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in the Hebrew Bble, God repeatedly promises his Chosen Reople the land of 3 the land of 4 and Syria and Lebanon We see this promise made in both Genesis and Exodus and thr as known as an area which indudes present day Israel, Palestine and parts of oughout the OT Unfortunately, according to the ted, theland was already inhabited by another people who then become tlelLraeliteswor can't help but feel that they are just in the way. In n enemies Inherent wickedness is attributed to these people too, but one Exodus Yahweh appearsto hate these people even more than the Egyptians! Why not give Egypt to the Israelites? Why go after all those other tribes? There are a lot of battles in the OT Interestingy, archeologists believe that these two Semitic peoples, the Israelites and the Canaanites were once actually one and the same; only the lsraelites, who were not initially 6 worshipped agod by thename of above all others which set them apart from the Canaanites who adually had very smilar beliefs and austoms Indeed, both people at one time worshipped a supreme god named B. father of other gods, a name which later became the generic word for "god in Hebrew, 8-which, auriously, isrepresented in plural form (gods) in the Hebrew Bible, even though it is understood to be singular. In facd, much of the Hebrew psalms and other parts of the Hebrew Bble are evidently based on older, polytheistic Canaanite tets or are derived from them, leaving scholarsto speaulate that the Israelites either descended from the Canaanites, or that they were the same people. If you want to know more, there is an artide in your Supplemental Materials folder on this Much like the hypothetical war between the Myoenaean Greeks and the Trojans in the lliad fundtioned both as a founding myth for the Greeks, and helped to explain what happened to the Greek people and divilizationswhich had been there before, the Exodus from Egypt and continued saga of wandering through the wilderness and fighting various battles against enemies to establish themselves in the Promised Land serves a similar purpose. While you didn't read the whole Exodus story, parts of the OT resemble the lliad, not because of diredt influence, but because there was a common aulture in that part of the world. Assaultson fortified cities, showing hospitality to guests awarding women as war booty Numbers 31), enslaving enemies, animal sacrifice, plagues ransom, the pursuit of fame through battle glory, belief in birthright and inherited sin (children punished for the sins of their fathers), and concept of gods (and heroes) as"wrathful" was commonplace. In Exodus, even Moses who is quite old at the time of the Bodus, has his fitsf wrath-ach aswhen he smashes the-9-upon which the Ten Commandments are insaribed. Surprisingy, Moses kills a lot of people in wrathful anger, too, induding administering punishment to his own people -amaing given his advanced age (he is 80 at the time of the Exodus). God is wrathful too, killing many of his own, just as Zeus indiredtly killed thousands of Greeks Like the Greeks and the Trojans the Israelites and the Canaanites are culturally, materially and linguistically identical, drawn into a war through divine interference The Israelites are drawn into battle with the Canaanites and a lot of their neighbors too, and if they don't want to fight they are punished by God. While anything beyond the book of Exodus was not part of your assigned reading enemies often reside Trojan-like behind well-fortified ditadels which eventually get burned to the ground, with all of its inhabitants slaughtered or enslaved. The booty, induding virgins who are divided up among the spoils while all others are e ated. And just as many Greeks die in traliad d are i t of Ad e lpan, Yahweh in his 10 _kills about 15,000 of the Israelites with horrible deaths(ireExplanation / Answer
*In the Hebrew Bible, God repeatedly promises his Chosen People the land of Canaan, (3) also known as the land of milk (4) and honey, (5) an which includes present De Israel.
* Only the Israelites, who were not initially, monotheistic (6), worshipped a god by the name of Yahweh (7).
* Elohim (8) -curiously is represented in plural form (God's)in the Hebrew Bible.
* He smashes the stone tablets (9) upon which the Ten Commandments are inscribed.
*Yahweh in his wrath (10) kills about 15,000 of the Israelites with horrible deaths.
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