OLD TESTAMENT

QUESTION

Which answer is most correct?A. Jews and Christians share the same

Sacred TextsB. While they share some common texts,

Jews, and various Christian groups, count different texts as forming their canon.

C. All Christian groups share the same Sacred Scriptures (the Bible)

ANSWER B:

A. Jews and Christians share the same Sacred Texts

B. While they share some common texts, Jews, and various Christian groups, count different texts as forming their canon.

C. All Christian groups share the same Sacred Scriptures (the Bible)

The Hebrew BibleA thousand years in the making:

PoetryProse

Legal prescriptionsHistorical accounts

NovellasTheological teachings

Stories of the beginnings

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STRUCTURE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

Hebrew scriptures

TaNak: three divisionsTorah (Law)Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Nevi’im (Prophets)Former: Joshua, Judges, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, Ezra, Nehemiah, I & II ChroniclesLater: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the Twelve (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habbakuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)

Kethuvim (The Writings) Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Ruth, Song of Songs, Daniel, Esther, Lamentations, Ezra-Nehemiah, I & II Chronicles

Christian Old Testament

PentateuchGenesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Historical BooksJoshua, Judges, Ruth, Judges, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, Ezra, Nehemiah, I & II Chronicles

Poetry and WisdomPsalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Esther, Lamentations

Prophets3 Major: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel13 Minor: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habbakuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Daniel

In the Roman Catholic tradition the Deuterocanonical Books (second canon), or Apocrypha, are also included in the Old Testament:- I and II Maccabees- Sirach- Wisdom of Solomon- Judith- Tobit- Baruch- Additions to Daniel- Additions to Esther

WHO’S WHO IN THE OLD TESTAMENT?

1. Name 2 people whose stories are shared in the OT2. Name 2 cities or places mentioned in the OT3. Name 2 events that are featured in the OT4. Name 2 ways G*d is named in the OT

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Two stories of creation (Genesis 1-3)

Cain and Abel (Genesis 4)

Men of Great Age (Genesis 5)

Noah and the Flood (Genesis 6-10)

Tower of Babel (Genesis 11)

IN THE BEGINNING - GENESIS 1-11

GENESIS 1:

• Comes from the Priestly source• Not a literal making of the world in six days• Crucial motif is the Sabbath rest, which was

important to the exiles who were far removed from Temple worship.• The exiles sought to base their observance of

Shabbat on the day of rest.• God is named as Elohim until Chapter 3 when God’s

name is revealed to Moses as YHWH

GENESIS 2:

• Yahwist source (J)• God is characterised by human qualities – God

walks in the garden of Eden, God has nostrils from which the breath of life comes, and God plants a garden. • The narrative focuses on the concept of

relationship, human-divine and human-human- Creation of man and woman - Command not to eat from the tree of knowledge- Transgression - Consequences of the transgression

• The culminating point of created life is humankind, made in the image of God.• The creature, adam

, is made male and female in the image of God. • The repetition and patterning

reflect the oral tradition and give the text a poetic sound; “God said…And it was so”, “God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good”.

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THE ANCESTORS

AbrahamIsaacJacobJoseph

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King Saul

King David

King Solomon

“A United Kingdom”

THE KINGS

THE SHEMA

Deuteronomy 6:4-9New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD alone.[a] 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.6 Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. 7 Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem[b] on your forehead, 9 and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

I am the L-rd your G-d who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your G-d; I, the L-rd, am your G-d.

Mezuzah (“Doorpost”)

TEFILLIN AND TALLIT

Mitvah/Mitzvot

Jesus as a faithful and observant Jew

Commandments: Mark 12:29Wearing the tallit: Luke 8: 43-44

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God and Noah After the flood - Genesis 9(Sign: Rainbow)

God and Abraham Genesis 17(Sign: circumcision)

God and Moses… and all Israel – Exodus 31(Sign: sabbath)

COVENANTS

The Exodus

Liberation

The Exodus

Liberation

Ten Commandments

Exodus 20

Exodus 34

Deuteronomy 5

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ProverbsPsalms

Wisdom of SolomonSong of Songs

SirachEcclesiastes

Job

THE WISDOM BOOKS

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God is the creator and sustainer of everything

God is accessible in Israel’s national story

God is accessible in the events of ordinary life

THE WISDOM TRADITION

The audible voice of the invisible God(“It is the LORD who speaks…”)

The ‘conscience’ of the nation

Passionate defenders of the covenant

Spoke the truth to people in power e.g. Nathan and David

THE PROPHETS

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Creator

Saviour/Liberator

Covenant maker

THE GOD OF ISRAEL

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EXPLORING THE CONCEPTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT SUB-STRAND AND THE MANDATED SCRIPTURE TEXTS