Genesis
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| Introduction Prehistory Ancestor Stories Abraham and Sarah
Summary and ConclusionsIsaac and Rebekah Jacob, Rachel, and Leah Joseph Historical Analysis of the Ancestor Stories |
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| I. |
Introduction |
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| II. |
The Prehistory |
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| A. |
Stories of Cosmic Origins (Genesis 1-2) |
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| 1. |
Intrinsic Literary Analysis |
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The First Creation Account (P Source?): 1:1-2:4a |
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The Second Creation Account (JE Source?): 2:4b-25 |
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| 2. |
Creation Accounts from Mesopotamia and the Context of Israel’s Creation Stories |
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| a. |
The Atrahasis Epic |
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| b. |
The Enuma Elish |
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| c. |
The Unique Perspective of Israel's Stories |
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| B. |
Stories of Communal Origins (Genesis 3-13) |
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| 1. |
Intrinsic Literary Analysis |
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| a. |
The Garden of Eden (Genesis 3) |
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| b. |
Cain and Abel (4:1-16) |
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| c. |
Genealogies (4:17—26; all of chapter 5) |
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| d. |
The “Sons of God” and the Daughters of Man (6:1—4) |
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| e. |
The Flood: The Undoing of Creation (6:5—9:17) |
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God’s “Repentance” and the Re-creation (8:13—9:17) |
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| g. |
Noah’s Sons and His Nakedness: An Etiological Episode Explaining the Cursed Status of Canaan (9:18—28) |
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| h. |
Genealogy (Genesis 10) |
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| i. |
Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) |
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| j. |
Genealogy (Genesis 11:10-32) |
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| 2. |
Historical Analysis |
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| a. |
The Functions of Narratives of Prehistory |
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| b. |
What can we know about the prehistory of the Hebrew people according to the empirical historical method? |
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| III. |
The Origins of the People of God (Genesis 12-50) |
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| A. |
Intrinsic Literary Analysis: The Ancestor Stories |
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| 1. |
Organization of the Ancestor Stories |
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| 2. |
Main Themes and Literary Motifs |
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| 3. |
The Abraham and Sarah Cycle (12-25) |
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| a. |
The Promise and Abram’s Response |
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| b. |
Characterization of Abraham, “the Father of the Nation” |
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From Abram and Sarai to Abraham and Sarah: the Importance of Names in Hebrew Thought |
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| d. |
The Birth of Isaac (Chapter 21) |
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The “Sacrifice” of Isaac (Chapter 22) |
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| f. |
The Character of Sarah |
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| g. |
Hagar and the Naming of El Roy |
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| h. |
Weaknesses of the Ancestors Acknowledge |
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| 4. |
The Isaac & Rebekah/Jacob & Rachel Cycle (Genesis 25—36) |
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| a. |
Introduction |
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| b. |
The Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah (Genesis 24) |
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| c. |
Conflict (25-27) |
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| d. |
Flight (27:41-28:5) |
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| e. |
Encounter (Dream) at Beth-el (28:10-22) |
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| f. |
Time with Laban (29-30) |
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| g. |
Flight toward Home (31-32) |
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| h. |
Struggle at the River Jabbok (32:22—32) |
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| i. |
Reunion with Esau (33:1—17) |
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| j. |
Second Encounter at Beth-el (35:1—15) |
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| k. |
Birth of Benjamin/Death of Rachel (35:16—21) |
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| l. |
Death of Isaac (35:27—29) |
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| m. |
Conclusion |
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| 5. |
Genealogies (36) |
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| 6. |
The Joseph Cycle (37—50) |
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| a. |
Contrasts between the Joseph Cycle and the Other Ancestor Stories |
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| b. |
Joseph’s Early Character and the Response of His Brothers (37:2—36) |
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| c. |
The Judah and Tamar Interlude (38) |
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| d. |
Joseph’s Experiences in Egypt |
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| e. |
The Family of Jacob Moves to Egypt (46:1—47:12) |
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| f. |
The Famine in Egypt (47:13—26) |
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| g. |
Jacob’s Adoption/Blessing of Joseph’s Sons, Ephraim and Manasseh (Chapter 48) |
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| B. |
Historical Analysis of the Ancestor Stories |
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| IV. |
Summary and Conclusions |
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