http://feastupontheword.org/index.php?title=Old_Testament:_Organization&feed=atom&action=historyOld Testament: Organization - Revision history2024-03-28T09:48:08ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.23.2http://feastupontheword.org/index.php?title=Old_Testament:_Organization&diff=160418&oldid=prevKurtElieson: /* Second Historical Cycle */2018-09-10T08:29:18Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Second Historical Cycle</span></span></p>
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The second part of Kings is concerned with "the sin of Jeroboam," the first king of the Northern Kingdom, who instituted as national policy a local form of idolatry in the form of two golden calfs located at Dan and Bethel. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">third and four parts </del>of Kings <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recount </del>the ministries of Elijah and Elisha and their fight against "the sin of the House of Ahab," who violated all three conditions and introduced worship of the foreign idol Baal. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fifth and </del>final <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">part </del>of Kings relates [[Assyria |Assyria's]] destruction of the Northern Kingdom for <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">failure </del>to keep the covenant made in Deuteronomy <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and carrying away </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lost Ten Tribes</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Kings concludes </del>by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">relating </del>[[Babylon <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|Babylon's</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">subsequent conquest of the Southern Kingdom </del>for "the sins of Manasseh," which included many murders and intentional defilement of the temple altar with idolatry. Babylon also destroyed the temple and carried away many Israelites north to [[Babylon]], while others fled south to [[Egypt]]. In Kings, the sins for which Israel was afflicted were the three enumerated sins of its kings, all relating to idolatry.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Kings |11-12. Kings]]''' tells the history of the first Jerusalem temple, also known as the Temple of Solomon. Kings also tells how the good start made under Israel's first two kings was followed by a third faithless king who initiated three centuries of general spiritual decline, in much the same way that the good start made under Joshua was followed in Judges by a faithless third generation that initiated three centuries of decline. The first part of Kings recounts the reign of Solomon, who built the temple, but then violated the three key conditions for possessing the promised land, which was punished by a division of the kingdom into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. The second part of Kings is concerned with "the sin of Jeroboam," the first king of the Northern Kingdom, who instituted as national policy a local form of idolatry in the form of two golden calfs located at Dan and Bethel. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">central portion </ins>of Kings <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">relates </ins>the ministries of Elijah and Elisha and their fight against "the sin of the House of Ahab," who violated all three conditions and introduced worship of the foreign idol Baal. The final <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">portion </ins>of Kings relates [[Assyria |Assyria's]] destruction of the Northern Kingdom <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and carrying away of the Lost Ten Tribes </ins>for <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">failing </ins>to keep the covenant made in Deuteronomy<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The Southern Kingdom miraculously survived </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Assyrian invasion under devout king Hezekiah</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">But it was later conquered </ins>by [[Babylon]] for "the sins of Manasseh," which included many murders and intentional defilement of the temple altar with idolatry. Babylon also destroyed the temple and carried away many Israelites north to [[Babylon]], while others fled south to [[Egypt]]. In Kings, the sins for which Israel was afflicted were the three enumerated sins of its kings, all relating to idolatry<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and at times also triggered by foreign alliances and intermarriage with foreigners</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The First Historical Cycle (Joshua - Kings) is commonly known as the "Former Prophets." It is also sometimes called the "Deuteronomistic History" because it recounts Israel's history in the promised land in terms that are defined by the covenant made under Moses's leadership at Mount Sinai and then renewed in Deuteronomy. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Although there </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no gap in the historical narrative between the Five Books of Moses and the First Historical Cycle, there are two significant changes that marks </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">movement from one group of books to the next. The first is that the House of Israel moves from the wilderness to actual </del>possession of the promised land <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Canaan. The second is </del>that<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">contrast to Moses who received laws that were to apply for many generations, the First Historical Cycle portrays subsequent prophets as receiving only revelation intended only to remind Israel of the Law received through Moses or to provide situational guidance not intended to be binding a a rule upon future generations</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">These books are further discussed as a group at '''[[First Historical Cycle</del>]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]'''</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The First Historical Cycle (Joshua - Kings) is commonly known as the "Former Prophets." It is also sometimes called the "Deuteronomistic History" because it recounts Israel's history in the promised land in terms that are defined by the covenant made under Moses's leadership at Mount Sinai and then renewed in Deuteronomy. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Special emphasis </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">given </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">three conditions for </ins>possession of the promised land that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are set out </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://www</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/7.1-6?lang=eng Deut 7:1-6</ins>]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">: (1) no alliances with foreign nations; (2) no intermarriage with foreigners; and (3) no idolatry</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''[[Joshua |6</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joshua]]''' picks up </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">story less than a month after Deuteronomy left off</del>. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">prophet Joshua succeeded </del>Moses <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and led </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">faithful Generation 2 </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">conquer much </del>of [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Canaan</del>]].  