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Title: THE WORLD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT


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THE WORLD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
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Two Initial Reactions To The OT
  • It doesnt always make sense
  • At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and
    two at Parbar (1 Chron 2618 KJV)
  • An Omer is one-tenth of an ephah (Exodus 1636)
  • It often offends us
  • O daughter of BabylonHappy shall he be, that
    taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the
    stones. (Psalm 1378-9 KJV)

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Offensive?
  • Treatment of women
  • Judges 11 (Jephthahs daughter)
  • Genesis Tamar, Dinah
  • Polygamy
  • War

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Understanding the OT World
  • 1. The OT is realistic
  • Shooting terrorism
  • Other countries land disputes, tribal feuds,
    water rights, arranged marriage
  • 2. God starts where we are
  • 3. But God will not leave us there
  • Song of Solomon (affirms love and sex)
  • Proverbs (treat all people with respect)
  • Job (upsets current notions of God)
  • Isaiah (the future will be different!)

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Ancient Writing
  • 4,000-3,000 BC Invention of writing
    pictographic
  • 1600 BC alphabetic script Semitic. 30 signs
  • scrolls written on leather and papyrus
  • Papyrus scroll (20 pages glued together) thus 15
    ft. long
  • Oral transmission
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