Jiang frames the Bible project, following the prior class, as something King David used to create legitimacy and authority.
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Hebrew Bible
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The Bible is framed as cosmology rather than chronology: an ordering model for reality and peoplehood rather than a simple timeline.
The lecture closes by saying the Hebrew Bible begins as an apology for David but evolves into a much larger mythology.
Jiang closes the Bronze Age unit after covering Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the IVC, and previews the Hebrew Bible for the next class.
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"Okay, so good morning. We are continuing the Hebrew Bible today. Last class, we talked about King David of Israel and how he created..."
"are not interconnected so if this is not a historical record if this is not a work of pure fiction what is this thing..."
"...any more questions okay great so next class we'll continue the Hebrew Bible okay because it starts off as an apology for David but..."
"...Mesopotamia, and IVC. Next class we'll start the Bible. Okay? The Hebrew Bible. All right."
"Satan literally means adversary in the Hebrew Bible. So again, it's referencing back to the Garden of Eden, and it's saying to us that..."
"...best souls. But the people he took were like of the Hebrew Bible, right? David, Abraham, Moses. What is Kato doing with them? Okay,..."
"...her father keeps keeps about right because if you read the hebrew bible the worst thing you can do is not give your vow..."
"...is David okay so the truth is David you in the Hebrew Bible then you have the Romans okay remember the Romans Virgil was..."
"...Rachel and Leah, who we learned about when we did the Hebrew Bible. And they have absolutely no idea who God is either, okay?..."
"...is Ezekiel, which is one of the earliest books of the Hebrew Bible. And this really starts the tradition. And so what happens is..."
"...understanding of Greek history, Roman history, and the Jewish Bible, the Hebrew Bible. Right? And in fact, at this time, there are individuals who..."
"...back. So this is a radical conception of faith in the Hebrew Bible. Faith love of God requires you to argue with God. Because..."
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