Session One
Once Upon A Time
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A Class At First Presbyterian Church of Aiken
At excavations in Mesopotamia and Egypt, Romer explores the cultural and religious milieu that shaped some of the Pentateuch's most powerful stories: creation, God's call to Abraham, and the Israelites' exodus.
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Reading: Chapter 1. Romer, John (1989) Testament: The Bible and History. New York, NY: Holt & Henry.
Video Episode 1: Once Upon a Time
Study Questions:
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What does Romer mean when he talks about "archeology as myth"?
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Where geographicallly is Ur of the Caldees from wence Abraham migrated?
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To make peace with kings and rulers in the areas he traveled offered to give his wife Sarah as a concubine to these rulers. Why?
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Why have scholars sought for generations to place Abraham in contemporary history?
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What literary traditions in ancient Mesopotamia may have influenced the writing of Genesis?
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Explain how Egypt made its "state" a model of what it understood to be heaven?
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Romer presents the "Exodus" as an ancient immigration. Explain?
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Testament presents the bible as a narrative and not a history. How is that?
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