CP English Genesis Flashcards
The J writer
- Live in 10 centuries, during the United Kingdom of Israel
- Writing includes the mythical stories of sin and God’s promises
- Often describe god anthropomorphically
- Always refers to god as Yahweh or Adonai
The E writer
- Refer god as El, Elohim, Eloah, E-shaddai
- Written during divided Kingdom(850 B.C)
- Thought to have been created in the northern Kingdom of Israel after the Northern tribes split from Judah
4 Rewrote the traditional stories by focusing on the heroes from - Included information about the covenant relationship or pact that god made his people
- God is good of love also good to be feared
- Emphasizes human responsibility, service, faithfulness and obdience to god
- God deals with humans indirectly and sends message through angles and dreams
The D writer
- Updated the religious laws from Moses time, also called the second giving of law
- Deuteros means “second” and nomist means “law”
- Encourages people to obey the laws out of love and not just duty
- Had little to do with writing Genesis
The P writer
- Actually a school of priest or scribes
- Write about god calling thing into exsies
- Also gives other examples of the power of God’s word
- About 587 B.C., these writers developed the final revolution of the Torah
- Finds version od the Torah was written after Israelite’s return from Bablonian
Genesis says that the world was originally “without form and void.” What do they mean?
“From” is the spatial attribute. “void” is the state of nonexistence
“And God said, ‘Let there be light:’ and there was light.” the narrator is speaking figuratively. What figure(s) of speech is he using? Explain.
Used symbolize, because there is definition of “day” before there was sun
On what day did God create the sun, moon and stars?
Day 4
Three sons of Noah
Shem, Ham and Japheth
What are the dimensions of the ark? (Give the answer in feet.) How many decks does it have?
450 feet long, 75 feet wide, 45 feet high, there are 9 decks in ark
How old is Noah when God floods the earth?
God was six hundred, 2 months, 17 days years old.
What promise does God make to Noah?
God promise Noah that his descendants will be as much as stars and sands, also gave all the living creatures to Noah, but they can’t eat meat with blood.
Where is the Tower of Babel built?
It was built at eastern plain.
What reason does God give for confounding their language?
To punished people try to be god.
From what is the Tower of Babel built?
The Tower of Babel was built from brick and tar.
What does God ask Abraham to do?
God ask Abraham to sacrifices his son.
On the way up the mountain what does Isaac ask his father?
Issac asked where the lamb to sacrifices is.
What answer does Abraham give?
Abraham said “God himself will provide the lamb for the sacrifices.”
