Lesson 7-8 Pentateuch PDF

**Introduction** ================ Pentateuch is the first five books in the Bible. In this module, we will delve into the background of each book and its message on how God relates with His people \[the Israelites\]. God sets the foundation on how to live a good life by living with His commandments...

**Introduction** ================ Pentateuch is the first five books in the Bible. In this module, we will delve into the background of each book and its message on how God relates with His people \[the Israelites\]. God sets the foundation on how to live a good life by living with His commandments. In these five books, we can read the Creation Story, The Fall: Sin, God's Call and Promise of Salvation, the Exile, God's covenant with Israel and Formation of God's people. Hence, this module will help its readers to explore the background, events and messages of the First-Five Books, the Pentateuch. We begin our class by praying the prayer for creation. +in the name of the Father; and of the Son; and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. **The PRAYER FOR CREATION** *All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe* *and in the smallest of your creatures.* *You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.* *Pour out upon us the power of your love,* *that we may protect life and beauty.* *Fill us with peace, that we may live* *as brothers and sisters, harming no one.* *O God of the poor,* *help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,* *so precious in your eyes.* *Bring healing to our lives,* *that we may protect the world and not prey on it,* *that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.* *Touch the hearts* *of those who look only for gain* *at the expense of the poor and the earth.* *Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,* *to be filled with awe and contemplation,* *to recognize that we are profoundly united* *with every creature as we journey towards your infinite light.* *We thank you for being with us each day.* *Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle* *for justice, love and peace. AMEN.* *ST. FRANCIS, pray for us.* **ACTIVITY** Word Search L A A C A N A A N N A A --- ----- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- A I A E E L U C A M N W T I X I S A N A Z Y A T I T H E S S U S Z D P I A E M Y L L I E G Y C R E A T I O N H N G O R A C L E S C S I E C I F I R C A S E R C R E V A L S A E T R E T N A N E V O C I E N A N I S K A T T V F S E N O M A R Y Y E F U A M R E D S E A L O S R E N E W A L Z X a. List down at least 10 terms related to Pentateuch that you can find in the word box. Identify from what book of the Pentateuch (*Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy*) they can be found. Write your answers on the table provided. Found Terms Book/s where it can be found ------------------- ------------------------------ Example: COVENANT EXODUS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. **Acquisition of New Knowledge** A. Pentateuch **Pentateuch is the core of the Torah, or Law; formed as a narrative memory of God's covenant with His people (CFC 423). It is also known as the First Books of Moses. These five books ascribed to Moses have a peculiar place in the structure of the Bible, and an order which is undeniably the order of the experience of the people of God in all ages.** **The term "Pentateuch" does not occur in Scripture, nor is it surely known when the text was thus separated into five parts. This book stands by itself as the first of a series of historical books beginning with the entrance of the Israelites to Canaan.** a. **Genesis** Genesis is a Greek word which means "origin". The story in Genesis is the beginning of life, and ruin through sin. Its first word, "In the beginning," is in striking contrast with the end, "in a coffin in Egypt." The word can mean "birth," "genealogy" or "history of origin." In both its Hebrew and Greek forms, the traditional title of Genesis appropriately describes its contents, since it is primarily a book of beginnings. Genesis is the origin of the human race (Gen. 1-11) and the origin of the people of God (Genesis 12-50). i. **The Creation Story** 1. Day and Night 2. Sky and Sea 3. Land and Trees 4. Sun and Moon 5. Birds and Fishes 6. Beast and Man 7. God rest. ii. **Descriptions of Creation in two accounts:** 8. God appears as the sovereign Lord who establishes creation in a formal six-day pattern. (Gen 1: 1-24a) 9. God is in a closer relationship with human beings. (Gen 2: 4b-25) iii. **The truth of the First Creation Narrative** 10. All things are created by God out of love and goodness. 11. All of His creations are good and with purpose. 12. The value of rest and recreation. 13. We are created in God's image and likeness; the basis of our human dignity. iv. **The truth of the Second Creation Narrative** 14. God is a personal and intimate God. 15. There in an interconnection among the things created by God. 16. God created humans as social and free beings created by God. 17. God created humans as social and free beings who are meant to live harmoniously with one another. 18. God created men and women to be equal and to live with dignity. v. **The Summary of the Findings about Creation Narrative** 19. God created all that is, including man. 20. Man is closely related to God, and at the same time man is related to the material world. 21. Man is given knowledge and free will. 22. Man must cultivate the earth and take care of it. 23. Man must obey God in order to have lasting happiness. 24. Man is the master over all other creatures. 25. Man and woman are equal in nature. 26. Man and woman become one in marriage. 27. At the beginning of mankind, man and woman lived in a state of sanctifying grace. b. **Exodus** The word exodus is a Latin word derived from the Greek "*Exodos*" meaning "exit" or "departure". It pertains to the journey of Moses towards the Promised Land with the Israelites. But later, after Moses, Joshua took over the mission. Thus exodus is a continuation of a narrative that began in Genesis and was completed in Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Exodus is the beginning of the formation of Moses and the Israelites. This book lays a foundational theology in which God reveals his name, his attributes, his redemption, his law and how He is to be worshipped. It also reports the appointment and work of Moses as the mediator of the Covenant, describes the beginning of the Priesthood in Israel, defines the role of the Prophet and relates how the ancient covenant relationship between God and his people came under the covenant given at Mount Sinai. "God made other promises recorded in the Bible. Often He gave them in the form of covenants. A covenant is an agreement, compact