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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)

Wisdom and Creation Proverbs 30-31 & Sirach 7.18-36 Gen. 1.1-2.3 Gen. 2.4-3.24 Gen. 6.5-9.17 & 11.1-9 Ps.8, 74, 89.6-19, 136.1-9 Is. 40.12-14 & 21-22 Job 9.4-13, 25.1-26.14. The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures). Wisdom and Creation

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The Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)

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  1. Wisdom and Creation Proverbs 30-31 & Sirach 7.18-36 Gen. 1.1-2.3 Gen. 2.4-3.24 Gen. 6.5-9.17 & 11.1-9 Ps.8, 74, 89.6-19, 136.1-9 Is. 40.12-14 & 21-22 Job 9.4-13, 25.1-26.14 The Old Testament(Hebrew Scriptures)

  2. Wisdom and Creation Proverbs 30 – social order as divinely ordained Proverbs 31 – the virtues of a king, the ideal wife Sirach 7.18-36 – advice to a wealthy man The theme: creation is divine order, therefore social order is a reflection of the order of creation, disruption of the social order leads to chaos The Old Testament(Hebrew Scriptures)

  3. Wisdom and Creation The first Creation Narrative: Gen. 1.1-2.3 The Creation of the Heavens and the Earth (video segment/reading from Enuma Elish) Text from the Priestly redactor Terms: ruach tan/tanyim Enuma Elish The Old Testament(Hebrew Scriptures)

  4. Wisdom and Creation The Hymn of Creation Separation Population light/dark sun/moon & stars Waters above/below birds/fish land/sea mammals, humanity 'and God saw that it was good', 'on the 7th day He rested' The Old Testament(Hebrew Scriptures)

  5. Wisdom and Creation Man and Woman Made in the Divine Image Stewards of Creation Priestly connection to sanctity of Matrimony The Old Testament(Hebrew Scriptures)

  6. Wisdom and Creation The Second Creation Narrative: Gen. 2.4-3.24 Adam, Eve, and the Garden (video segment) The Old Testament(Hebrew Scriptures)

  7. Wisdom and Creation Gen. 2.4-3.24 The importance of language ‘man’ (‘adam) and ‘soil’ (‘adamah)  name of the garden is reminiscent of both the Akkadian word for ‘steppe’ and the Hebrew word for pleasure man (ish) and woman (ishah) naked(‘erummim) and cunning (‘arum) The Old Testament(Hebrew Scriptures)

  8. Wisdom and Creation Gen. 2.4-3.24 The importance of language man (ish) and woman (ishah) The words ish (man) and ishah (woman) share the letters alef shin, which spell out eish: fire. The man has a yod within the word ish, and woman has a hey in the word ishah. The yod and hey together spell out the name Yah, referring to the divine Presence. The Old Testament(Hebrew Scriptures)

  9. Wisdom and Creation Gen. 6.5-9.17 Noah and the Flood Gen. 11.1-9 the Tower of Babel The Old Testament(Hebrew Scriptures)

  10. Wisdom and Creation Psalms 8 – God is Creator, humanity 'little less than gods' and stewards of Creation 74 – even though the Temple is destroyed, God is Lord of Creation 89.6-19 - “Yours are the heavens, yours the earth; you founded the world and everything in it.” 136.1-9 God is Creator, “God's Love endures forever” The Old Testament(Hebrew Scriptures)

  11. Wisdom and Creation Is. 40.12-14,21-22 – God is the Creator, and the savior of His people Job 9.4-13 – God made the mountains and the stars 25.1-26.14 - God made all things and gave order to Creation The Old Testament(Hebrew Scriptures)

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