Yahweh

superior talents and education. While in slavery, the priest becomes a prophet through spiritual experiences early in the book. The people have lost everything, which according to the Deuteronomic viewpoint was because of their sinful unfaithfulness to Yahweh. What is the message of chapters 36 and 37? What does the vision of chapter 37 mean for those who first heard about it? • The message for chapter 36 is that God promises to restore Israel after their horrible living conditions. God goes…

For this class, I learned a lot of material covered throughout the Old Testament. I learned about the chosen people, their mistakes, their punishment, and how God showed his grace even when they disobeyed. However, there is one group of people that kept the descendants of Abraham throughout their time, the prophets. These people were chosen messengers of God’s word, and even though the messages weren’t always pretty, they were always true. As a result, I have decided to give an insight on the…

Israel. Some key aspects to this source are the appearing of God in dreams, and a concern for morality. The second source is commonly referred to as the Yahwist (J). Like E, in its use of Elohim, it is named for its proclivity to use the divine name Yahweh. It is thought to have been composed in the South. J is credited as the source that provides the outline and framework for the stories that follow. It’s key aspects are “the deep concern for sin and disobedience, and narratives in which God…

Noah and Gilgamesh Comparison Essay The Book of Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh both show many similarities and differences with their own flood story. Noah is the main character in the Flood in the Book of Genesis and Utnapishtim was the main character in Gilgamesh. Both stories tell about a global flood that wiped everything on earth except them and their families with pairs of animals. The first relation between the stories is both of their gods told them to build an ark. They both…

that are important in this particular verse are the Greek/Hebrew words for Lord and know. The particular word for Lord in the Hebrew text is the word Yahweh. Yahweh is the Hebrew name of God meaning I am. In the bible this name was first God associated with God when questioned by Moses in Exodus 3 on what name to call him. The use of the name Yahweh is significant in this passage because it established that the same God discussed in Psalm 139 is the same God who was with Moses in…

While reading each myth presented in this class, I’ve noticed clear similarities between all of them. The stories we have read surrounding the Flood all have very similar pattern of events. Aside from this there are still many key details that make each myth unique. Both God and Jupiter share a few similarities. First, both of these Gods regret having humans on Earth and wish to destroy the human race. They are especially angry at humans for their wickedness. Both these gods also decide a flood…

Religious expressions have appeared in all societies throughout history. One of the earliest belief systems was Shamanism. Shamanism if the belief to communicate or mediate between the world of spirits and the world of humans. These practices were believed to have been used to ward off misfortunes, such as poor harvests or disease. Animism, similar to Shamanism, was widespread among many societies in Africa and in the Pacific Islands of Polynesia. This belief was that gods and goddesses…

Plato's teaching, along with other things such as grabs for powers, not knowing how to translate from Hebrew to English, along with non-biblical writings such as Dante's "Inferno" (which was really just his personal condemnation of the Church - CK THIS) and Milton's "Paradise Lost" (which loosely quoted Scripture, not word for word -- CK THIS) and, most important of all, the willingness of people to accept traditions and teachings as the truth w/o actually reading the Scriptures to find out for…

Go to a new land God tells Abram, “Go forth from your land, kinsmen, and father’s house to a land that I will show you, I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you. I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and I will curse those who curse you. All of the clans of the earth will be blessed through you.” Abram went forth taking with him his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot. In Canaan, Abram spread his tent and built an altar and called…

When John is baptizing The Lamb of God accompanies him and he knows this because he sees “the Spirit coming down and resting” (John 1:33) When he sees this in John 1: 29 he says, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” A lamb embodies moral characteristics that we can compare to Jesus. Jesus spends his time on earth doing all his deeds for our Father God. Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice by God, and for all of us. Jesus is the Lamb of God, he holds the characteristics of a…