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THE OLD COVENANT
3 4. Explain the customs of sub-incision, introcision, and
infibulation, as practiced by primitives? Do we find
any of these practices in the history of the Israelites?
What does all this prove with regard to the purity of
Hebrew monotheism?
3 5. What Old Testament incident shows that circurncision
was not to be treated lightly by the Children
of Israel? Explain.
3 6. What reasons are suggested for the provision that
circumcision of males should take place on the eighth
day after birth?
37. What provision shows us that the blessings of the
Covenant were to be extended to others as well as
those born in Abraham’s household? To what others
were these blessings extended?
3 8. What was the penalty for disobedience to the law of
circumcision? Did this penalty include anything
beyond excommunication from the commonwealth?
39. What was the design of the Covenant-Sign?
was it related to the Messianic hope?
How
40. Who was now specified to become the Covenant-Heir?
What significance in the change of Sarai’s name to
Sarah?
41. What are the various explanations of Abraham’s
“laughter” on receiving the promise of Isaac’s birth?
42. What does Cornfeld say about this? How does
Murphy explain it? Speiser? Leupold? How do you
explain it?
43. Did Abraham’s laughter differ from that of Sarah
later? Explain.
44. Can we say that Abraham “was a man of faith who
had moments of doubt”? Can we say the same of
ourselves?
4J. How does God reply to Abraham’s intercession for
Ishmael?
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