Difference between revisions of "Structure – Sefer Bereshit/0"
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<category name="Universal History"> | <category name="Universal History"> | ||
Subdivision of Unit I – "Universal History" | Subdivision of Unit I – "Universal History" | ||
| − | <b>I. Creation Take One: From Adam to Noach (1 – 5)</b><br/><b>II. Creation Take Two: From Noach to Avraham (6 – 11)</b> <br/> | + | <p><b>I. Creation Take One: From Adam to Noach (1 – 5)</b><br/><b>II. Creation Take Two: From Noach to Avraham (6 – 11)</b> <br/> |
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<li><b>Plot</b> – The first unit describes Hashem's initial creation of the world and the failures of its first inhabitants.  Hashem's subsequent destruction of the world and its recreation are described in the second unit.</li> | <li><b>Plot</b> – The first unit describes Hashem's initial creation of the world and the failures of its first inhabitants.  Hashem's subsequent destruction of the world and its recreation are described in the second unit.</li> | ||
<li><b>Characters</b> – While the first section focuses on Adam and his descendants, the second tells of Noach and his offspring.</li> | <li><b>Characters</b> – While the first section focuses on Adam and his descendants, the second tells of Noach and his offspring.</li> | ||
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<category name="Avraham's Descendants"> | <category name="Avraham's Descendants"> | ||
Subdivision of Unit II – "Selection of a Chosen Family" | Subdivision of Unit II – "Selection of a Chosen Family" | ||
| − | <b>I. Patriarchs and Matriarchs (12 – 36)</b><br/><b>II. The Children of Israel: the Twelve Tribes (37 – 50)</b> <br/> | + | <p><b>I. Patriarchs and Matriarchs (12 – 36)</b><br/><b>II. The Children of Israel: the Twelve Tribes (37 – 50)</b> <br/> |
| − | <ul> | + | <ul></p> |
<li><b>Plot</b> – The first unit speaks of the lives, struggles and accomplishments of each of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs.  In discussing each generation, much of the narrative is devoted to the search for an individual heir to receive Hashem's blessing.  The second unit moves to discuss the choice of all twelve tribes.  The narrative, like that of the first unit, speaks of challenges, triumphs, and significant sibling rivalry as the brothers (unlike the reader) do not know that they are all to be the chosen ones.</li> | <li><b>Plot</b> – The first unit speaks of the lives, struggles and accomplishments of each of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs.  In discussing each generation, much of the narrative is devoted to the search for an individual heir to receive Hashem's blessing.  The second unit moves to discuss the choice of all twelve tribes.  The narrative, like that of the first unit, speaks of challenges, triumphs, and significant sibling rivalry as the brothers (unlike the reader) do not know that they are all to be the chosen ones.</li> | ||
<li><b>Characters</b> – While the first section focuses on the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, the second section turns to the interactions between Yaakov's 12 sons, later to head the tribes of Israel. </li> | <li><b>Characters</b> – While the first section focuses on the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, the second section turns to the interactions between Yaakov's 12 sons, later to head the tribes of Israel. </li> | ||
Version as of 09:14, 27 August 2017
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