2a - exilic lens & the editor

Question 1

what are the key points about if the bible has a frame or not?

Answer 1

• arrangement of the canon
• differs form the jewish order
• theological purpose
• evidence of the editor

Question 2

in class we talked about the princess bride: story within a story. what are the 4 key main points that we talked about?

Answer 2

1. story world
2. narrator
3. editor
4. audience

Question 3

in the binding of issac (gen 22) was the audience abraham & issac?

Answer 3

no. it was not

Question 4

who was the editorial audience?

Answer 4

the exiles

Question 5

when did the trauma of deportation happen?

Answer 5

587 BCE

Question 6

what happened in the trauma of deportation?

Answer 6

• the jerusalem temple burned
• people start a new life in babylon
• many will die in captivity

Question 7

who were the editors?

Answer 7

priests or prophets

Question 8

when were the priests and prophets around?

Answer 8

5th century BCE

Question 9

when did the editors return home to jerusalem?

Answer 9

538 BCE

Question 10

what did the editors want to do?

Answer 10

they wanted to help people connect with their ancestral traditions

Question 11

what did the editors do?

Answer 11

began to collect materials to the theme of exile and migration

Question 12

how did the editors share the new lens?

Answer 12

they retold their history through the lens of exile

Question 13

what did the editors see?

Answer 13

they saw similarities between their stories and their ancestors who also were exiles and refugees

Question 14

what are the two principles?

Answer 14

1 - the old testament took a lonfg time to come together
oral stories -> written accounts -> editors
2- the final form (edited form) dates to the post exilic period

Question 15

what does exegesis mean?

Answer 15

• “to lead/guide out”
• process of explaining what a biblical passage means in its original literary and historical contexts
• in contrasts to “eisegesis”: reading meaning into a text usually to its detriment