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THE GENERATIONS OF TERAH 11:27-32
34, Yhat was the principle of imitative magic which
characterized this Cult?
3 j, Explain the follo%ing practices: ritual prostitution,
phallic worship, orgiastic religion, ecstatic religion,
3 6, What was the Roman Saturnalia?
37, What was the essential character of these ancient
“agricultural” or “fertility” rites and festivals?
38, What evidence do we have from archaeology that the
cultural background portrayed in the book of Genesis,
in the patriarchal narratives, is historically correct?
39. Review the critical theories of the patriarchal narra-
tives as given by Leupold and the objections to each
of them.
40. Discuss the chronological problem of the Abrahamic
Pilgrimage in relation to the Mosaic authorship of the
Torah. How may the problem be resolved?
41. State clearly the problem of Ur and Haran in rela-
tion to the Call of Abram.
42. For what especially are all Christians indebted to the
ancient Children of Israel?
43. How account for the fact that Children of Israel
succeeded in large measure in resisting the inroads of
the pagan Cult of Fertility?
44. How old was Abram when he left Haran for the Land
of Promise. Whom did he take with him?
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