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Old Testament Reflection

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1. How has a semester studying the OT impacted your beliefs about and/or understanding of the Old Testament? Cite specific examples of beliefs or understandings that have been enhanced, expanded, changed, restored, and/or strengthened as a result of your study. Be very thorough in your response here--this is one of the most important questions for reflection.
This semester I have enjoyed learning and diving deep into the history of the Old Testament. I came into this semester excited to become more knowledgeable about proposed theology behind books and stories and I believe I am walking away more educated than I was expecting. Firstly, the way I read the creation story completely changed because I realized that there are two different stories about the same creation. Each account explains creation in different ways and answer not how, but who and why. I learned that we ask the wrong questions sometimes because our culture greatly varies from when the Old Testament was written. I also became more open to the idea of interpreting scripture figuratively instead of literally. All my life I had looked at the text so literally, but after reading the story of Adam and Eve and learning that sin was never mentioned in that story and should not considered “The Fall”, but possibly “The Great Letting Go”. This text helped me become more open-minded to reading figuratively in other passages as well. Lastly, I now understand why people say to “fear God”. I never really understood because

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