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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)Patriarchs and Matriarchs
The Family Tree
(c. 2100-1700 BC)
Hagar + Abram(Abraham) + Sarai (Sarah)
Ishmael Esau Isaac +
Rebekah
Leah (and Zilpah) + Jacob(Israel) + (Bilhah and)
Rachel
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dinah Dan,
Napthali Issachar, Zebulun, Gad,
Asher Joseph, Benjamin
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
Tribal nomads
Nomads vs. Farmers
Life in the Fertile Crescent c. 1800 BCziggurats, calendar, astrology
1st Babylonian Empire: Hammurabi
For more info:chttp://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/03/wam/ht03wam.htm
http://visav.phys.uvic.ca/~babul/AstroCourses/P303/mesopotamia.html
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
Names of God
El – god, singular, family/tribal protector
Elohim – god, plural (royal form)
El Shaddai – god of the heights, God Most High
YHWH – proper name of Israelite god, unpronounced
Adonai – LORD, used to refer to YHWH
At the time of the patriarchs/matriarchs the Israelites
worshipped only YHWH but still accepted that there
were other gods.
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
The Formation of the Pentateuch
c. 1800-1400 lived experiences, tribal period c. 1400 – 1200 lived experiences, Egyptian
sojourn, early oral cycles c. 1200-1000 lived experiences, settlement period,
continued oral traditions, earliest written texts
c. 1000-600 continuing oral tradition, J & E textual traditions develop (scribes)
c. 600 Deuteronomist , continuing textual development (scribes)
c. 550-500 Priestly tradition weaves together extant
textual traditions c. 500-300 final redaction of textual
traditon
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
The Covenant in Gen. 11.27-12.3
“Go . . . I will make you a great nation . . . and I will bless you”
Name changesExtreme AgeWhere is Ur?
IronyBlessings and Curses
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
Back to the Family Tree
Gen. 16 Sarah and Hagar
The curse of barrenness
Surrogate motherhood, a revered tradition
The significance of names
Narrative as tribal memory
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
The Covenant of CircumcisionGen. 15 & 17
Hittite suzerainity pacts
Blood rituals
Why circumcision?
Abraham's faith
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
The Birth of Isaac Gen. 18.1-15, 21.1-8
Hospitality
Divine messengers
Sarah's laughter
Sarah's beauty
Abraham's character
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
Sodom & Gomorrah / Hagar & Ishmael Gen. 18.16-19.38 Gen. 21.9-
21
Lot's family
The sins of Sodom
Narratives of tribal memory Related but
Other
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
The Testing of Abraham / The Binding of Isaac
Gen. 22.1-14
Your son, your only son, the one whom you love
Child sacrifice in the Ancient Levant
Redemption
The Role of Isaac
The Death and Burial of Sarah
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
Isaac and RebekahGen. 24
Eliezar the servant of Abraham
RebekahMaiden at the Well
Laban, the avaricious brother
His mother's tent
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
Jacob and EsauGen. 25.19-34, 27.1-45
Struggle in the Womb
Birthright traded
The stolen blessing
Another narrative of tribal memory
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
Jacob becomes IsraelGen. 28.10-29.30, 32.22-33
Laban
Leah
Rachel
Concubines
Jacob's visions: Bethuel and Peniel
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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
The Joseph Narrative CycleGen. 37, 39-47
Jealous brothers: robe, dreams, slavery
Joseph the Slave
Joseph, Lord of Egypt
Israel comes to Egypt
The Hyksos