Genesis Flashcards
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Latin Vulgate
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Genesis
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Septuagint title
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Orgin, source
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Toledoth formula
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The heavens and earth 2:4 Adam 5:1 Noah 6:9 The sons of Noah 10:1 Shem 11:10 Terah 11:27 Ishmael 25:12 Issac 25:19 Esau 36:1,9 Jacob 37:2
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Primeval history–Patriarchal
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Chap 1-11
Chap 12-50
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Outline–primary human characters
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Adam and Eve 1-5 Noah 6-11 Abraham 12-25 Isaac and Jacob 26-36 Joseph 37-50
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Outline of Genesis 1
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Day 1 --light Day 2 --dome Day 3 -- dry land, vegetation Day 4 --sun, moon Day 5 --fish, birds Day 6 --animals, humanity Day 7-- the sabbath
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Outline of Genesis
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Introduction 2:4-6 Formation of man 2:7 The garden of Eden 2:8-14 Divine prohibition 2:15-17 Formation of animals and birds 2:18-20 Formation of women 2:21-23 Conclusion 2:24-25
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Genesis 1 vs Genesis 2
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- Seven day structure– single day
- Entire cosmos created– earth created
- plants and animals created before humans– man formed before plants and animals
- Male and female created simultaneously– man before women
- God creates by speaking– God “makes, forms, plants”
- Poetic– prosaic
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Theology of Genesis 1
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God is Elohim Transcendence Emphasis on Gods power Plurality in God? Human Dominion over all creation Nothing prohibition to humans: be fruitful and multiply t
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Genesis 2
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God is Yahweh Elohim Divine Immanence Emphasis on Gods personal relationship Singularity in God Humans have charge over Eden Prohibition: do not eat from tree of knowledge of good and evil
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What I the purpose of creation narrative
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To tell us about God
12
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Theology of creation
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God is pre-existent-- no theogony God is not creation-- no pantheism God alone is the creator Creatio ex nihilo Everything God created is Good
13
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Theology of creation (human)
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Humanity is the climax of creation -created in the Imago Dei -human free will -given dominion over creation -concept of marriage and family -ethical and ecological implications God created with purpose
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Enuma elish similarity with Genesis
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Both begin with watery chaos
Basic order of creation similar
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Enuma elish vs Genesis
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Theogony Polytheism Theomachy Meta divine realm Sexual creation Concept of humanity
