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| what are the three divisions of hebrew bible |
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| Torah (law), Neviim (phrophets), Ketuvim (writing) |
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| what are vassal treaties? |
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| treaty where stronger nations protect weaker nations |
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where did the JEPD sources come from?
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| the document of hypothesis |
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| what do the four sources originate? |
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J and P - 1000 to 922ish
D- 621
P 586 |
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| when was the vulgate printed |
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| what was the function of the patriarch stories |
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| its the story of Isaac, abraham, jacob and becoming foregathers of the hebrew people. |
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| why did God tell abraham to sacrfice isaac? |
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to test abraham will to do as God told him
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| What sources palce important on circumcision? |
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what does the name "moses" mean?
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| drawn out of water, or child son of in egyptian |
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| give three examples of things that can make a person unclean |
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| a childbirth, leprosy, eating certain animals |
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| what are the four sources from the documentary hypothesis? |
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| what were the first three commanded festivals/ offerings? |
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| unleavened, harvest, in gathering assoc with feast of tabernacles |
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| what are the characteristics of a covenant? |
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| preamble, historical prologues, stipulations, display, witnesses, courses blessing |
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| list seven of the commandments |
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Definition
no other gods before me
not take my name is vain
keep the sabbath holy
honor father and mother
not murder
not commit adultery |
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| when was the p source written |
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| which of noahs sons was cursed why? |
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| canaan because he saw noah naked well really ham was cursed but the curse fell on his son canaan |
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| what did God choose the israelite to do ? |
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| what two sources wrote the creation and flood narratives? |
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| which culture had creation stories that influenced or inspirted the creation narrative in genesis? |
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mesopotamia
neo babylonians |
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| how are the biblical books name in hebrew? |
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| what are the different names for God in the torah |
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| yhwh, elohim, el, elolam, elshaddai and elroi |
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| what was the significance of child sacrifice at the time of abrahams test? |
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| to show that he trust God also it shos that child sacrifice was common but not demanded by God |
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what source criticism? how is it used to anaylze the biblical text?
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| it crtizies stories in the bible it reference different books that we dont have. search for the original sources and orgins of the text. it can be used to date the text and where they were written |
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| what are the origins of the moabites and amorites according to the bibile? |
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| descendants of lot; incext with daughters |
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| what are the three parts of the TANAKH |
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| what is included in the Torah? |
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| genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy |
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| when was the babylonian exile? |
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| what are the promary differences between the two creation stories? |
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| one account is man and woman were created at the same time and seconde accoun is man was created first and woman was created second. |
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| what was created first hums or plants/animals? |
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| does the bible sanction child sacrifice? |
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| who was allowed to serce in the sactuary? who were the priests and who were their helpers? |
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| the priest were descenats of aaron and their helpers were of the tribe of levi |
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| what religion acknowlge abraham? |
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| judaism, christianity, islam |
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| how did God speak to moses at first |
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| what is the covenant God established with Noah? |
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| never to flood the whole world again |
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| how does abraham prepare to kill isaac |
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Definition
| binds up his son on the mountain top |
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| what are the two primary interests of the authors of the P source in leviticus/numbers? |
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| what does the documentary hypothesis suggest about the authors of the torah? |
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| the hypothesis suggest that there were four main authors strands documents that all combine to make up the torah |
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Term
| how do the commandments in exodus differ from those in deuteronomy? |
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| what do the ram issac and abrhamd represent in the story of binding isaac |
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| according to augustine, the ram and isaac repersent jesus |
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| which bibical sources use which different names for God why is this important? |
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J source- Yahwa
P God
This is important because you can tell who the writer is |
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Term
| what four major types of crisicism associated with the hebrew bible? what are their concerns? |
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source: the bible itself reference other books, change in literary registers, father of source crisism in the 19th century is wellhausen
Form: Gunkel in the 19th century purpose is to tell how the text related to people livess
redaction: explains why things were left in taken out and it reveals biases
literary views things froma certain lens
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| what is the main goal for people in gensis |
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Definition
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| what is the Gods promise to Genesis to abraham and his decendants? |
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| what were the first bible remains ever found? |
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Definition
codex vaticanus
codex siniticus
codex alexandrias |
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| what is the significance of sinai? |
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Definition
| its the manifestation of God |
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| who could read the vulgate? |
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| priest and monks in europe |
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| how many plagues did God use towards the people in egypt |
