New PDF release: From Noah to Israel: Realization of the Primaeval Blessing

By Carol M. Kaminski

ISBN-10: 0567083586

ISBN-13: 9780567083586

The primaeval blessing, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth,' first introduced to humankind in Genesis 1.28 is renewed to Noah and his sons after the flood in Genesis 9.1. there's common scholarly consensus that the consequent dispersion in Genesis 10.1-32 and 11.1-9 is the potential during which the construction blessing is fulfilled. Kaminski argues that the primeval blessing isn't fulfilled within the desk of countries and that Yahweh's scattering Noah's descendants within the Babel tale doesn't give a contribution absolutely to the production subject matter. relatively, the production blessing is being taken up within the fundamental line of Shem (Genesis 11.10-26), which leads on to Abraham. She additional means that divine grace isn't really absent after the Babel judgment, as is usually assumed, yet is at paintings within the Shemite family tree. She argues that the primeval blessing, that's unfulfilled within the primaeval historical past, is taken up by means of Abraham and his descendants by way of a divine promise. whereas the blessing is within the means of being realised within the patriarchal narratives, it's not fulfilled. The multiplication subject matter is resumed, even if, in Exodus 1.7, which describes Israel's proliferation in Egypt. this can be the 1st indication that the construction blessing is fulfilled. Realisation of the primaeval blessing progresses after the flood, for this reason, from Noah to Israel. but God's blessing on Israel isn't for his or her sake on my own - it's the potential by which the divine purpose for construction may be restored to the area. JSOTS413

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1, p. 141. 54. Westermann argues that the cursing of Canaan is only to be understood in the context of the family; thus it does not have any negative implications with regard to the Canaanites (Genesis 1-11, pp. 490-92 [= Genesis, Bd. I, pp. 655-57). While not denying the family context of Gen. g. Gen. 29). The birth narrative of Jacob and Esau demonstrates the close association between individuals and the nations they represent (Gen. 23); cf. Brueggemann, Genesis, pp. 90-91. 3. 1 -32, which describes the descendants of Noah's sons as the forefathers of many peoples on the earth' ,55 Similarly, Turner comments on Gen.

3. Harland, 'The Sin of Babel', pp. 515-33 (531); cf. Kikawada and Quinn, Before Abraham Was, p. 71. 4. Mann, ' "All the Families of the Earth"', pp. 341-53 (347). 5. , p. 52. Turner, Announcements of Plot, pp. 23,41; idem, Genesis, p. 33. 3. YHWH 's Scattering Noah's Descendants 31 humankind through the flood, save Noah and his family, further indicates that he does not always ensure that the primaeval commands are carried out. Are we to assume, then, that YHWH now compels obedience to his commands in the Babel story?

8; Jer. 15; Ezek. 18; Zeph. 10. As noted above, n~lT is commonly used to refer to the exile. 17. Isa. 1; Ezek. 23,26. g. Jer. 32, 36; Ezek. 23, 26). 18. Num. 35; 1 Sam. 11; 2 Sam. 15; 1 Kgs. 17; 2 Kgs. 5; 2 Chron. 16; Pss. 6; Jer. 8; Hab. 14; Zech. 7. 19. Deut. 3; Neh. 8; Isa. 1; Jer. 11; Ezek. 16; 3. YHWH 's Scattering Noah's Descendants 33 when YHWH scatters the Babelites, this is to be understood as the divine blessing. Neither can we conclude that the primaeval blessing is fulfilled through the scattering of Noah's descendants.

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