MMW 2

HEBREW BIBLE AND JUDAISM

I. Inadequacy of Gilgamesh
II. Great figures and great texts
III. Cycles of Religious Innovation
IV Three pillars of Judaism
    A. God
    B. Israel
    C. Torah
        a. sources
V. What Ideas
    A. genealogies
    B. mythic elements
    C. transgressions
VI. What can be said about this system ?
    A. Genesis and the Creation
    B. Garden and Sin
        a. The significance of revolt
    C. Flood
    D. What is the image of God?
VII. Patriarchy and Founding of Israel
    A. Genealogies
    B. Sons
    C. Continuity
    D. Jacob and Esau
VIII. What can you expect of God?