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Although there is no gap in the historical narrative between the Five Books of Moses and the First Historical Cycle, two significant changes mark the movement from one group of books to the next</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The first is that </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">House of Israel moves from the wilderness to actual possession of the promised land of Canaan</ins>. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">second is that, in contrast to </ins>Moses <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">who received laws that were to apply for many generations, </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">First Historical Cycle portrays subsequent prophets as receiving revelation intended only </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">remind Israel </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that Law or to provide situational guidance not binding as a rule upon future generations. These books are further discussed as a group at '''</ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">First Historical Cycle</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Judges </del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">7</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Judges</del>]]''' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recounts how </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next Generation 3 violated three key requirements </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">covenant </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">complete conquest: no idolatry</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no intermarriage </del>with foreigners<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no foreign alliances</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The "covenant </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">complete conquest" </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">therefore replaced with </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"covenant </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">partial conquest" in which foreign peoples were left in </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">land to stir up </del>Israel <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to remember God, </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">much </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">same way that </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lamanites would later scourge </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Nephites. Judges also recounts Israel's descent into increasing wickedness and self-destruction</del>, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lays </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">blame </del>for <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this upon </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">faithless Generation 3</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joshua </ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">6</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joshua</ins>]]''' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">picks up </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">story less than a month after the conclusion </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Deuteronomy. The prophet Joshua succeeded Moses and led </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">faithful Generation 2 to conquer much </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Canaan]]. Israel prospered miraculously when it was obedient but was afflicted when disobedient. Similarly</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Canaanites were destroyed except when they took action to submit to God's will. While the three conditions are not explicitly referenced in Joshua, Israel entered into a treaty </ins>with foreigners <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">only when it failed to inquire of God </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was fooled by the Gibeonites</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">And at the end </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joshua, Israel </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ready to go to civil war over </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">single act </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">perceived idolatry by </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">trans-Jordan tribes until the misunderstanding was resolved. The sin for which </ins>Israel <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was afflicted </ins>in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">story of </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">conquest of Ai was </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sin of any single individual</ins>, and the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">righteousness </ins>for <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which it was blessed was </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">righteousness of the entire people</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ruth </del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">8</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ruth</del>]]''' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">married Boaz during </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">time </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>Judges. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This book indicates that individuals, even non-Israelites such as Ruth, can live faithfully </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be blessed by </del>God, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">even though Israelite society as a whole is descending into wickedness. Ruth says nothing about </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Deuteronomistic History's concern regarding </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">worthiness of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">group</del>. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">inclusion </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ruth </del>in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Deuteronomistic History does make sense when it is understood as defending the worthiness </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a non-Israelite ancestor of king David</del>, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as a third companion </del>story to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </del>two <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">closing </del>stories <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in Judges regarding </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tribe </del>of Dan<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s apostasy </del>and the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tribe </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Benjamin</del>'s <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">destruction</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Judges </ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">7</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Judges</ins>]]''' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tells how </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">good start made in Joshua was followed by three centuries </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">decline. </ins>Judges <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">opens with an introduction in which the next Generation 3 was explicitly accused of violating the three key conditions for possession of the promised land</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The "covenant of complete conquest" was therefore replaced with a "covenant of partial conquest" in which the Philistines </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">other foreign peoples were left in the land to stir up Israel to remember </ins>God, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">similar to </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">way </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lamanites would later scourge </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Nephites</ins>. