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Title: THE PENTATEUCH, CREATION, COVENANT, AND THE EXODUS


1
JESUS CHRISTGODS REVELATION TO THE WORLD
  • CHAPTER 4
  • THE PENTATEUCH, CREATION, COVENANT, AND THE EXODUS

2
The Writing of the Pentateuch
  • Traditionally, Moses has been named the author of
    the Pentateuch.
  • However, scholarship shows that the Pentateuch
    reached its final form after centuries of
    retelling, adapting, and reinterpreting oral
    tradition.

3
Sources of the Pentateuch
  • YAHWISTvivid, earthy style of writing with an
    anthropomorphic view of God
  • ELOHISTemphasis on prophesies Abraham is
    central figure
  • DEUTERONOMISTemphasis on morality and the Law
    highlights Moses speeches
  • PRIESTLYcensus lists, genealogies, numbers,
    dates, proper ways to worship

4
The Creation Stories
BOTH REVEAL IMPORTANT TRUTHS ABOUT GOD, CREATION,
AND HUMAN BEINGS
5
The First Creation Story
  • There is only one God.
  • God planned creation.
  • Everything that God made is good.
  • The Sabbath is a special day of rest and worship.

6
The Second Creation Story
  • Portray God as a potter who molds Adams body
  • Very intimate
  • Creation of Eve from Adams rib shows the equal
    dignity of women and men
  • YHWH wants the couple to become one, to enter
    into a close relationship that mirrors Gods own
    relationship with them

7
Sin Enters the World
  • The story of Fall explains why human beings are
    not always happy and do not live forever.
  • The Serpent became the symbol of evil.
  • Sin comes from the free will of human beings
  • Adam and Eve committed a personal sin, but this
    affected the human nature that they would then
    transmit in a fallen state.

8
The Protoevangelium
  • I will put enmity between you and the woman, and
    between your offspring and hers He will strike
    at your head, while you strike at his heel. (Gn
    315)

9
Abrahamic Covenant
  • Relied solely on Gods fidelity
  • This covenant was tested when God asked Abraham
    to sacrifice his son, Isaac, but the Lords
    messenger stopped the sacrifice.
  • Abraham is a model of faith.

10
The Patriarch Israel
  • Jacob secured his fathers inheritance over his
    twin brother Esau.
  • God repeated the covenant to Jacob in a dream on
    the road at Bethel years later, Jacob wrestled a
    stranger who gave Jacob a new name, Israel one
    who contends with God.
  • Included in Jacobs family were his twelve sons
    from whom came the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

11
Joseph, the Favored Son
  • JOSEPH
  • JESUS
  • Beloved son who had jealous brothers
  • Ended up in Egypt because of his brothers
    treachery
  • Judah convinced the others to sell Joseph for
    twenty pieces of silver
  • Faithful to his master, falsely accused, and
    imprisoned
  • Forgave his brothers and saved them from famine
  • Beloved Son of God of whom Herod was jealous
  • Holy Family ended up in Egypt to flee King Herod
  • Judas betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver
  • Faithful to his Father, falsely accused, and
    underwent his Passion, Death, and Resurrection
  • Forgave his executioners and saved all humanity

12
The Exodus and the Giving of the Law
  • Foundational event in the history of the Chosen
    People

13
The Prophet Moses
  • Central figure in the Old Testament
  • God appeared to Moses in a burning bush that was
    not consumed by the fire.
  • God instructed Moses to lead the Chosen People to
    freedom.

14
The Passover
  • CENTRAL TO BOTH THE JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN FAITHS
  • YHWH instructed the Chosen People to celebrate a
    sacred meal to remind of Gods deliverance.
  • Each Mass commemorates Jesus sacrifice and
    saving actions on the cross and makes it present.

15
The Sinai Covenant
  • You shall be my people, and I will be your God
  • Bound God and the Chosen People in a personal
    loving union
  • Revealed Gods special love and mercy for them
  • Stipulated how Gods People were to respond to
    his love
  • THE TEN COMMANDMENTS SUMMARIZE THE LAW

16
The Exodus and the Giving of the Law
  • Challenges in the Desert
  • Other Themes from Leviticus and Deuteronomy
  • The people grew frustrated with Moses and made a
    golden calf to worship.
  • Numbers records the murmuring of the People
    against Moses.
  • It took forty years before the Chosen People
    could enter the Promised Land.
  • Leviticus stresses the theme of Gods holiness
    and our need to worship him with love.
  • Deuteronomy centers on Gods love of Israel and
    exhorts the nation to choose between obedience to
    God and the Law.
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