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Torah & Deuteronomistic History UNDERSTANDING HOLY SCRIPTURE SESSION 3
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  • Torah & Deuteronomistic HistoryUNDERSTANDING HOLY SCRIPTURE SESSION 3

  • Genres & Historical Contexts

    Dei Verbum 12

  • Why study the Old Testament?

    Divinely inspired (Don’t be a Marcionite!)New Testament fulfillment of Old Testament

  • (Tanakh) ,ָּתָנ״�Torah (Law)Nevi'im (Prophets)Ketuvim (Writings)

  • Torah/Pentateuch“Law” or “Way of Life”“Five Scrolls”Heart of the Old Testament

  • AuthorshipTraditionally MosesProbably numerous authors and compilersCompiled during or after exile in Babylon

  • Biblical myth/legendGenesis 11:1-9

    Primeval History (Genesis 1-11)

  • Biblical myth and historyFounding covenants of IsraelJoseph “novella”Genesis 17:1-22

    Patriarchs, Matriarchs, and Joseph(Genesis 12-50)

  • Biblical myth and historyGod’s faithfulness and saving powerMoses, the greatest prophetExodus 14:5-31

    Exodus from Egypt(Parts of Exodus and Numbers)

  • Ten Commandments (Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 5)Covenant Code (Exodus 21-23)Holiness Code (Leviticus 17-26)Deuteronomy Code (12-26)Leviticus 19:1-18

    Law Codes

  • DeuteronomisticHistory

    “Deuteronomist”Compiled after exile in BabylonTheological history1 Kings 11:1-13

    Torah & Deuteronomistic HistoryGenres & Historical ContextsWhy study the Old Testament?Slide Number 4Slide Number 5Slide Number 6Slide Number 7Slide Number 8Slide Number 9Slide Number 10Slide Number 11