Narratives of the beginnings of Hebrew history, from the creation to the establishment of the Hebrew kingdom

Front matter

TIbe Stubent’s ©lb Testament

NARRATIVES OF THE BEGINNINGS OF HEBREW HISTORY

THE STUDENT’S OLD TESTAMENT

Introduction

THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL’S EARLY RECORDS

I. Israel’s Heritage of Oral Traditions 3

II. Their Transmission and Crystallization into Literature 13

III. The Present Literary Form and Contents of Israel’s Early Records 21

IV. Characteristics, Dates, and History of the Different Prophetic and

Priestly Narratives.

1. The Judean Prophetic 31

2. The Ephraimite Prophetic 37

3. The Late Prophetic or Deuteronomic 42

4. The Late Priestly 43

THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMAN HISTORY, Gen. I1-!!9

I. The Beginnings of Life and Sin.

§ 1. The Priestly Story of the

Creation

§2. The Primitive Story of Man’s Creation and Fall

II. The Beginnings of Human Civilization and Moral Degeneracy

§ 3. Lists of the Traditional Forefathers of the Human Race. . .

§ 4. The Story of Lamech, the Father of those who Developed the Nomadic Arts — § 5. The Story of Noah, the First Vineyard-Keeper, and his Sons § 6. The Story of Cain, the First Murderer

Classification Early Judean Prophetic of the Narratives Late Priestly

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419-24.

920-27.

* References in parentheses are to later additions to the earlier narratives.

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III. Consequences op Human Degeneracy and the New Beginning Inaugurated by the Flood.

§ 7. The Story of the Sons of God and the Daughters of Men .... § 8. The Two Biblical Stories of the Flood

IV. The Beginnings of the Nations.

§ 9. The Story of the Tower of

Babel

§ 10. Origin and Relationships of the Nations.

Classification of the Narratives ll19

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23, 31 69

THE TRADITIONAL ANCESTORS OF THE HEBREWS,

I. The Abraham (Abram) Narratives.

§ 11. Ancestry and

Family

§ 12. Migration t o

Canaan

§ 13. Deception Regarding Sarah (and Rebekah) . . .

§ 14. Covenant with A bi me lech at Beersheba

Gen. ll10^1

Ephramite

201'17 (18)

(3^25,26,28-30,32-

3122-24, 27, 31 . . .

34), 26 (15),16’ 17

(18), 19-33

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I

§ 15. Separation of Abram and Lot. .

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I. The Abraham (Abram) Narratives — Cont’d. § 16. The Divine Covenant and Promise

§ 17. Victory over the Four Eastern Kings

§ 18. Birth of Ish-

mael

§ 19. Promise of a

Son to Sarah

§ 20. Destruction of Sodom and Deliverance of Lot. .

§ 21. Origin of the Moabites and

Ammonites

§ 22. Birth of Isaac and Expulsion of

Hagar

§ 23. Sac r i f ice of

Isaac

§ 24. Securing a Wife for Isaac

§ 25. Death of Sarah and Purchase of the Cave of Mach-

pelah

§ 26. Death of Abraham

§27. His Arabian Descendants

II. The Jacob (Israel) Stories.

§ 28. Birth of Jacob and Esau

Early P Judean rophetic

181'15

1816 (17-19)) 20-

191-28 ptl la, 2a, 7

321-14 (15-18), 19.

(3320-24, 24) 355,

(351"4' 18)

171"14.

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(I ndependent Jewish Tradition, 14) 84

3121,-5.

2519, 20 95

33 99

3512'17 101

XV

The Jacob (Israel) Stories — Continued.

chase of the Birthright

§ 30. The Blessing of Jacob and his De-

parture to Aram.

2634. 35} 2746> 28

1-9

§31. The Revela-

tion to Jacob at Bethel

2811, 12, 17, 18, 20,

21, 22

§ 32. Jacob’s Arrival

in Aram and Meeting with Rachel

291'14

§ 33. Jacob’s Marriage with Leah and Rachel

§ 34. Jacob’s Children

§ 35. Jacob’s Prosperity.

§36. Jacob s Flight from Laban

30, 32-40

29, 31, 41, 42..

31lsb

§ 37. Jacob’s Covenant with Laban .

31 44, 46-48, 51-53

3143,45,49,50,54,

§ 38. Preparation to Meet Esau

§ 39. Wrestling with God

3224-29 (30), 31,

§ 40. Meeting with Esau.

