Scholar Interpretations pt. 2
As a group, we all discussed and agreed with Sarna in saying that Genesis 2 is not another creation story, but a …
Fab 4: Coogan’s Concepts
Coogan’s thesis implies that Genesis adopted, adapted, and rejected other Near Eastern myths. Our group had some trouble differentiating between the concepts …
Genesis 1-3 :)
Genesis 1-3 stems from a priestly source: lacks a lot of color, focuses on the history and concerns the institutionalization of the …
Where we are and where we are going
As a group, we have learned that there are multiple interpretations of certain biblical passages that are more complex than we first …
Allegory and the Senses (oatmeal)
Allegorical readings reject the “literal sense” of a story because they allow for personal interpretations to effect the meaning. In society today, …
Fab 4: Two Sources
There are two traditions accepted in Judaism: Oral and Written. Both are equally important. The Oral tradition is used to make sense …
Fab 4- Documentary Hypothesis
To begin, we have defined the Documentary Hypothesis as the idea that four different sources throughout different time periods wrote the first …
The Discourse Thinking Excercise
One of the main things our group discussed was the significance of book ordering in the Hebrew Bible compared to the Christian …