Just watched video from http://brucegore.com/VideoPlay2.aspx Was interesting but not as good as the videos on Enuma Elish and The Epic of Gilgamesh. Some interesting points. When looking on map I saw the main cities along the fertile crescent: Allepo, Damascus, Haran, Ninevah, Babylon. In ancient covenants each party would walk between animals that had been cut…
Month: September 2012
Epic of Gilgamesh
In a recent post we looked at the similarities between the creation account found in Genesis 1 and the Akkadian legend of Enuma Elish. We saw that there were similarities in the way physical things are described but great differences in the way that God or gods are described. Here we look at similarities and…
Genesis 3 and 4
Similarities between Genesis 3 and 4. 1. God has warned Caan as he warned Adam and Eve. 2. God confronts Caan as he did Adam. 3. A curse is pronounced. 4. There is a sending away. Caan is sent away from farming to being a restless wanderer. 5. There is mercy even in judgement. God…
The Fall and relationships
I have not really considered how the fall affected marriage. So according to Genesis 3 the woman now is desperate for the love of a man. The man wants to dominate over the woman rather than protect and love her. Also the man now has to work harder to survive and the woman has pain…
Genesis and Enuma Elish
If you have time watch this! Genesis and 1 and 2 obviously are not the only early accounts of the creation of the world and of mankind. All people have wondered at where they came from. In this post I look at Enuma Elish – another early creation account and then look at similarities and…
New Testament Quotations of the Old Testament
The Old Testament is quoted many, many times in the New Testament. Number of quotations from the OT: 1644 NT uses OT on average once every 3 verses! Most frequently quoted books: Isaiah (412) , Psalms (410), Exodus (240), Genesis (238) What are the implications of this? It helps to justify that Christianity does naturally…
Welcome to the Old Testament
I have recently had more time on my hands and am going to get into theology more seriously. I have just received my new module: Introduction to The Old Testament from London School of Theology. So here we go… First thing to think about – Jesus read and used the OT. 1] The OT had power…