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The idea of fulfillment in the scripture is described as anything that gets us closer to God or a step forth in the path of Israel in God’s ultimate divine plan. Hosea said “Out of Egypt” to mean that the Israelis were growing further and further from him (thus going in the opposite direction ofContinue reading “3 March”

I think the fact that the people were always complaining asking for food and wishing to go back to egypt led to their condemption. I believe that this could represent the fact that people couldn’t simply trust in God and waited patiently to get to the promised land. They were always unthankful and angry atContinue reading “Feb 20”

We have seen many authors approach the impurity vs purity issue that was adressed through Leviticus. One point of view is that everything really comes back to the idea of death against life and so this constant struggle is manifested through the idea of purity. Another idea is that, it is a representative of whatContinue reading “Feb 18”

Through these readings we seem to have come to a problem where we need to really think about who is God? I think this is partially because the people of Israel got mixed up with the people of Egypt who belong to a different culture. Here we can sort of see God as this characterContinue reading “Feb 11”

I think that Joseph had this “envy” that was talked about in the Anderson essay. It was somewhat of reasonable one. I mean his brothers did throw in a pit to die and went to eat, which is a representation of the dismantal of the brother relationship. Joesph was putting his brothers to the testContinue reading “Feb 6”

I think that the scene of the man’s fight with Jacob is a literal representation of God’s fight with humans. Throughout genesis, we can see that humans are growing further and from God and they are getting better at developing an evil wit. This is shown through Jacob’s complexion as a character compared to theContinue reading “Feb 4”

Marty did not give a proper definition for religion. He proposed five principles that religion uses but these principles were the same as those used for politics, so hw could not find a discernabel difference between the two based on his 5 principles. Most people agree that religion is not an easy term to defineContinue reading “Jan 30”

Faith is unavoidable since there is no such thing as a believing without thinking. Saint Augustine said, “No one belives anything unless one first thought it was believable.” This means that we can’t go about our day suggesting that faith is ungrounded or not intellectual since at the base of faith is thought. Moreover, faithContinue reading “Jan 28”

Abraham agrees to the request made by God since he completelely trusts him. He acknowledges the givings that he was blessed with because of God and knows that the Lord is good (because of preserving the blessed in the slaughtering of the city), therefore Abraham knows that his sacrifice can’t be the wrong decision sinceContinue reading “23 January”

I think the identity of Noah is of absolute essence to the text. His characteristics show the morally good human: one that has always been aware of his mortality, simple, and virtuous. He represents the order and goodeness of the post-Eden humanity, which is why God chooses him to be the carrier of the newContinue reading “January 21”