Avram In The Odyssey

God promised Abram three promises which the narrator repeated several times. It is important to know to understand the rest of the bible. The first promise was that Arbam would have a great nation. The second promise to Abram was that the lad he was standing on would be for him and his people and family. The final promise was that God would bless the whole earth through one of his descendants. God created a covenant with Abram and renamed him Abraham. This was a patron covenant. It is a covenant that solely depends on God and does not rely on others.

Many years after the end of the Trojan War, Odysseus still hasn’t returned home to Ithaka. Many believe that he is dead, but the author lets us know that he is being held as a sex captive on the goddess Kalypso’s island. Kalypso has no plans of letting him go to return home either.

Because of a new arrangement that was established between Abram and God, the nation of Israel begins to grow and to move forward in their relationship.

Many forms of popular culture today are inspired by themes, characters, and other references in various types of classical literature. John Denver's song 'Calypso'; is about the relationship between men and women, and he bases this comparison on the relationship between Kalypso and Odysseus in Homer's the Odyssey. In 'Calypso'; Denver portrays women in general as being superior to men by using the beautiful and enchanting goddess, Kalypso, from Homer's epic. John Denver encompasses all women in his song by providing Kalypso as a universal symbol. Along with the relationship between Odysseus and Kalypso and men and women, there are other interpreted allusions from the Odyssey to Kalypso's song.

God’s covenant with Abram, whose name was later changed to Abraham, was to be the father of many nations. The covenant includes promises concerning a land covenant, a seed covenant, and a blessing covenant. The foundation will flow out of the “Seed Covenant” to his descendants Isaac and Jacob, through whom the twelve tribes of Israel were born.

Focus on the descriptions of the palaces of Nestor and Menelaus. Find quotations that describe their virtues:

and from your father’s house to the land I will show you” (doc A). This means God told Abraham to leave his home and go forth to Israel, which was rightfully

The Odyssey Summer Assignment Books 1-4: The Telemakhy  Arête o Book 1  Penelope’s suitors show lack of arête by taking advantage of Odysseus’ belonging since they believe he is dead. “For now the lords of the islands –are here courting my mother, and they use/our house as if it were a house to plunder –meanwhile they eat their way through all we have.” (290-298)  Telemakhos shows arête when he tells the suitors he will hold an assembly where they will be asked to leave. “At daybreak we shall sit down in assembly/and I shall tell you –take it as you will –/you are to leave this hall.”

Moving on, from what Richter named the barrier (people, time, and space), chapter three contains the outworking of God through the five men discussed before. As she states, “the biblical writers consciously organized their material in a systematic fashion in order to communicate certain central truths.” The author briefly details the aspects of the covenants within the Old Testament surrounding Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David. Taking, in turn, each of them and expositing them in a way that shows the redemptive story that is taking place. “For each of these characters was called to mediate a covenant between God and humanity”. Tying into the culture of the people, God used the fallen and difficult Israelite culture to set up his redemptive plan the would show to be faithful, even to a faithless people.

Throughout the world of literature, literary devices were used to aid the comprehension of a text or a novel. Having these techniques in writings allow authors to include a compelling storyline for readers to absorb. In the epic titled “The Odyssey,” by Homer, literary devices were used to create the intricate style it displays. Although “The Odyssey” seems complex and impenetrable to understand for some readers, the epic displays several literary devices enhancing the novel through the use of symbolism and personification for an interesting story.

It is important to keep reading, “The Odyssey.” Even though it is 2800, years old, students still need to learn about it. It is important to continue studying “The Odyssey” because is it a moral story, the historical significance is important, and it is essential to study other culture’s mythology.

It is not until Act 7:1-4 that we understand the first time God spoke to Abraham was while he still lived in Mesopotamia. Then in Genesis 17 we read that God made a covenant with Abraham to make him the father of many nations, which is the people of Israel (Niehaus, 2013). The is the first example of God using one of the Patriarchs to create a link between humankind and

A long time ago there was a man named Odysseus who was king of Ithaca . He lived a fun simple life. He loved to tend his fields with his friends, who worked beside him . He loved his mom and dad and most of all his wife Penelope and son Telemachus who was only a few months old . They lived a magnificent life together.

God selected Abraham to be the father of the His people. The bible does not directly state why God selected him, but after reading scripture one can conclude that God selected Abraham due to his great faith. Abraham’s life lends itself as an example to all who desire to walk with God.

     Abraham stands as one of the most important figures in the Hebrew Bible, and is central to the understanding of God’s solution to the problem of mankind. Man, the mysterious creature that God wraught as a semi-experiment, is constantly prone to believe he is self-sufficient and capable of survival without God, the central problem God must deal with in the Hebrew Bible. To solve this problem, God decides to strike fear in the heart of man and to revolutionise his lifestyle by creating laws and empowering a chosen group of people, who will spread the word of God by example. These people are the Hebrews, and Abraham is the father of their race, the man from whom all