331"17

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118 119 xvi

II. The Jacob (Israel) Stories — Continued.

§ 41. DinahandShechem

§ 42. Jacob’s Return

to Bethel

§ 43. Domestic Experiences in Canaan

§ 44. Judah and Tamar

3521, 22 38

358, 16-20,

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III. The Joseph Stories.

§45. Sold by his Brothers into Egypt

§ 46. Tempted and

Proved

§47. Fame as an Inter preter of

Dreams

§ 48. Interpretation of Pharaoh’s Dreams

§ 49. Made Governor of Egypt

§ 50. Policy during

the Famine

§ 51. First Meeting with his Brothers

§ 52. Second Meeting

392'23.

4713-26.

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III. The Joseph Stories — Continued.

§ 53. Joseph’s Disclosure of his Identity

§ 54. Establishment of his Kinsmen in Egypt

§55. Blessing of Joseph’s Sons by the Dying Jacob.

§ 56. Burial of Jacob

at Hebron

§ 57. Later Days of Joseph

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502'11, 14

5012- 13

5015-26

THE DELIVERANCE OF THE HEBREWS FROM EGYPT, Ex. ll-1213-

I. The Bondage of the Hebrews and Rise of the Deliverer Moses.

§ 58. I srael’s Increase and Oppression

§59. Birth and Preservation of

Moses

§ 60. Moses’s Championship of his Kinsmen and Flight to Midian.

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I. The Bondage of the Hebrews and Rise of the Deliverer Moses— Continued.

§ 61. Call and Return to Deliver the Israelites.. . .

§ 62. The Demand that Pharaoh Allow the Hebrews to Depart

II. Plagues and Wonders Preliminary to the Departure of the Hebrews from Egypt.

§63. Changing Aaron’s Staff into

a Serpent

§ 64. Plague upon the Waters

§ 65. Plague of Frogs

§ 66. Plague of Insects

§ 67. Plague upon Man and Beast. . . § 68. Plague of Hail.

§ 69. Plague of Locusts

§ 70. Plague of

Darkness

§ 71. Death of Firstborn

41-12 (13-16)’

29-31

91’*

51,2, 4,

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76, 7 159

816-19 164

98'12 165

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III. The Exodus.

§ 72. Journey to the

Red Sea.

§ 73. Pursuit of the Egyptians and the

1317"19

Great Deliverance

§ 74. Journey from the Red Sea to

30, 151

20, 21

Sinai

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1320 172

19 .’. . . 173

THE HEBREWS IN THE WILDERNESS AND EAST OF THE JORDAN,

Ex. 162 — Dt. 3412 ( exclusive 0/ legal material )

I. At Sinai-Horeb.

§ 75. Revelation of Jehovah to the Israelites

§ 76. The Establishment of the Covenant between Jehovah and Israel

§ 77. Apostasy of the People

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Ex. 19 llb-

(23) ^ 24, 25

19, 20 18'20

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31.23^ 15,

25, 26-28,

6 (7). 8, 12-

197, 8,241’

2, 9-11

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(9-14) ^ 15-29

26-29, 15-17,

(30-34) > 35

21 , 18-20

108-11. . . .’

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33 (34 , 35) 183

XX

I. At Sinai-Horeb — Continued.

§78. Jehovah’s Promise to Lead His People

§ 79. Tent of Meeting.

§ SO.Visitof Moses’s Father-in-law . . .

§81. Judicial Organization

§ 82. Appointment of the Seventy Prophetic Elders

§ 83. Divine Confirmation of Moses’s Authority

§ 84. Census of the Israelites.

§ 85. Arrangements of the Camp

II. Life of the Hebrews in the Wilderness ABOUT KADESH.

§86. Departure from Sinai

La

2320-22 (23-

(18, 19), 20-

Ex. 18la

(Num.ll16’

1-15)

35, 36

PAGE

34,35(36-38)

34, 39 202

23-26, 29-32, 35-38)

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II

Life of the Hebrews in the Wilderness about Kadesh — Continued.

§87. Provision of Manna and Quails

§ 88. Drawing Water from the Rock. .

§ 89. Conflict with the Amalekites. . § 90. Mission and Report of the Spies

§ 91. Punishment and Defeat of the Rebellious People

§ 92. Destruction of the Rebels Dathan and Abiram

§ 93. Divine Confirmation of the Prerogatives of the Aaronic Priesthood

Lo

Num. II46

Nurn.il1-3,

15, 16

(26), 164' 5.

