Yahweh

respect and fear Yahweh from David’s first attempt to transport the Ark. Along the way, Solomon sacrificed “so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered” (1 Kings 8.5). This verse indicates that Solomon was wary not to anger Yahweh as David had. Solomon’s performance obviously pleased Yahweh, as the transfer occurred without going amiss. Although Solomon had appeased Yahweh for the time being, Yahweh wanted to imbue in Solomon the same fear he had imbued in David. Yahweh…

come and rescue the people of Yahweh. If there was never any sin, would there even be a need for Christianity? Even during the beginning there was sin. The very first creation sinned not long after their creation. Is sin human nature? Without sin, there would not be a reason for Jesus Christ or the redemption. Yahweh created man and woman in his own image. That would lead many people to perceive that they were perfect or ask how did evil enter this world? However, Yahweh did not say that…

6. Exegetical Analysis of the Text Hosea 6:1 “Come, let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn, but he will heal us; he struck, but he will bind us.” Both verbs לְכוּ (הָלַךְ) “come” and נָשׁוּבָה (שׁוּב) “return” have full force in and their repetition (Hosea 5:15; 6:1) puts Yahweh’s action and the people’s action in counterpoise. The omission of the conjunction brings יַךְ (נָכָה) “smite” into tandem with טָרָף (טָרַף) “tear.” The two verbs וְיִרְפָּאֵנוּ (רָפָא) “heal” and וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ…

45 clearly portrays Cyrus’ successes as the work of Yahweh. It opens by calling Cyrus the Lord’s “anointed” (Oxford Bible 1028). This messianic designation, also given to the likes of King David, immediately emphasizes that Cyrus has…

between humans and their god. In each case, we read the differences between their relationships with their god. In The David Story, David turns to Yahweh for advice, reassurance, and in some instances, desires Yahweh to intervene. Whereas in The Iliad, Achilles is overseen by the god of wisdom and military victory, Athena. The relationship between David and Yahweh was forever existing, while Achilles and Athena’s relationship was distant. The Iliad takes place in a city, Troy, which is in…

lament by David crying out for help; summoning Yahweh to intervene (v.1). In v. 1-4 David makes his complaint and reason for the prayer of help (describing the wickedness of all), with an answer after every statement on what the Lord should do to those that commit the action described. Thus, v. 2 is answered, almost in the form of a syntax parallelism, by v.3—the same is true for vs. 4 & 5. v.5b—David induces Yahweh to intervene by stating, “I [Yahweh] will spring into action…” In vs. 6-8 the…

Government. In The Tower of Babel (GHM 4.4) people after the flood had one language and settled in Shinar. They further decided to build a city with a tower that went up into the heavens. Yahweh (the Hebrew name of god) saw the city and tower and expressed concern for the powerful unity of the people under one language. So Yahweh scattered the people of city all over the earth and confused their language at the same time. The Tower of Babel shows the theme of disruption from a higher power (GHM…

a. Identify the general materials of the book. The book of Jonah is principally concerned with biographical (Jonah and Yahweh). 1. Jonah’s commission to preach to Nineveh, and his flight and deliverance (Jonah 1:1) “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah…” (1:1) 2. Jonah’s commission to preach to Nineveh, and his compliance and anger (Jonah 3:1) “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time…” (3:1) b. Locate the major units and subunits in the book and identify the major structural…

times on wood that mutilated bull sat on and called out to Yahweh, and almost immediately, God set fire to the bull. The people got on their knees and recognized Yahweh as the true God, and afterwards Yahweh sent in the rain to wash over Israel, and for the killing of the Baal prophets. “As in the conquest tradition, violence is approved by Deuteronomistic Historians when used against those who compromise the devotion of Israel to Yahweh” (Burnette-Bletsch, 1970, p.…

two stories conflict in detail, one tends to question the authenticity of either or both accounts; however, in stories such as the creation stories and in particular, Judaism, the differences only helps one better understand the duality of God or Yahweh. The creation stories are meant to charter fundamental values of society and the two stories differ in the sense that the first one depicts a more perfect, idealistic, world, whereas the second story is closer to life, as it is messier. The…