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The Patriarchs and History

The Patriarchs and History. The Patriarchs in their ancient Near Eastern Environment. Are the patriarchs only literary figures?. Seeking support for patriarchs as real people. Archaeology and the patriarchs Finding parallels to practices of the patriarchs. NUZI.

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The Patriarchs and History

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  1. The Patriarchs and History The Patriarchs in their ancient Near Eastern Environment

  2. Are the patriarchs only literary figures? • Seeking support for patriarchs as real people. • Archaeology and the patriarchs • Finding parallels to practices of the patriarchs

  3. NUZI • City near Tigris (near Haran) • Documents from 15th century BC • Hurrian/Horite civilization • Practices similar to Genesis: slave adoption

  4. Methodology • Use care: many customs from few Nuzi texts • Need to show they are typical • Often record extraordinary, not ordinary • Useful to show other examples of biblical customs (special place of blessing for firstborn) • Explain poorly understood

  5. Misuses • Not adequately understanding. • Looking for typical in what is in fact atypical. • Trying to date by customs. • Lack of established dynamics of relationship. • DOES show that Patriarchs are not completely out of step with their relative place and times.

  6. What did Abram Leave when he left Ur? • Architecture: ziggurat- worship ‘pyramid’ for mountain deities. • Where is Israel’s God worshiped? • View on humanity: slave or image?God to be feared vs God of love • Long standing culture vs new life with longstanding (creator) God

  7. Joseph in Egypt • Egyptian customs in Joseph story • Implications

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