Num. 20lb,

Ex. 17lc'

2a, Num.

Num. 13

3, 8

Num. 14

Num. 14

(11-241 31-

21 1 (2-3)

Num. 16lbxxii

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Num.20la-

Num. 16la-

III. From Kadesh to the Jordan.

§ 94. Journey from the Wilderness..

§ 95. Death of Aaron

§ 96. Advance towards the East Jordan

§97. Conquest of the East-Jordan Territory

§98. Balaam’s Prophecy Concerning Israel. . .

§ 99. Idolatry and Immorality of the Hebrews. . . .

§ 100. The Second Census

§ 101. War with Midian

§ 102. Settlement of the East-Jordan Tribes

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Num. 21 llb-15

2133-35) _ .

11, 17, 18,

10, 12-16, 19-

38, 40, 41 231-22 (23)’

23(27), 28

24-26 24.25

(29, 30) ( 24

1-19

Num.25lb_

Num.25la-

18-37)

Num. 20

-VS

(Num.

41-49)

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III. From Kadesh to

the Jordan — Cont’d.

§ 103. Directions Regarding the A s signmen t of the Land of Canaan

§ 104. Moses’s Farewell and Appointment of Joshua as his Successor

§105. Death of Moses

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Dt. 34lb'd

(2, 3), 4

10 (11, 12) ,

PAGE

Num. 27

(12-14), 15-

CONQUEST AND SETTLEMENT OF CANAAN, Joshua, Judges, Ruth

I. Initial Conquests of Canaan.

§ 106. The Summons to Conquest

§ 107. Spies at Jericho

§ 108. Passage of the Jordan.. . .

Late

Ephraimite

Josh. 1

Josh. 22’

15,16(17),

19, 21

(4), 12,

(42),36>14

11, 18

Late

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12-17. 19... 258

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I. Initial Conquests of Canaan — Continued.

§ 109. Religious Ceremonies at

Gilgai

§ 110. Capture of Jericho

§ 111. Defeat at Ai and Sin of Achan

§ 112. Capture of Ai

§ 113. The Treaty with the Gibeonites and their Allies. . .

§ 114. Conquests in Southern Canaan

Ephraim-

ite

Josh. 52,

3, 9

Josh.513

-15 02,3,

17, (18, g lib - 13,

2 5, 26

22, 23, 29

(27), 28 .

Josh.94'

Judg. 1

Josh. 10

Josh. 10

Judg. 1

9, 10, 20,

13,14, 16,

11-17(18) ;

24(25) 26,

27,15(13),

14-19

Late

54 (5) 6-8

Josh. 9

1,2,28-43,

Late

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510-12. ... 262

XXV

I. Initial Conquests of Canaan — Continued.

§ 115. Conquests in Northern Canaan

§ 116. Late Editorial Review of the Conquest

II. Final Location of the Hebrew Tribes.

§ 117. Traditional Assignment of Territory . .

§ 118. Location of the East- Jordan Tribes. . . .

§ 119. The Southern Tribes. . . .

§ 120. The Joseph Tribes

§ 121. The Benja-

mites

§ 122. Northern

Tribes

§ 123. The Levites

Ephraim-

ite

Late

Judg. 1

22-26 4

Josh. 11

1,4-9.

Josh. 11

2, 3, 10-

1116-23,12

1-24, 21 43-45'

131’ 7,

(7),’8-10

138’12, 22

1-6 (7,8)

8, 11-18

Late

PAGE

Josh. 14

23-32 _ _ 282

62, 191'9 284

10 286

1811-28.. 289

1910-48 . . 289

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III. Religious and Social Life of the H EBREWS AFTER THEIR IN- ITIAL Conquests in Canaan.

§ 124. Transfer of the Centre of Religious Life

§ 125. Establishment of Cities of Refuge

Judg.2la

§ 126. Altar on Mount Ebal. . .

§ 127. Alta r by the Jordan.. . .

§ 128. Joshua’s Farewell Address

§ 129. Death of Joshua and Eleazar

§ 130. The Sanctuary of Micali the Ephraimite*

Judg. 17

Early Late

Ephraim- Prophetic ite

Late

Josh.181

20'-'!(4-6),

Josh. 8

30-35 ,

Josh. 22

9-34,

(Josh. 24

(13), 14-

Judg.26)

Josh. 24

29-30, 33.

Josh. 23

!-!6

Judg. 17

* In the text §§ 130 and 131 are printed as one document, xxvii

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