Genesis 15:7-21
Cutting the Pieces of the Covenant
Jeremiah 34:13-20
The Cosmic Promised Land
Promised Land Mapping Pattern 1
Numbers 34:2-12
Joshua 15:1-63
Ezekiel 47
Promised Land Mapping Pattern 2
Exodus 23:31
Deuteronomy 11:24
Joshua 1:4
Deuteronomy 1:7-8
Genesis 2:10-14
1 Kings 4:20-21
“The two maps reflect Israel as conceived in relation to the two great empires that it was engaged by Egypt and Babilonia. The first mapping pattern encompasses the boundaries of province of Canaan under Egyptian rule. In the symbolism of the exodus story, God liberated Israel from slavery in Egypt and then gave them the land of Canaan … The borders of map 1 are the Egyptian-defined border, rather than a description of Israel’s exact borders at any specific moment in its history. The map expresses Israel’s resistance to Egyptian rule. The second mapping pattern presents Israel as a power reaching up to the river that sources Babylon. Babylonian propaganda considered all the land west of the Euphrates as conquered territory. The biblical map turns this around. The land west of the Euphrates is the land of promise for Israel. Thus, both maps represent one way in which Israel resisted the imperial powers, as they symbolically push their enemies back behind the rivers from which they came.” —Parry, Robin (2014). The Biblical Cosmos: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Weird and Wonderful World of the Bible. Cascade Books. 67.
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