Yahweh

Essay: Interpretation of Text – Week Four Divine Presence Amid Violence Lynn Wilson Reading the Bible, especially the Old Testament, is very challenging due to stories that are deeply enmeshed in violence. This violence completely contradicts my modern day interpretation of the compassionate Christ that I learned about while singing, Jesus, Loves Me. The Hebrew Bible presents some extremely violent text and when taken out of context it becomes difficult to find a connection between the…

19-24), which was tantamount to martial union with God. Despite the perfect, holy, and all-satisfying love of Yahweh, Israel was unfaithful, actively pursuing other lovers, worshipping the Canaanite god, Baal. Israel’s idolatry and spiritual infidelity were in no uncertain terms, flagrant. Israel is described repeatedly as a whore (2:2, 5; 3:3) who actively pursued…

of Genesis in the Old Testament of the Hebrew Bible has many similarities to the poem “The Epic of Gilgamesh” translated by Danny P. Jackson. These two pieces of literature originate as creation stories. The book of Genesis tells the story of how Yahweh created man and the earth. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” tells the story of the quest for immortality. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” dates back many years before the Bible and the book of Genesis, but many of the stories are similar. The book of Genesis and…

Yahweh at this time was recognized as the liberator of slaves, and as Robert Karl Gnuse says in No Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel, “The emphasis upon Yahweh as a liberator in the exodus implies that the Jewish portrayal of God sprang more from the despair of an oppressed people.”25 The idea that Yahweh was the creator of the world could have been brought on from the idea that Ahura Mazda(or Zurvan…

in God’s relationship with Israel. It is illustrated as follows: (a) Yahweh chose Israel and become its patron; (b) Israel, as the client, broke its obligations towards its patron (theologically, Israel sinned against Yahweh); (c) Yahweh punished Israel, but Yahweh still “loves” Israel. Yahweh will not exterminate Israel, and (d) Yahweh did not abrogate its patronship. Thus, at an undefined but certain future time, Yahweh will resume this relationship to its proper form. God has worked on…

deny their belief in the other gods. The third stage is the prophetic revolution, which were the teachings of the prophets. The prophets had three main doctrines that made up what they were supposed to teach and they were: the ruler of the world was Yahweh and he…

4-10) consists of a dialogue between the two main characters, Yahweh and Jeremiah. It depicts a scene of a prophet receiving his call. Specifically, the scene reflects the authenticity of Jeremiah’s call as one “sent by God.” As the passage is formatted, it does not point to any third character or outside power…

attention and adaptation to cultural factors in essential in Christian ministry to non-believers. One of the most fundamental challenges facing Christians in their ministry to Muslims today involves explaining the differences between the Christian God “Yahweh” and the Islamic God “Allah”. Two points of view have emerged with specific methods to solve…

was made. Similarities between how the How the earth was made and Genesis can include the reference to the number seven and the purpose for human existence. Seven in the book of genesis refers to how long it took for the Christian and Jew god as Yahweh or God to full create the earth. In How the Earth was Made , seven is referenced as in seven handbreadths in the sky because it was scorching if any closer. Another similarity between the two creation stories was the purpose of human existence.…

punishment of the murder committed by Cain unto his brother Abel because of the fierce jealousy he felt towards Abel when Yahweh showed more favoritism to Abel 's gift rather than Cain 's gift. Bloom presents the punishment of Yahweh as "Homeless you will be on the land, blown in the wind…..a warning not to kill [Cain] to any who may find him." Surprisingly the punishment given by Yahweh resembles a controversial debate known as the death penalty. The punishment represents how people feel…