Prophets/Covenants
The first commandment
The miracle that God performs for Abraham and Sarah
Lets them have a child in their old age
“God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
The serpent to Eve
Lot's wife received this punishment for turning around while fleeing Sodom
A pillar of salt
The name of the three-paneled painting we looked at in class depicting paradise, sin and punishment
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymous Bosch
Aaron
Imago Dei
"You plotted evil against me, but God turned it into good."
Joseph to his brothers (Gen. 50:20)
God could not find at least this number of righteous people in Sodom
10, "He answered, ‘For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.'" (Gen. 18:32)
A story that explains a natural phenomenon and one example of such
Etiology: Tower of Babel - Language, Noah - Rainbows, Fall of Man - Death/Pain in Childbirth, etc.
This prophet was given the name Israel after he wrestled with God
Jacob
What God created on the fourth day
"Lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night" (Gen 1:14) - The sun, moon and stars
"What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me."
Moses - Exodus 17:2-4
The commandment that the Israelites violated when they worshipped the Golden Calf
Commandment #2: Worship false idols
The day of rest
The sabbath
Circumcision
A reminder to the Israelites how God led them out of Egypt
unleavened bread
"...if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it."
God to Cain (Gen. 4:6-7)
This character fails to be be his "brother's keeper"
Cain
Three clues that there are multiple sources in the Old Testament
Repetitiveness, Contradictions, Changes in Writing Style
In the Noahic Covenant, something God asks of humans and something God promises in return
God Asks of Humans: Don't murder, Don't eat meat with blood on it
God Promises in Return: Will never send again send flood, Humans can rule over other animals/eat meat, Stability with seasons
Two examples of a theophany in the Old Testament
Theophany: God appearing in observable form.
Example: Burning bush, Smoke and fire on Mount Sinai
Sarah to God (Gen. 18:12)
Three consequences for the Fall of Man
Humans expelled from Garden of Eden, Women to "desire" man yet "subject" to him; experience pain in childbirth, Men must farm the earth, Snake and humans will be enemies, No more immortality for humans, Original Sin
Two ways that God is anthropomorphized in the the second creation story
God "breathed into his [Adam's] nostrils the breath of life." (Gen. 2:7)
"The Lord God had planted a garden." (Gen. 2:8)