THE BOOK OF EXODUS

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THE BOOK OF EXODUS

• THE ENSLAVEMENT OF THE ISRAELITES
• THE FREEING OF THE ISRAELITES
• THEIR COVENANT WITH GOD

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THE CALL OF MOSES

• MOSES ASKS WHAT IS GODS NAME?
• THIS IS WHAT YOU TELL THE ISRAELITES! -----I AM
  WHO AM

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MOSES AS EPIC HERO

• MOSES HAS DIRECT CONTACT WITH GOD
• MOSES IS THE PERSON THROUGH WHICH GOD PERFORMS
  MIRACLES
• MOSES DEMONSTRATES QUALITIES OF BRAVERY AND
  WISDOM
• MOSES GIVES POWERFULL SPEECHES

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SIGNS AND WONDERS

• A SIGNPOINTS BEYOND ITSELF TO SOMETHING OR
  SOMEONEEVEN GOD
• A WONDER---SOMETHING THAT INSTILLS MARVEL IN
  PEOPLE DUE TO ITS ASTONISHING NATURE.
• 10 PLAGUES
• PASSOVER
• RED OR REED SEA

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WANDERINGS

• PEOPLE REBEL AND LACK FAITH
• MANNA FROM HEAVEN---HEBREW FOR WHAT IS IT?
• MOSES SAYSTHE BREAD WHICH GOD HAS GIVEN YOU TO
  EAT.
• FOR CHRISTIANS ---PREFIGUREMENT OF THE EUCHARIST
• THE BREAD OF LIFE

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MOUNT SINAI

• ISRAELITES BECOME A PEOPLE NATION AT MT. SINAI.
• COVENANT MADE BETWEEN GOD AND ISRAELITES.
• GOD DELIVERS TO MOSES THE LAW AND ITS
  REQUIREMENTS. (10 COMMANDMENTS)
• DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ABRAHAM AND MOSES COVENANT.
• INDIVIDUAL VS. NATION
• NO PUNISHMENT VS. OBLIGATIONS

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BOOK OF LEVITICUS

• CONTAINS CULTIC LAWS WRITTEN BY PRIESTS
• ALL PRIESTS FROM THE TRIBE OF LEVI
• PRIESTS PERFORMED MANY SERVICES1. MEDIATORS
  BETWEEN GOD AND PEOPLE
• 2. TEACHERS 3. ORACLES 4. JUDGES TO SETTLE
  DISPUTES.

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THE BOOK OF NUMBERS

• LISTS THE NUMBER OF ISRAELITES
• DEALS WITH THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE 12
  TRIBES.
• CONCLUDES WITH A SUMMARY OF THE LAWS.

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THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMYWHAT HAPPENS IN CHAPTER
34?
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HEXATEUCH

• WHAT IS IT?
• THE BOOK OF JOSHUA IS SOMETIMES GROUPED WITH THE
  PENTATEUCH.
• GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DEUTERONOMY,
  JOSHUA

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HOMEWORK DUE WED.10/29/09

• DEFINE OR EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING WORDS OR TERMS
• JEW
• SEA PEOPLE
• THE TALMUD
• DIASPORA
• MANNA