{"id":1335,"date":"2012-08-23T07:46:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T14:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2012-08-23T07:46:58","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T14:46:58","slug":"overview-of-the-books-of-the-torah-main-themes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/23\/overview-of-the-books-of-the-torah-main-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of the Books of the Torah (Main Themes)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Genesis (Beresheit<\/em>)<\/strong> <\/em>is the book dealing with beginnings<\/em> and eventually its overarching theme is divine election. <\/em>YHVH is choosing certain people (according to his divine will and sovereignty) to accomplish his purposes.<\/p>\n

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Exodus (Shemot<\/em>) <\/em><\/strong>is the book whose principle theme is redemption<\/em>\u2014Israel\u2019s deliverance from Egypt (Mitzraim<\/em>). Here we learn how<\/em> YHVH saves his people and we are shown that his people are redeemed<\/em> in order to worship <\/em>him.<\/p>\n

Redemption is perhaps the main theme in Exodus. It is best delineated in the following passage,<\/p>\n

Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, \u201cI am YHVH, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you<\/strong> with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your Elohim; and you shall know that I am YHVH your Elohim, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession; I am YHVH.\u201d (Exod 6:6-8, emphasis added)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Obedience to and worship of YHVH is another major theme in Exodus.<\/p>\n

And he said, \u201cCertainly I will be with you, and this shall be a token unto you, that I have sent you, when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve Elohim<\/strong> upon this mountain.\u201d (Exod 3:12, emphasis added)<\/p>\n

And I say unto you, \u201cLet my son go, that he may serve<\/strong> [Hebr. awvawd<\/em>, Strong\u2019s <\/em>H5647] me<\/strong>, and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.\u201d (Exod 4:23, emphasis added)<\/p>\n

And you shall say unto him, \u201cYHVH Elohim of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, \u2018Let my people go, that they may serve<\/strong> [Hebr. awvawd<\/em>, Strong\u2019s <\/em>H5647] me<\/strong> in the wilderness, and, behold, until now you would not hear.\u2019\u201d (Exod 7:16, emphasis added)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Basic Outline of Exodus<\/strong><\/p>\n