o Preamble
o Historical Prologue (absent in Assyrian Treaties )
o Stipulations
o Depositions and Provisions for reading before the people.
o Witnesses
o Oaths – Curses / Blessings – The Berit details
o Sacrifices given.
o Written record.
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Genesis 8:18 through 9:17
Text from The Bible Gateway starting with Chapter 9
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Scripture Audio:
Presented as dramatizations from The Bible Gateway
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Suggested Study Resources
The following four resources should be helpful. Of course feel free to chase down any study rabbit holes and you want to chase. This is your deep dive in the Word.
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BEMA Discipleship Podcast; His Bow in the clouds
We have already covered this podcast once, but since it is only 30 minutes long, you can listen to it while heading to work. Do the nuances of the covenant stick out more now that we have looked that the Eastern views of covenant within a patriarchal society?
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Noah: The First Covenant in Tanakh
This article is very Jewish in that it shows, in my opinion, some of the major differences in the relationship that Jews have with God compared to the relationship that Western Christians have. This will be great food for discussion in our next session discussion. While I could split hairs that the first covenant was with Adam and Eve, I will go with this authors idea that the Noahic covenant was the first. Some things to pick out of this article.
- Read the sidebar on the author. I’m curious what your thoughts are.
- What do you make of the idea of God talking to Himself?
- After reading this article, how do you see this Jewish author approaching her relationship with God compared to the approach you are used to hearing from most Protestant preachers/leaders?
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The Miraculous Nature of the Covenant.
While this is from a Jewish site, I could see this being presented by several major branches of the Christian faith. It is a short read that provides some ideas on how/why the food was handled during the flood. I’m curious what your thoughts are on this.
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EXTRA CREDIT ARTICLES:
Genesis 9, Noah’s Covenants and Jewish Theology of Religions
This peer reviewed article (from what I can tell) is deep. It includes perspectives from three different individuals outside of the author and it also deals with the differing interpretations between Jews and Christians. I’ll have to be honest an confess that I personally need to look at this one more deeply. There is a lot of ideas and concepts here.
The Seven Laws of Noah
This wikipedia page provides an analysis of the seven laws that are identified from the Noah story. A very quick read.