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">main body </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Judges recounts three pairs of stories that describe Israel's descent into increasing wickedness, disunity, and self-destruction. </ins>in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">central pair </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">stories the Lord miraculously delivered Israel through the judge Gideon</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Israel then turned upon the sons of that deliverer in the </ins>story <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Abimelech, symbolizing Israel's relationship </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">God who brought it up out of Egypt. The book closes with an epilogue containing </ins>two <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">more </ins>stories <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">about </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tribes </ins>of Dan and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Benjamin that again lay </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">blame for Israel' sorry condition upon the faithless Generation 3. In Judges, the sins for which Israel was afflicted were the sins </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the people, and the book concludes by stating four times that Israel</ins>'s <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sorry state was the result of not having a king</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Samuel </del>|<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">9-10</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Samuel</del>]]''' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">begins about 1050 BC. It recounts </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reign </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">final judge Samuel and </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">kings Saul and David</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">During this time Israel had kings</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but it was </del>still <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">using </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tabernacle rather than </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">temple</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ruth </ins>|<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">8</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ruth</ins>]]''' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">married Boaz during </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">time </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Judges. The book </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ruth says nothing about </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Deuteronomistic History's concern with the worthiness of the nation</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This book instead indicates that individuals</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">even non-Israelites such as Ruth, could </ins>still <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">choose to live faithfully and be blessed by God, even though Israelite society as a whole was descending into wickedness. Ruth can be understood in this way as a contrast to </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">two closing stories in Judges regarding the tribes of Dan and Benjamin, and also as </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">defense for the intermarriage of king David's ancestor Boaz with the foreigner Ruth</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Kings |11-12. Kings]]''' tells the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">400 year story </del>of the first Jerusalem temple, also known as the Temple of Solomon. The first part of Kings recounts the reign of Solomon <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and the dedication of </del>the temple <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in 961 BC. After Solomon</del>, the kingdom <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was divided </del>into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A century later around 850 BC</del>, the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">middle part </del>of Kings <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dwells on </del>the ministries of Elijah and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">his successor </del>Elisha<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Another century later in 723 BC</del>, [[Assyria]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">conquered </del>the Northern Kingdom and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">carried off </del>the Lost Ten Tribes. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The last part of </del>Kings <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">relates the story of the remaining Southern Kingdom of Judah until it submitted to </del>[[Babylon]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">another century later in 605 BC</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Many Israelites were </del>carried away north to [[Babylon]], others fled south to [[Egypt]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and following two Jewish rebellions</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Babylon]] destroyed the temple in 587 BC</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''[[Samuel |9-10. Samuel]]''' begins with the reigns of judges Eli and Samuel but is concerned primarily with the the reigns of the first two kings Saul and David. Despite any other failings, Saul and David both consistently stamped out idolatry for two generations, and by the end of this time Israel occupied all of the promised land out to its ideal borders. The devotion for which Israel was blessed at the beginning under judge Samuel was the devotion of the people, but the devotion for which it was blessed at the end of the book under the monarchy was the devotion of the king David. During this time the center of worship is identified as the ark of the covenant rather than the entire the tabernacle.