Class 3. 1/26 Creation, covenant, and chosenness
Tanakh: Genesis 1–3, 12–20, 26–28.
Raphael Jospe, “The Concept of the Chosen People: An Interpretation Download The Concept of the Chosen People: An Interpretation,” Judaism 43.2 (Spring 1994), 127–148.
How are covenants between the patriarch and God described in Genesis? According to Jospe, what characterizes the chosenness of the People of Israel?