or contract between two or more parties. In the Bible, however, the term implies more of a formal treaty like commitment to a relationship. In the covenants God initiates, no negotiation of terms is allowed. God defines all of the conditions." One of the most important covenants God made was with the Israelites, Abraham's descendants through his son Isaac and grandson Jacob (renamed Israel). The apostle Paul says of them: "They are Israelites; theirs the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; theirs the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Messiah" (**Romans 9:4-5**, New American Bible). c. **Leviticus** Leviticus is in the middle of the five books making up "the Law," the heart of the Old Testament. It gets its name from the fact that it focuses especially in the ministry of the Levite priests, and the core of the book is the law of holiness. This tells us what God demands of the people who are privileged to belong to him, both in terms of their worship and of their daily lives. Leviticus is the book of worship and communion, the proper exercise of the redeemed. Leviticus receives its name from the Septuagint, the pre-Christian Greek translation of the Old Testament, and means "relating to the Levites." Although Leviticus does not deal only with the special duties of the Levites, it is so named because it concerns mainly the service of worship at the tabernacle, which was conducted by the priests who were sons of Aaron, assisted by many from the rest of the tribe of Levi. Exodus gave the directions for building the tabernacle, and now the Leviticus gives the laws and regulations for worship there, including instructions on ceremonial cleanness, moral laws, holy days, the Sabbath year and the Year of Jubilee. These laws were given, at least for the most part, during the year that Israel camped at Mount Sinai when God directed Moses in organizing Israel's worship, government and military forces. The book of Numbers continues the history with preparations for moving on from Sinai to Canaan. d. **Numbers** This book is called "Numbers" because it begins and ends with a census of the Israelites. The book assumes that on Sinai, immediately after the great revelation to Moses and the story of the golden calf, God gave all the laws that are mentioned in Leviticus. Numbers speaks of the experiences of a pilgrim people, the redeemed passing through a hostile scene to a promised inheritance. Numbers relate the story of Israel's journey from Mt. Sinai to the plains of Moab on the border of Canaan. Much of its legislation for people and priests is similar to the one in Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy. The book tells of the murmuring and rebellion of God's people and of their subsequent judgment. Those whom God had redeemed from slavery in Egypt and with whom he had made a covenant at Mt. Sinai responded not with faith, gratitude and obedience but with unbelief, ingratitude and repeated acts of rebellion, which came to extreme expression in their refusal to undertake the conquest of Canaan, the community of the redeemed forfeited their parts in the promised land. They were condemned to live out their lives in the desert; only their children would enjoy the fulfillment of the promise that had originally theirs. e. **Deuteronomy** Deuteronomy means "second law". It was so named because this law is recorded in the Bible after all the laws found in the books of Leviticus and Numbers. Nevertheless, it was partly written before those books. It was the first attempt at unifying commands and customs in order to give Israel the Law in which it would find life. Deuteronomy now makes known the great laws of the Love of God. Deuteronomy is a book of instruction for the redeemed people of Israel about to enter that inheritance. Deuteronomy locates Moses and the Israelites in the territory of Moab in the area where the Jordan flows into the Dead Sea (1:5). As his final act at this important time of transferring leadership to Joshua, Moses delivered his farewell addresses to prepare the people for their entrance of Canaan. In time, and he presented them in a way appropriate to the situation. In contrast to the matter-of-fact narratives of Leviticus and Numbers, here the words of Moses come to us from his heart as this servant of the Lord presses God's claims on his people Israel. **Application** Reflection: In not less than 100 words, just like Moses and Joshua, write your reflection on how you are going to be a life-giver in your own community. 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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **Assessment** Concept Web: From your understanding of the Pentateuch, supply concepts related to the five books. **Closing prayer:** We end our class with the prayer. +In the name of the Father; and of the Son; and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. **The PRAYER FOR CREATION** *All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe* *and in the smallest of your creatures.* *You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.* *Pour out upon us the power of your love,* *that we may protect life and beauty.* *Fill us with peace, that we may live* *as brothers and sisters, harming no one.* *O God of the poor,* *help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,* *so precious in your eyes.* *Bring healing to our lives,* *that we may protect the world and not prey on it,* *that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.* *Touch the hearts* *of those who look only for gain* *at the expense of the poor and the earth.* *Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,* *to be filled with awe and contemplation,* *to recognize that we are profoundly united* *with every creature as we journey towards your infinite light.* *We thank you for being with us each day.* *Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle* *for justice, love and peace. AMEN.* *ST. FRANCIS, pray for us.* **References** Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines. (1997). "Catechism for Filipino Catholics (CFC)". Episcopal commission on Catechesis and Catholic education, CBCP Building, 470 Gen. Luna St. 1002 Intramuros, Manila, Philippines Hurault, B. (2005). "Christian community Bible". Imprematur: CBCP, Pastoral Bible Foundation, 8 Mayumi St., diliman, 1101 Quezon City, Philippines Latest News Archives. (2020). Diocese of Saint Cloud. Retrieved June 25 2020 from Salem Web Network(2020). "What is the Pentateuch? Summary of the Five Books of Moses." Retrieved June 8, 2020 from [www.Christianity.com/bible/books-of-the-bible/the-pentateuch-11541681.html](http://www.Christianity.com/bible/books-of-the-bible/the-pentateuch-11541681.html) [www.google.com](http://www.google.com)