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A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES

A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES. GENESIS 1:1:-2:4a THE SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION CREATION NARRATIVES START WITH CHAOS (NON-WORLD) AND PROCEED BY PROCESS TO COSMOS (WORLD-ORDER) AS KNOWN AND EXPERIENCED ( pistis-zoa). A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES. GENESIS 1:1:-2:4a

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A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES

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  1. A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES GENESIS 1:1:-2:4a THE SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION CREATION NARRATIVES START WITH CHAOS(NON-WORLD) AND PROCEED BY PROCESS TO COSMOS (WORLD-ORDER) AS KNOWN AND EXPERIENCED (pistis-zoa)

  2. A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES GENESIS 1:1:-2:4a THE SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION SOURCE CRITICISM: • THE DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS • FOUR MAIN SOURCES OF THE TORAH/PENTATEUCH

  3. A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES FOUR ORAL SOURCES THAT BECOME WRITTEN • YAHWIST (J): An integrated old epic narrative from the South, so called because it uses YHWHfor God’s name from the start. (written composition c. 950 BCE)

  4. A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES • ELOIST (E) : A fragmented northern old epic narrative, so called because it uses the name Eloimfor God until the Name is given to Moses in Exodus 3. Written composition between 850-750 BCE. Joined to the J narrative c. 721 when the Northern Kingdom (Israel) falls to the Assyrians

  5. A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES • PRIESTLY (P): A southern historical and legal narrative written from the perspective of the Levitical (temple) priesthood. Emphases genealogy and ritual law. Written composition around the time of the Exile in Babylon, c. 550-450 BCE. Also credited with final redaction (editing of the Tetrateuch ( GEN, EX, LEV, NUM)

  6. A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES DEUTERONOMIC (D): A northern priestly narrative of the desert experience emphasizing Moses’ teaching (Torah) about legal observance. (Hence, deutero-nomos = second-law). Its core dates from the 7th Century BCE, but it gives rise to a subsequent historical anti-monarchical narrative in JOSH, JGS, 1 &2 SAM, 1 & 2 KGS

  7. A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES • GENESIS 1:1-2:4a The narrative of the seven days of creation is from the PRIESTLY (P) Tradition (6th Century BCE) • GENESIS 2:4b-4:36 The narrative of the Man and the Woman in the Garden is from the YAHWIST(J) tradition (10th Century BCE)

  8. A COSMOS ICON FROM THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES • ORGANIZATION: • TWO SETS OF 3 DAYS • CAPPED BY A DAY OF REST • HOW IS CHAOS REPRESENTED? • HOW IS HOLY POWER REPRESENTED? • WHERE DO HUMAN BEINGS FIT IN? • WHAT DO IS SAID ABOUT THEIR NATURE AND ROLE?

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