Shema’
“hear”
listen and obey
Ahavah
“Love”
Demonstration covenant loyalty to
Lev/Levav
“heart”
thinker/feeler/decider of a person
Nephesh
“Soul”
the Whole person
Me’od
“Strength”
“Muchness”
Capacity - with everything around you
Lament
Expression of pain or sorrow directed TOWARDS GOD
Flows from heart in faith
Acknowledges suffering
Appeals to God for help
Complain
Expression of dissatisfaction
Without faith
Blames God or rejects his provisions
Defensive
Characterized by distrust
Pushes away from relationship
Holiness
Set apart or unique
God is holy as creator and author of life
He is set apart from everything that is not God
Pure goodness
Dangerous to those who rebel/ violate
Example Aaron’s sons
Analytical Reasoning
Understanding gained by breaking something down
Looking at smaller parts to understand the whole
A + B = C therefore D
Data collection
Analogical Reasoning
Understanding gained by connecting it to something already known
Metaphors
Analogies
Symbols
Putting things together to give meaning to the whole
Common
Someone not holy
Examples:
Foreigner
Ordinary person
House
Holy
God
Israelite
Priests
Clean
Ritually pure
Free of impurity or defilement
According to the laws God gave to Israel
Unclean
Ritually impure
Condition caused by certain actions, conditions, or contacts
Temporary
Separate from sacred spaces
Year of Jubilee
every 50 years
Debts forgiven
Slaves freed
Land returned to original owners
Bronze Snake
God commanded Moses to make
Saves those bitten b/c of complaining
Look upon it and be healed
Quail
Small birds
God gave it to the Israelites as provision
Also as punishment
Like if your parents catch you smoking and make you smoke the entire pack right there
Day of Atonement
Day set apart once a year
Sacrifice for the nation
High Priest can enter Holy of Holies
First he must sacrifice a bull for himself and family = clean
Two goats
1 - sacrifice
2 - scapegoat - lay hands on him - put sins of people - send out to wilderness
Atonement
When sin or impurity is covered, cleansed, or removed to restore right relationship with God
Scapegoat
Goat chosen to carry away sins of the Israelites
Casuistic Law
instruction that responds to an existing situation
Casuistic Law: “If … then …” applications of the Ten Words to daily life (e.g. Lev 19).
Sotah
Census counting
Counted as Yahweh’s
Get them organized
Herem
utterly destroy - remove from human use
Interpreting the present ….
in light of the past in order to envision a particular future
