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II. Genesis 1 - 11

McQuaid Jesuit Religion 1 - Kilbridge. II. Genesis 1 - 11. A. Introduction. Main Events/Presentation Outline: Introduction Creation (Genesis 1) Adam & Eve (Genesis 2) Fall (Genesis 3) Cain &Abel (Genesis 4) Toledot /Generations (Genesis 5, 10) Noah (Genesis 6 – 9)

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II. Genesis 1 - 11

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  1. McQuaid Jesuit Religion 1 - Kilbridge II. Genesis 1 - 11

  2. A. Introduction • Main Events/Presentation Outline: • Introduction • Creation (Genesis 1) • Adam & Eve (Genesis 2) • Fall (Genesis 3) • Cain &Abel (Genesis 4) • Toledot /Generations (Genesis 5, 10) • Noah (Genesis 6 – 9) • Tower of Babel (Genesis 11) • Division of Genesis: Primordial and Patriarchal • Etiological Myths

  3. B. Genesis 1: 1st Creation story In the Beginning, Belu-SimionFainaru the Museum of Art EinHarod (Image source: http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Genesis; Information: http://www.museumeinharod.org.il/english/collections/judaica/passover.html)

  4. B. Genesis 1: 1st Creation story (cont’d) • Literary Structure Source: New Jerome Biblical Commentary

  5. B. Genesis 1 (continued) 2. Ancient Near East Cosmology Firmament The Egyptian goddess, Nut. Babylonian Enuma Elish

  6. B. Genesis 1 (continued) 3. Structural Similarities between E.E. and Genesis I • EE • Chaos: darkness • Light emanates from gods • Firmament • Dry land • Luminaries • Humanity • Gods rest • Genesis I • Desolate waste • Light created • Firmament • Dry land • Luminaries • Humanity • God rests

  7. B. Genesis 1 (continued) Q: What do the cosmological and structural similarities suggest? A: Genesis 1, written many years after the Enuma Elish, was the product of its author’s era and influenced by that epic. We call this Contextualism.

  8. B. Genesis 1 (continued) 4. Lessons of Genesis I (unique in ANE cosmogonies) • There is only One God • God planned everything • God created everything good • God made holy the Sabbath • Control and respect the environment (Sources: Path Through Scripture and NJBC)

  9. B. Genesis 1 (continued) 5. Two Themes of the Pentateuch Introduced • The Divinely intended inclusion of people in God’s plan. • People are commanded to take possession of the land. (Source: New Jerome Biblical Commentary)

  10. C. Genesis 2: Adam & Eve Creation of Eve; marble relief on the left pier of the façade of the cathedral; Orvieto, Italy (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orvieto060.jpg)

  11. C. Genesis 2: Adam & Eve (cont’d) 1. A comparison of Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 Genesis 1 Genesis 2 a. God is remote. a. God is more personal and intimate. b. You could produce this version as a movie full of special effects. b. The setting and scope is smaller and could be produced as a play on stage. c. Humans are created after the animals.C. Humans are created before the animals. d. This version seems to be attempting to account for all of creation.  d. This version does not seem to be attempting to account for all of creation e. This version focuses on God as the actor.  e. This version focuses on human origins. f. This version seems to be neutral in regards to women. f. Seems to treat women as an afterthought

  12. C. Genesis 2: Adam & Eve (cont’d) 2. Miscellaneous Notes: • “LORD God” is an English translation of “YHWH” (or Yahweh).   The author is the Yahwist (J). • In verse 7 we see an anthropomorphic representation of God; typical of the Yahwist. • The two trees that God plants in the garden are the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. • In verse 20, Adam gives names to the animals. Traditionally, in the act of naming, the namer holds the power over the named.

  13. D. Genesis 3: The Fall Michelangelo, The Fall, Sistine Chapel (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo_S%C3%BCndenfall.jpg)

  14. D. Genesis 3: The Fall (continued) • Three Interpretative Lenses: 1. Boundaries • Trees represent God’s attributes: immortality and wisdom • The serpent tells the truth regarding the fruit • Their eyes are opened • God removes them from Eden to prevent them from eating of the tree of life and living forever.

  15. D. Genesis 3: The Fall (continued) 2. Etiological Story • The differences between men and women (and the subservience of women) • Toil and the labor of Childbirth are punishment • Evil and sin are the result of both external pressures and internal desires

  16. D. Genesis 3: The Fall (continued) 3. Evil enters the world /Effects of sin (5 ways total) 1st Alienation from Self (nakedness/shame) 2nd Alienation from God (hide) 3rd Alienation from Nature (toil/enmity) (Source: Path Through Scripture)

  17. E. Genesis 4: Cain and Abel Jan van Eyck Ghent Altarpiece, 1432 (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ghent_Altarpiece_A_-_Cain_-_Abel_-_murder.jpg)

  18. E. Genesis 4: Cain and Abel (cont’d) • Evil enters the world/effects of sin continued… 4th Alienation from Other People (jealousy  murder) • Misc. Items: • v. 20- 22: cultural advances? nomadic  arts  metallurgy • Abel’s sacrifice favored because of the quality; firstlings… • “Blood Revenge” censured but practice continues • Cain’s famous line: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” • Metaphor: “ …blood crying out to me from the ground” • The land of Nod, to which Cain moves, is east of Eden

  19. F. Toledot: Genesis 5, 11 • Priestly Redactor (P) • Periodizing history • Geneologies (Toledot = “Generations”) • The blessings of progeny and land (1:26-28) are being fulfilled • Five Priestly Toledot : Gen. 2:4; 5:1; 6:9; 10:1, 11:10 Source: New Jerome Biblical Commentary

  20. G. Genesis 6-9: Noah and the Flood Noah and his Sons Constructing the Ark, Raphael Source: http://www.clt.astate.edu/wnarey/Religious%20Studies%20Program/Religion%20Studies%20Program/Religious%20Studies%20Program%20Files/Jacob_Narratives.htm

  21. G. Genesis 6-9: The Flood (cont’d) • Chiastic/envelope Structure (see worksheet)

  22. H. Genesis 11: Tower of Babel Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563 Source: www.abcgallery.com/B/bruegel/bruegel50.html

  23. H. Genesis 11: The Tower (cont’d) The Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (in Iraq) Babylonian Ziggurats (temples) are likely the inspiration for the tower in Gen. 11. Source: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/ltrupe/art%2520history%2520web/final/chap2NearEast/Ziggurat.jpg&imgrefurl=http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/ltrupe/art%2520history%2520web/final/imagelinkschap2.html&usg=__TtzGmcdeV9j721sqSuhFREgCLtQ=&h=405&w=976&sz=41&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=JVWfT3ewr7ljEM:&tbnh=62&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dziggurat%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us%26um%3D1

  24. H. Genesis 11: The Tower (cont’d) • Three Interpretative Lenses: 1. Boundaries • (Recall that Gen 3 illustrates that humans are like God in wisdom as compared to animals, but are not immortal.) • Omnipotence. “Nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them…” (see Gen 3:22 ff).

  25. H. Genesis 11: The Tower (cont’d) 2. Not obeying command to spread (P - Gen 1:28) - v. 2, 4, 8, and 9

  26. H. Genesis 11: The Tower (cont’d) 3. Evil enters the world/Effects of Sin (Path…) • Sin of Pride, trying to be like God (v. 6) • 5th Alienation of nation from nation (confused, scattered)

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