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Kings |11-12. Kings]]''' tells the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">history </ins>of the first Jerusalem temple, also known as the Temple of Solomon<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Kings also tells how the good start made under Israel's first two kings was followed by a third faithless king who initiated three centuries of general spiritual decline, in much the same way that the good start made under Joshua was followed in Judges by a faithless third generation that initiated three centuries of decline</ins>. The first part of Kings recounts the reign of Solomon<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, who built </ins>the temple, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but then violated the three key conditions for possessing the promised land, which was punished by a division of </ins>the kingdom into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The second part of Kings is concerned with "the sin of Jeroboam</ins>,<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">first king of the Northern Kingdom, who instituted as national policy a local form of idolatry in the form of two golden calfs located at Dan and Bethel. The third and four parts </ins>of Kings <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">recount </ins>the ministries of Elijah and Elisha <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and their fight against "the sin of the House of Ahab</ins>,<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" who violated all three conditions and introduced worship of the foreign idol Baal. The fifth and final part of Kings relates </ins>[[Assyria <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|Assyria's</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">destruction of </ins>the Northern Kingdom <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for failure to keep the covenant made in Deuteronomy </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">carrying away </ins>the Lost Ten Tribes. Kings <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">concludes by relating </ins>[[Babylon <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|Babylon's</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">subsequent conquest of the Southern Kingdom for "the sins of Manasseh," which included many murders and intentional defilement of the temple altar with idolatry</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Babylon also destroyed the temple and </ins>carried away <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">many Israelites </ins>north to [[Babylon]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">while </ins>others fled south to [[Egypt]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. In Kings</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the sins for which Israel was afflicted were the three enumerated sins of its kings</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">all relating to idolatry</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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</table>KurtEliesonhttp://feastupontheword.org/index.php?title=Old_Testament:_Organization&diff=160410&oldid=prevKurtElieson: /* Second Historical Cycle */2018-08-12T07:02:11Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Second Historical Cycle</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The first group of books in the Old Testament is the "Law," also known as the "Torah," as the [[Five Books of Moses]], or as the "Pentateuch." These books set forth the origin of the House of Israel as God's covenant people and the law that Israel must obey in order to enjoy its God-given right to possess the land of [[Canaan]]. These books are further discussed as a group at [[Five Books of Moses]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The first group of books in the Old Testament is the "Law," also known as the "Torah," as the [[Five Books of Moses]], or as the "Pentateuch." These books set forth the origin of the House of Israel as God's covenant people and the law that Israel must obey in order to enjoy its God-given right to possess the land of [[Canaan]]. These books are further discussed as a group at <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</ins>[[Five Books of Moses]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Genesis |1. Genesis]]''' is the founding story of the House of Israel. It recounts the creation of the world, Abraham's genealogy back to Adam, Abraham's special covenant relationship with God, the passing of that Abrahamic Covenant to Isaac and then to Jacob, and how that covenant then passed not only to one favored son but to all of Jacob's descendants as a group.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Genesis |1. Genesis]]''' is the founding story of the House of Israel. It recounts the creation of the world, Abraham's genealogy back to Adam, Abraham's special covenant relationship with God, the passing of that Abrahamic Covenant to Isaac and then to Jacob, and how that covenant then passed not only to one favored son but to all of Jacob's descendants as a group.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The First Historical Cycle <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from </del>Joshua <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </del>Kings is commonly known as the "Former Prophets." It is also sometimes called "Deuteronomistic History" because it recounts Israel's history in the promised land in terms that are defined by the covenant made under Moses's leadership at Mount Sinai and then renewed in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''[[</del>Deuteronomy<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]'''</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The First Historical Cycle <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</ins>Joshua <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">- </ins>Kings<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">) </ins>is commonly known as the "Former Prophets." It is also sometimes called <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </ins>"Deuteronomistic History" because it recounts Israel's history in the promised land in terms that are defined by the covenant made under Moses's leadership at Mount Sinai and then renewed in Deuteronomy. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Although there is no gap in </ins>the historical narrative between the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Five Books </ins>of Moses and the First Historical Cycle<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, there are two </ins>significant <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">changes that marks to movement from one group of </ins>books <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">next</ins>. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">first is that the House </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Israel moves from </ins>the wilderness <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to actual possession </ins>of the promised land of Canaan. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The second </ins>is that, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in contrast to </ins>Moses <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">who received laws </ins>that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">were to apply </ins>for <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">many </ins>generations, the First Historical Cycle <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">portrays subsequent prophets as receiving only revelation intended </ins>only to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">remind </ins>Israel of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the </ins>Law <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">received </ins>through Moses or to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">provide situational guidance </ins>not <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">intended </ins>to be <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">binding </ins>a a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rule upon future generations</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">These books are further discussed </ins>as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a group </ins>at '''[[First <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Historical Cycle</ins>]]'''.