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~300 years ago, a musical form rose to prominence, became the foundation of most large musical compositions, and resonates through music history to the present – Sonata form.
Its major components:
~300 years ago, a musical form rose to prominence, became the foundation of most large musical compositions, and resonates through music history to the present – Sonata form.
Its major components:
Exposition-statement of themes
Development-experimentation and interaction of themes
Recapitulation-revelatory restatement of original and developed themes
Genesis, a ~3000 year old book, is composed in a similar form.
Development-experimentation and interaction of themes
Recapitulation-revelatory restatement of original and developed themes
Genesis, a ~3000 year old book, is composed in a similar form.
Genesis 1-2 as Exposition – the original themes include God creating, separating, seeing and knowing what is good; rulers in the heavens for signs and in the land in God’s image; man as God’s image with responsibility for the land; rest on the seventh day. https://mobile.twitter.com/kalevcreative/status/1201622212815589376
Genesis 3-11, 12-36 as Development – as man and the ‘sons of God’ do what is right in their own eyes, Genesis shows us resulting corruption and consequences but also God’s intervention to rescue and restore. I have attempted to trace several patterns, but there are certainly more
Major/covenant characters https://mobile.twitter.com/kalevcreative/status/1281250332870430722
Serpent vs Woman https://mobile.twitter.com/kalevcreative/status/1281285607717773312
Relationship, Rebellion, Exile, and Restoration Cycle https://mobile.twitter.com/kalevcreative/status/1283269236648026112
Character characteristics https://mobile.twitter.com/kalevcreative/status/1294115679034105863
Genesis 37-50 as Recapitulation – Joseph's story restates themes from his ancestors, yet in Joseph we see fulfillment of Gen 1’s command/blessing-fruitfulness, multiplication, ruling in the land, blessing, and restoration for the nations and his family. https://mobile.twitter.com/kalevcreative/status/1279414520809742336
Because Genesis is a beginning, it also hints at what is to come - descendants of Ham, Lot, and Esau as future enemies of Israel; Joseph’s success suggesting the emergence of an oppressive Egyptian regime; and the people of promise, though prospering, not yet in the promised land
