Western Literature 2016/11/3(Week8)

▲Hebrew God

The Hebrew God initially was respected in a henotheistic fashion, being recognized as the most powerful or important god amongst many but with Hezekiah’s centralization of the cult at Jerusalem in the 8^th century BCE the other idols were banished and the Tanakh was from that point on written to describe a solitary God, the only god, the creator of the universe and all that ever was. The Hebrew God essentially manifests as a ruthless, unreasoning and murderous tyrant who instills in his people a legacy of conquest by declaring that a large swathe of the Levant was to be divinely granted to them, lands which at the time were populated by many other peoples, nations which the Tanakh contends were destroyed by the Jews in ascension of their manifest destiny.
The Hebrew God is customarily referred to as being omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing) and omnibenevolent (all loving) although this may very well be a contemporary perception as there are numerous internal contradictions to these claims within the Bible itself. Of particular absurdity is the latter claim that God is all loving, considering that it has been estimated by some scholars that he was personally responsible for at least 33,041,220 deaths in the Tanakh.

▲Prefix
◆en- inside, to put into
For example: encourage, enrich, enlarge, enroll
◆para- beside, beyond, near
For example: parable, paradox, paraphrase
◆pro- forward, before
For example: proposal, propaganda, proponent (proponent↔opponent)
◆omni- all
For example: omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent
◆se- away, apart from
For example: separate, segregate
◆voc- or vok- voice, call
For example: vocal, invoke

▲Suffix
◆ant: accountant, applicant
accountant: A person concerned with the maintenance and audit of business accounts and the preparation of consultant reports in tax and finance.
applicant: A person who applies, as for a job, grant, support, etc; candidate.
◆ate: segregate, congregate
segregate: To separate or isolate from others or from a main body or group.
congregate: To bring or come together in a group, crowd, or assembly.

▲Definition
◆flashback: A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.
◆foreshadow: indicate beforehand
◆empower: To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority.