{"id":7932,"date":"2018-07-09T09:24:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/?p=7932"},"modified":"2018-07-11T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T18:31:07","slug":"bible-in-a-year-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/bible-in-a-year-week-2","title":{"rendered":"Bible In a Year 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/dusty-bible-600x345.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2135 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/dusty-bible-600x345-300x172.jpg?resize=300%2C172&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>Torah \u2013 week 2 of 8<\/p>\n<p>Readings for the Week July 16-21, 2018<\/p>\n<p>Theme of the week: The stories of Joseph<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday:\u00a0Genesis chapters 27, 28, 29 &amp; 30<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday: Genesis chapters 31, 32 &amp; 33<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday:\u00a0Genesis chapters 34, 35 &amp; 36<\/li>\n<li>Thursday:\u00a0Genesis chapters 37, 38, &amp; 39<\/li>\n<li>Friday:\u00a0Genesis chapters 40, 41 &amp; 42<\/li>\n<li>Saturday:\u00a0Genesis chapters 43, 44, &amp; 45The Bible In A Year \u2013 Torah \u2013 week 2 of 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Framework for Understanding<br \/>\nWhere did the Bible Come From?<br \/>\nWhy is it important to understand the background and beginnings of the Bible? To gain a more complete understanding of God, it is important to understand the \u201cwho, what, when, where and why\u201d of its beginnings. Many people deciding to read the entire Bible \u201ccover to cover\u201d discover by the third chapter of Genesis that the Bible is not a single story, but a blending of many stories revealing the person and nature of God.<\/p>\n<p>Biblical scholars have identified several \u201cvoices\u201d in the pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) which add a distinctive element to the overall story: The sources are referred to by a letter:<br \/>\nJ \u2013 uses \u201cYahweh\u201d (in German written \u201cJehweh\u201d) to refer to God.<br \/>\nE \u2013 used \u201cElohim\u201d (Hebrew word for God) to refer to God<br \/>\nThese two source provide many of the \u201cdoublets\u201d found in the scriptures. Doublets are stories told twice.<br \/>\nP \u2013 is concerned with the Priestly role and ancestry<br \/>\nD \u2013 is the primary contributor to the book of Deuteronomy<\/p>\n<p>Examples of theses distinct voices may be experienced:<br \/>\nJ \u2013 very personal God, who walks and talks with people<br \/>\nE \u2013 more distant God, who communicates through dreams and angles<br \/>\nP \u2013 a God that is very concerned with order \u2013 boundaries, ancestry<br \/>\nD \u2013 God is invisible, without form<\/p>\n<p>The work of listening for different voices can be beneficial, particularly living in a multi-cultural environment. Just as we can learn something important about God from each of the voices listed above, so we can learn something important about God by listening to Bibles stories told from various modern cultural perspectives.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torah \u2013 week 2 of 8 Readings for the Week July 16-21, 2018 Theme of the week: The stories of Joseph Monday:\u00a0Genesis chapters 27, 28, 29 &amp; 30 Tuesday: Genesis chapters 31, 32 &amp; 33 Wednesday:\u00a0Genesis chapters 34, 35 &amp; 36 Thursday:\u00a0Genesis chapters 37, 38, &amp; 39 Friday:\u00a0Genesis chapters 40, 41 &amp; 42 Saturday:\u00a0Genesis chapters [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-bible-studies","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 23:08:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}