Introduction to the Hebrew Bible and Deutero-Canonical Books

education-and-formation

• The Torah was not the work of any one author, but a compilation of tradition long after the time of Moses.

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• The books of Samuel show the ambiguous and multifaceted character of human action to a much greater degree than earlier books.

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faith-and-doubt

• The belief that the course of events is shaped by God in response to human actions—this theological aspect is as important as historical accuracy.

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• Whenever the judge died the Israelites would relapse—the Lord's anger kindled again—explaining great destructions at Assyrian and Babylonian hands.

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obedience-and-authority

• The centralization of worship in Jerusalem was part of a wider effort to centralize control, reflected in the laws of Deuteronomy.

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• Moses hands authority to Joshua, but the loyalty of the people is pledged to their God, YHWH, not a human sovereign.

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