Bible stuff from 9/11

covenant and casket stuff

Covenant

An elective, family-like relationship of obligation under divine sanction (Hugenberger)

Form of a covenant (5)

Title (greater & lesser party), Historical Prologue (establishes debt of L.P.), Stipulations (rules that govern the relationship), Blessings (to be applied by god(s) if stipulations are kept), Curses (to be applied by god(s) if stipulations are broken)

The covenant in Eden (what is the form (5))

Title (G.P. God, L.P. Adam & Eve), Historical Prologue (Creation of world, humanity, & garden), Stipulations (don’t eat from tree of knowledge of good & evil), Blessing (eternal life in garden), Curse (if you eat you shall die)

The covenant at Sinai (+ Ratification)

Title (God, Israel & their descendants), Historical Prologue (“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of Egypt”), Stipulations (the 10 commandments & outer laws), Blessings (Land, Easy conquest, Health, Protection, Easy childbirth), Curse (Death in wilderness), Israel does agree to covenant

Covenantal form of the Canon

The Law (Genesis-Deuteronomy) - Covenant drafted, Historical Books (Joshua-Nehemiah) - Covenant is fulfilled , Prophets (Isaiah - 12 minor prophets) - Prophets as covenant persecutors for Israel, Writings (Poetic books-Daniel) - Reflections on meaning of covenant

CASKET

Creation, Abraham, Sinai, Kings, Exile, Temple

Creation (date + 4 key events from Genesis 1-11)

Date unknown; Creation(1-2), Fall(3-4), Flood(6-9), Tower of Babel (11)

Abraham (CASKET) (date

2100-1450 BC

Key date: Abraham

2000 BC

Key date: David

1000 BC

Key date: Jesus

0

Key date: Exile

722-586 BC

Key date: Second Temple

516 BC