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12) Denouement

1) Ordinary World (Set-up)

Return to Jerusalem

God creating the world, and Adam and the Woman.

The first couple of chapters of Genesis set up the narrative of the Old Testament, painting the picture of how everything was before the inciting incident and showing us the 'Ordinary world' before sin.

The story reaches the Denouement and concludes as the people of Judah return to Jerusalem and try to rebuild. The story is left on a cliff hanger, as God doesn't return to dwell with his people after they rebuild.

2) Meeting With the Mentor

We meet God in the garden

During the Set-up of the story, we meet the mentor and guide of the story, God. During the narrative, God plays this role as he tries to get humanity (main antagonist) on side.

11) Climax

Fall of Judah

3) Inciting Incident

Adam and the Woman eat the fruit and Sin enters the world.

The Climax is the point in the story where things couldn't get any worse. As the people of Judah are carted off into exile, they witness the destruction of the temple, God's residing place on earth. They never feel more separated than this, and to them, things couldn't get any worse.

As Sin enters the world, it triggers the catalyst of the story, and causes the following chain of events the happen in the narrative, raising plot questions, and bring about the problem of the separation of humanity and God that needs to be resolved.

This is also known as the Call to Action.

4) Refusal of the call

The flood and destruction of humanity

God's first attempt to rectify the story problem results in a refusal of the inciting incident. While we see God acknowledge the problem, he refuses to resolve it, and instead chooses to erase it. We also see humanity refuse the Call to Action in the devotion of Noah, and the favour God has with him.

10) The Road Back

5) Crossing the Threshold

Splitting of the Nation

God calling Abram to be the head of his people

Story Structure of The Old Testament

The splitting of the nation into Israel and Judah marks a significant turning point in the story. It marks the point of the story's journey home and build up to the climax

This marks a turning point in the narrative, as God chooses to focus on an individual instead of an entire species. As such we cross the Threshold between what was the 'Normal world' into the 'Other world'.

Using the Hero's Journey Structure

6) Tests, Allies, Enemies

Moses and the Exodus

9) Reward

Moses against Pharaoh represents the tests man faces against oppression and sin. It also shows us the Allies in the story, God and the Hebrews, and the enemies being those against God such as Pharaoh. This continues throughout the narrative of the short story, with the characters changing, but roles staying the same.

King David appointed as King of Israel

The people ask God for a king, so God appoints David as king, and to be his representative on earth. This decision effects the rest of the story.

7) Approach (Tooling up)

Ten Commandments

In an attempt to draw the people back to him, God gives the Ten Commandments. These are tools for the Hebrews/Israelites to use through out the old testament, yet are constantly disregarded or misused.

8) Central ordeal (midpoint, death and rebirth)

Entering the promised land

As they enter the promised land, they reach a central point of the story. Moses dies just before they enter, leaving Joshua in charge. They are reborn as a nation as they take the promised land.

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