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==== Transition from </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Law to the First Historical Cycle ====</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The books of Moses (Genesis - Deuteronomy) and the First Historical Cycle (Joshua - Kings) provide a single uninterrupted </del>historical narrative<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. There is a gap of less than 30 days </del>between <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Deuteronomy at </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of the books </del>of Moses and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joshua at the beginning of </del>the First Historical Cycle<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">One </del>significant <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">difference between the </del>books <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Moses and </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">First Historical Cycle is a change of location</del>. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">last four books </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Moses (Exodus - Deuteronomy) all occurred in </del>the wilderness<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The books </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the First Historical Cycle (Joshua - Kings) all occured in </del>the promised land of Canaan.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Another significant difference </del>is that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">throughout the last four books of Moses (Exodus - Deuteronomy)</del>, Moses <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is continually receiving and announcing portions of “The Law” </del>that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will govern Israel </del>for generations <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to come. In contrast</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">while Joshua and other prophets of </del>the First Historical Cycle <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">receive revelations from God, those revelations concern what is to be done </del>only <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in the moment and do not announce additional multi-generational rules beyond those already announced by Moses. Moses was the lawgiver, and the revelations given </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the prophets who followed is portrayed as implementing and reminding </del>Israel of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that </del>Law<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, but not adding to or changing that Law.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==== Reading Israel’s subsequent history </del>through <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the lens of Deuteronomy ====</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The First Historical Cycle is easier to understand with the following portions of Deuteronomy in mind.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* From the entire Law, </del>Moses <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">emphasized two sets of rules:</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">:* Moses reminded the Israelites of the importance of the Ten Commandments, as shown by the fact that this portion of the Law was not given to Moses at Sinai in private, but was given by God  publicly within the hearing of the entire congregation. And the first two of the Ten Commandments are to have no other gods and to not make graven idols. ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/5.1-8?lang=eng Deut 5:1-8]).</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">::# No alliances with the Canaanites </del>or <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">other foreigners;</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">::# No idolatry. ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/7.1-6?lang=eng Deut 7:1-6]).</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Moses told the children of Israel that they would come </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">possess Canaan ‘’little by little’‘ as the Israelites increased in number sufficient to occupy the full extent of the land. ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/7.22?lang=eng#21 Deut 7:22]).</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Moses explained that the land was taken from the Canaanites and given to Israel, </del>not <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">because of Israel’s righteousness, but only because of the wickedness of the former inhabitants. ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/9.4-6?lang=eng#3 Deut 9:4-6]; also see [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/15.13-16?lang=eng#12 Gen 15:16]).</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Moses then warned Israel that when it became wicked, and in particular when it became idolatrous, God would then come out against Israel </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">destroy and scatter it. ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/4.23-28?lang=eng#24 Deut 4:23-28]; [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/28.58-64?lang=eng#57 Deut 28:58-64]).</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==== Five periods of Biblical history ====</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Biblical history can </del>be <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">divided into five broad periods. Except for the first introductory period described in Genesis, each is characterized by </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">brief initial period of righteousness followed by </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">long period a decline in both the righteousness and success of the Israelites in Canaan</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* The first period was the age of the patriarchs from Adam all the way down to Jacob. Genesis describes worship during this period </del>as <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">occurring </del>at <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">altars.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* The second period was the House of Israel's sojourn in Egypt for about 400 years. This period began well under the leadership of Joseph, but over time conditions deteriorated until, by the end of this period, Israel was reduced to slavery. The forty-year transition from this period to the next, as Israel wandered in the wilderness, is recounted in Exodus - Deuteronomy.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* The third period of about another 400 years was Israel’s possession of Canaan under Joshua and the judges. The center of worship during this period was the portable Tabernacle built after leaving Egypt. This period also began well for a generation under the leadership of Joshua as recounted in the book of </del>'''[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joshua]]'''. But this initial good start was followed by a long period of decline in both righteousness and circumstances as recounted in the book of '''[[Judges]]'''.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* The fourth period of yet another 400 years was Israel’s continued possession under the monarchy that began with Saul and ended with the Babylonian Captivity. The center of worship during this time was the </del>First <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jerusalem Temple built by Solomon. This period also began well for two generations under Saul and David as recounted in the book of '''[[Samuel</del>]]'''. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This initial resurgence was again followed by a long period of decline as recounted in the book of '''[[Kings]]''' until Israel was conquered by Assyria and Babylon.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Following a transitional period of seventy years during the Babylonian Captivity, the fifth and final period was Israel’s renewed possession of Canaan as a conquered province under the Persians, Greeks, and Romans for about 600 years until shortly after Christ’s ministry with the destruction of the Second Jerusalem Temple and banishment of the Jews from Jerusalem.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==== The books of the First Historical Cycle ====</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Joshua |6. Joshua]]''' picks up the story less than a month after Deuteronomy left off. The prophet Joshua succeeded Moses and led the faithful Generation 2 to conquer much of [[Canaan]].  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Joshua |6. Joshua]]''' picks up the story less than a month after Deuteronomy left off. The prophet Joshua succeeded Moses and led the faithful Generation 2 to conquer much of [[Canaan]].  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Kings |11-12. Kings]]''' tells the 400 year story of the first Jerusalem temple, also known as the Temple of Solomon. The first part of Kings recounts the reign of Solomon and the dedication of the temple in 961 BC. After Solomon, the kingdom was divided into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. A century later around 850 BC, the middle part of Kings dwells on the ministries of Elijah and his successor Elisha. Another century later in 723 BC, [[Assyria]] conquered the Northern Kingdom and carried off the Lost Ten Tribes. The last part of Kings relates the story of the remaining Southern Kingdom of Judah until it submitted to [[Babylon]] another century later in 605 BC. Many Israelites were carried away north to [[Babylon]], others fled south to [[Egypt]], and following two Jewish rebellions, [[Babylon]] destroyed the temple in 587 BC.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Kings |11-12. Kings]]''' tells the 400 year story of the first Jerusalem temple, also known as the Temple of Solomon. The first part of Kings recounts the reign of Solomon and the dedication of the temple in 961 BC. After Solomon, the kingdom was divided into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. A century later around 850 BC, the middle part of Kings dwells on the ministries of Elijah and his successor Elisha. Another century later in 723 BC, [[Assyria]] conquered the Northern Kingdom and carried off the Lost Ten Tribes. The last part of Kings relates the story of the remaining Southern Kingdom of Judah until it submitted to [[Babylon]] another century later in 605 BC. Many Israelites were carried away north to [[Babylon]], others fled south to [[Egypt]], and following two Jewish rebellions, [[Babylon]] destroyed the temple in 587 BC.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* When the Northern Kingdom of Israel was subsequently destroyed in 721 BC and carried off to become the Lost Ten Tribes, the author of Kings gave this extremely important event only 6 verses and then spent the next 19 verses explaining that this destruction was caused by Israel’s idolatry and rejection of the covenant made at Sinai and renewed in Deuteronomy. ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-kgs/17.1-6,12,15?lang=eng 17:1-25])</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* The author of Kings also expressly states that the Southern Kingdom of Judah was then given into the hand of Babylon in 605 for the sins of king Manasseh, namely idolatry and also murder. ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-kgs/24.3-4?lang=eng#2 24:3-4] [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/2-kgs/21.1-9?lang=eng 21:1-9]).</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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</table>KurtEliesonhttp://feastupontheword.org/index.php?title=Old_Testament:_Organization&diff=160374&oldid=prevKurtElieson: /* History */ Adding significant introductory material to First Historical Cycle2018-08-12T05:06:26Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> Adding significant introductory material to First Historical Cycle</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">first historical cycle </del>from Joshua to Kings is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also </del>known as the "Former Prophets." It is also <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">known as the </del>"Deuteronomistic History" because it recounts Israel's <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">successes and failures in maintaining an inheritance </del>in the promised land <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">under </del>the covenant <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of complete conquest as those terms were spelled out </del>in Deuteronomy.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">First Historical Cycle </ins>from Joshua to Kings is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">commonly </ins>known as the "Former Prophets." It is also <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sometimes called </ins>"Deuteronomistic History" because it recounts Israel's <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">history </ins>in the promised land <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in terms that are defined by </ins>the covenant <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">made under Moses's leadership at Mount Sinai and then renewed </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''[[</ins>Deuteronomy<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]'''</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The books of Genesis <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">through 2 </del>Kings provide a single <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">continuous history </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Israel</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">But while </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Law given through </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lawgiver </del>Moses (<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Genesis </del>- Deuteronomy) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">also spells out </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">covenant laws </del>that Israel was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">required </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">obey</del>, the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Deuteronomistic History </del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joshua </del>- <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2 Kings</del>) <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">does not adding </del>to that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">list </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">laws</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This distinction explains why Genesis </del>- <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Deuteronomy </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Joshua </del>- <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Kings are placed </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">separate groups</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">even though there </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no gap at </del>all as the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">story moves </del>from <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">one book </del>to the next, and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">even though </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">books </del>in both <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">groups explain Israel</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s prosperity </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">terms </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">its obedience to those laws</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==== Transition from the Law to the First Historical Cycle ====</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The books of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Moses (</ins>Genesis <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">- Deuteronomy) and the First Historical Cycle (Joshua - </ins>Kings<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">) </ins>provide a single <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">uninterrupted historical narrative. There is a gap </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">less than 30 days between Deuteronomy at the of the books of Moses and Joshua at the beginning of the First Historical Cycle</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">One significant difference between </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">books of Moses and </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">First Historical Cycle is a change of location. The last four books of </ins>Moses (<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Exodus </ins>- Deuteronomy) <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">all occurred in </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wilderness. The books of the First Historical Cycle (Joshua - Kings) all occured in the promised land of Canaan.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Another significant difference is that throughout the last four books of Moses (Exodus - Deuteronomy), Moses is continually receiving and announcing portions of “The Law” </ins>that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">will govern </ins>Israel <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for generations to come. In contrast, while Joshua and other prophets of the First Historical Cycle receive revelations from God, those revelations concern what is to be done only in the moment and do not announce additional multi-generational rules beyond those already announced by Moses. Moses </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the lawgiver, and the revelations given </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the prophets who followed is portrayed as implementing and reminding Israel of that Law</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but not adding to or changing that Law.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==== Reading Israel’s subsequent history through </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lens of Deuteronomy ====</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The First Historical Cycle is easier to understand with the following portions of Deuteronomy in mind.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* From the entire Law, Moses emphasized two sets of rules:</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">:* Moses reminded the Israelites of the importance of the Ten Commandments, as shown by the fact that this portion of the Law was not given to Moses at Sinai in private, but was given by God  publicly within the hearing of the entire congregation. And the first two of the Ten Commandments are to have no other gods and to not make graven idols. </ins>(<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/5.1</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">8?lang=eng Deut 5:1-8]</ins>)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">:* Moses also emphasized a set of three conditions upon which Israel would possess the promised land:</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">::# No alliances with the Canaanites or other foreigners;</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">::# No intermarriage with the Canaanites or other foreigners; and</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">::# No idolatry. ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/7.1-6?lang=eng Deut 7:1-6]).</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Moses told the children of Israel that they would come </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">possess Canaan ‘’little by little’‘ as the Israelites increased in number sufficient to occupy the full extent of the land. ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/7.22?lang=eng#21 Deut 7:22]).</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Moses explained </ins>that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the land was taken from the Canaanites and given to Israel, not because </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Israel’s righteousness, but only because of the wickedness of the former inhabitants</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/9.4</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">6?lang=eng#3 Deut 9:4-6]; also see [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/15.13-16?lang=eng#12 Gen 15:16]).</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Moses then warned Israel that when it became wicked, </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in particular when it became idolatrous, God would then come out against Israel to destroy and scatter it. ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/4.23</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">28?lang=eng#24 Deut 4:23-28]; [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/deut/28.58-64?lang=eng#57 Deut 28:58-64]).</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==== Five periods of Biblical history ====</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Biblical history can be divided into five broad periods. Except for the first introductory period described </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Genesis</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">each </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">characterized by a brief initial period of righteousness followed by a long period a decline in both the righteousness and success of the Israelites in Canaan.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* The first period was the age of the patriarchs from Adam </ins>all <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the way down to Jacob. Genesis describes worship during this period </ins>as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">occurring at altars.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* The second period was </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">House of Israel's sojourn in Egypt for about 400 years. This period began well under the leadership of Joseph, but over time conditions deteriorated until, by the end of this period, Israel was reduced to slavery. The forty-year transition </ins>from <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this period </ins>to the next, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as Israel wandered in the wilderness, is recounted in Exodus - Deuteronomy.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* The third period of about another 400 years was Israel’s possession of Canaan under Joshua </ins>and the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">judges. The center of worship during this period was the portable Tabernacle built after leaving Egypt. This period also began well for a generation under the leadership of Joshua as recounted in the book of '''[[Joshua]]'''. But this initial good start was followed by a long period of decline </ins>in both <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">righteousness and circumstances as recounted in the book of </ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[Judges]]'''.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* The fourth period of yet another 400 years was Israel’s continued possession under the monarchy that began with Saul and ended with the Babylonian Captivity. The center of worship during this time was the First Jerusalem Temple built by Solomon. This period also began well for two generations under Saul and David as recounted </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the book </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''[[Samuel]]'''</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This initial resurgence was again followed by a long period of decline as recounted in the book of '''[[Kings]]''' until Israel was conquered by Assyria and Babylon.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Following a transitional period of seventy years during the Babylonian Captivity, the fifth and final period was Israel’s renewed possession of Canaan as a conquered province under the Persians, Greeks, and Romans for about 600 years until shortly after Christ’s ministry with the destruction of the Second Jerusalem Temple and banishment of the Jews from Jerusalem.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Joshua |6. Joshua]]''' picks up the story less than a month after Deuteronomy left off. The prophet Joshua succeeded Moses and led the faithful Generation 2 to conquer much of [[Canaan]].  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Joshua |6. Joshua]]''' picks up the story less than a month after Deuteronomy left off. The prophet Joshua succeeded Moses and led the faithful Generation 2 to conquer much of [[Canaan]].  </div></td></tr>
