/ Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him." The quote symbolizes that all that all Abram has to do is give up his pride and not send his son Isaac to the gruesome war. "But the old man would not so‚ but slew his
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Bibliography: 1. Delaney‚ Carol. Abraham on Trial. Princeton‚ NJ: Princeton University Press‚ 1998. This book addresses the instance of Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac by examining a case where a man sacrificed his child “because God told him to” and further exploring the implications of Abraham’s actions. 2. Jeansonne‚ Sharon. The Women of Genesis: From Sarah to Potiphar ’s Wife. Minneapolis‚ MN: Augsburg Fortress
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