A Short History of the Scriptures
The WORD and the Hebrew Bible
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Mark in your books, write down questions QUESTIONS FROM THE READING???
People of faith believe There was a WORD of God long before there were written ‘words’ of God.
`#r,a'h' taew> ~yIm;V'h; tae ~~myhila ar'B' tyviareB God acts through the creative power of WORD.
11 times in Chapter One of Genesis
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myhila rm,aYOw:
Spoken Word Heard Word Sung Word Memorized Word Enacted Word Written Word Spoken Word
speaking and doing
inseparable for the God who SPEAKS!
Old Testament Tanakh
LAW TORAH
PROPHETS NEVI’IM
¾ of the Christian Bible
NEW TESTAMENT
WRITINGS KETHUVIM
TORAH (Pentateuch: First Five Books) The LAW NEVI’IM (Major and Minor Prophets) The Prophets KETHUVIM (Hagiography) The Writings
LAW: TORAH ‘Five Books of Moses’
How Israel came into being as a nation How Israel came to possess the promised land Traditional author: Moses
PENTETEUCH
“The Law” (“five books”)
Genesis: God in search of man Exodus: foundation of Hebrew Bible Leviticus: worship details, legislation Numbers: wandering in the wilderness Deuteronomy: discourses of Moses (repetition and celebration)
PROPHETS: Story of promised land Establishment of the monarchy (Joshua, Judges, I, II Samuel, I, II Kings) Messages of the Prophets “major”: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel “minor”: 12 prophets (much smaller books)
One who speaks on behalf of God.
WRITINGS: Place of evil/death in the scheme of things (Job, Ecclesiastes) Poetry (Psalms, Song of Songs) Additional Historical books
Relatively late phenomenon Not really known how this happened with the Tanakh Assembly of rabbis at Jamnia 90-100 CE under Rabbi Akiba
Told us: 4th C. BCE
Torah and Nevi’im standardized Most of the Kethuvim
Some of the Kethuvim (including Daniel) still in dispute until Jamnia
Not an archeology textbook Not a history textbook Not a geology textbook Not a chronicle
A testimony of faith in God This intention dominates the form and content Dictates the way we read and understand
A focus NOT on Facts But on WITNESS And on Christ, The Living WORD.
For Week 4: Pelikan Ch. 3 & 4 Two new words!!!
Septuagint and Talmud