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</table>KurtEliesonhttp://feastupontheword.org/index.php?title=Old_Testament:_Organization&diff=160307&oldid=prevKurtElieson: /* The Law */2018-02-12T00:02:10Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">The Law</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Genesis |1. Genesis]]''' is the founding story of the House of Israel. It recounts the creation of the world, Abraham's genealogy back to Adam, Abraham's special covenant relationship with God, the passing of that Abrahamic Covenant to Isaac and then to Jacob, and how that covenant then passed not only to one favored son but to all of Jacob's descendants as a group.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Genesis |1. Genesis]]''' is the founding story of the House of Israel. It recounts the creation of the world, Abraham's genealogy back to Adam, Abraham's special covenant relationship with God, the passing of that Abrahamic Covenant to Isaac and then to Jacob, and how that covenant then passed not only to one favored son but to all of Jacob's descendants as a group.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Chronicles |13-14. Chronicles]]''' was written after the Babylonian Captivity (605-538 BC). But Chronicles does not pick up the story where Kings left off. First Chronicles instead covers the same historical ground as Genesis - Samuel, including nine chapters of genealogy going back to Adam, a chapter on King Saul (r. 1049-1009 BC), and nineteen chapters on King David. Second Chronicles then covers the same several hundred years of history as First and Second Kings. Chronicles ends with four verses recounting the Babylonian Captivity, the fall of [[Babylon]] to [[Persia]], and the Persian emperor Cyrus’s decree in 538 BC allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[Chronicles |13-14. Chronicles]]''' was written after the Babylonian Captivity (605-538 BC). But Chronicles does not pick up the story where Kings left off. First Chronicles instead covers the same historical ground as Genesis - Samuel, including nine chapters of genealogy going back to Adam, a chapter on King Saul (r. 1049-1009 BC), and nineteen chapters on King David. Second Chronicles then covers the same several hundred years of history as First and Second Kings. Chronicles ends with four verses recounting the Babylonian Captivity, the fall of [[Babylon]] to [[Persia]], and the Persian emperor Cyrus’s decree in 538 BC allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jewish identity changed over time, in large part during and as a result of the Babylonian Captivity. During the Babylonian Captivity, large and active Jewish communities were established in Babylon, in the Nile delta of Egypt, and elsewhere. Increased importance was therefore naturally given to aspects of religious practice that did not require a national temple, such as reading from written scripture, observing the Sabbath, and the local synagogue. Even after many Jews returned from Babylon to Judah, most Jews continued to live outside of Judah among the scattered Diaspora. Thus, even after the Babylonian Captivity ended, the Jews became less a geopolitical entity defending a piece of land from foreign armies, and more an ethno-religious identity defending itself against impurity, whether in the form of unorthodox religious practices or intermarriage with foreigners. During this period of Second Temple Judaism, the period of Jewish history into which Christ was later born, Jewish national identity was concerned much more than it had been previously with exclusivity based upon ethnic and religious purity.<ref>See the notes at [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">History </del>of the Old Testament#second-temple-judaism]].</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jewish identity changed over time, in large part during and as a result of the Babylonian Captivity. During the Babylonian Captivity, large and active Jewish communities were established in Babylon, in the Nile delta of Egypt, and elsewhere. Increased importance was therefore naturally given to aspects of religious practice that did not require a national temple, such as reading from written scripture, observing the Sabbath, and the local synagogue. Even after many Jews returned from Babylon to Judah, most Jews continued to live outside of Judah among the scattered Diaspora. Thus, even after the Babylonian Captivity ended, the Jews became less a geopolitical entity defending a piece of land from foreign armies, and more an ethno-religious identity defending itself against impurity, whether in the form of unorthodox religious practices or intermarriage with foreigners. During this period of Second Temple Judaism, the period of Jewish history into which Christ was later born, Jewish national identity was concerned much more than it had been previously with exclusivity based upon ethnic and religious purity.<ref>See the notes at [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Historical Overview </ins>of the Old Testament#second-temple-judaism]].</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Thus, the emphasis in the Deuteronomistic Historical Cycle, which was written before the Babylonian Captivity, is on obedience and disobedience to the terms of the Sinai Covenant as renewed in Deuteronomy. The Second Temple Historical Cycle, written after the Babylonian Captivity, instead emphasizes the importance of having a ruler from the tribe of Judah and from the house of David, and treats the Northern Kingdom, ruled instead by the tribe of Ephraim, as though it were a foreign nation and not even Israelite. This difference in emphasis helps to explain why Chronicles ignores Israelite history prior to King David except to say that the prior King Saul was bad and to provide genealogical records establishing Judah's birthright right to the Abrahamic Covenant.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Thus, the emphasis in the Deuteronomistic Historical Cycle, which was written before the Babylonian Captivity, is on obedience and disobedience to the terms of the Sinai Covenant as renewed in Deuteronomy. The Second Temple Historical Cycle, written after the Babylonian Captivity, instead emphasizes the importance of having a ruler from the tribe of Judah and from the house of David, and treats the Northern Kingdom, ruled instead by the tribe of Ephraim, as though it were a foreign nation and not even Israelite. This difference in emphasis helps to explain why Chronicles ignores Israelite history prior to King David except to say that the prior King Saul was bad and to provide genealogical records establishing Judah's birthright right to the Abrahamic Covenant.</div></td></tr>
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