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| explain the preistly heirarchy? |
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| the decendants of aaron were priest and the tribe of levi helped them |
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| how do the rituals shift and change from genesis to exodus? |
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| what is the torah and what books are included it |
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| first 5 books of the bible |
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| what is the only book in the old testament that enver mentions god? |
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Definition
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| what are the primary sources of the torah? |
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Definition
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| what makes a person impure |
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Definition
| childbirth, eating unclean food |
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| was the flood story in genesis influence by other relgious writing? |
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| yes it was influence by writing of mesopotamia there are two many similarties between the epic of gilgamesh and the flood story of noah |
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| what is Sitz Im Leben and why is it important for biblical studies? |
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| what stories revel about people Sitz im leben (sitatuion of light" |
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| what is the Hebrew name for the book of numbers? |
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Definition
| Bam idbar = in the desert |
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| what is qapparah? where is it discussed in the bible? |
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| purification, day of atonement, levitius |
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| the acient greek translation of the hebrew bible |
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| what does the cannon mean? |
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Definition
| Greek= rod/stick or cathloic church law |
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| what was the purpose of the scapegoat? |
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| 1 goat carried away the sings of all the people, it was sacrificed to a demon 1 goes was sacrfriced to yahweh |
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| name some similarties and differences between the flood stories in gilgamesh and in gensis |
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similiaties- flood, build a boat at the command of God, surivive the flood
differences- reason for the flood, what can be taken on the boat and what coems out the arc |
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| commentary of old jewish scribes |
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| why are the bird narratives in genesis/gilamesh so different does it make a difference? |
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| in genesis both birds return (dove and raven) in gilgmash the dove returns but raven does not |
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| why are there more curse than blessings in dueteronomy? |
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Definition
| is it to emphazise the importance of folling the law of god |
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| why is circumision important to whom? |
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Definition
| sets the israelites apart from the canannites and sign of the covenant |
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| who is the hebrew bible different from the catholive old testament and the protestant old testament |
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| the order of the books in judaism its (Torah prophets writing) in christianity its (torah writings prophets) |
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| hhow did the discovery of the dead sea scrolls impact bibical studies? |
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| gavce a snapshot of jewish writings |
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Definition
roman jewish scribe chose people to write the septuagint
shows the hebrew bible has 22 books, chronicles and exra/nehemiah later divide |
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Definition
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| what does ex nihilo mean and why is it relevant to gensis |
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| ex nihilo is latin for out of nothing and explians how most christians view genesis instead of the original view that god created the world out of choas and the pre existing waters |
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| why was enuma elish written? |
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Definition
| it was the babylonian epic of creation |
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| who printed the first bible |
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Definition
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| what was the reason for the flood in the bible? in gilgamesh? in atrahasis? |
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Definition
in the bible: mankind is evil
in gilgamesh: not specific; humans becoming to numerous
in Atrahasis: mankind to loud |
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| when was the bible translated into latin |
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Definition
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| what is a myth? is the bible myth? |
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| myth: the shared beliefs values and stories of people which may or may not be ture. in the snese the hebrew bibe is myth |
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Term
who are the patriarchs? and why are they called that
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| fathers of isreal and abraham, isaac jacob and joseph |
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| what are the hebrew names for the first five books of the bible? |
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Definition
genesis: bereshith
Exodus: shemot
Leviticus: vayikra
Numbers: bamidbar
Deuteronomy: devarim |
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| what are the dead sea scrolls |
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Definition
| a collection of 972 texts from the hewbrew bible and extra bibical documents found between 1947 and 1956 on the northwest shore of the dead sea |
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Term
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Definition
| the belief and worship of a single god while accepting the prossible existence of other deities |
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Term
| what was the call of isaiah? |
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Definition
| to tell people of their hardened hearts coal was palced on his tongue upon seeing the throne room of God |
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Term
| what was zephaniahs main concern? |
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Definition
judgement and wickedness
1. idolatry esp during josiahs reign
2. foregin attire and mixing with assyrian culture |
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Term
| name and describe 3 types of prophets? |
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Definition
professional
symbolic
culture criticis
miracle workers
seers |
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Term
| what happened to the philistines when they capture the Ark? |
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Definition
| attacked by plagues and Dagon was destroyed |
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Term
| why was samuel split into two books and what was it split into? |
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| because it was to long and it was split into 1 and 2 samuel |
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| assyrian attacked amaeria the north kingdom and exiled the israelites there |
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| what was almost all of deuteronomy writeten in 1 2 or 3rd person? |
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Definition
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| to purge jerusalem of idolarty and repair damages to the temple |
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| who ws the only female judge |
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| kingdoms split into north and south |
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| why did the kingdom of israel split |
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Definition
| labor disputes; the people were overburdened and ask rehoboam to lighten their load instead of making it worse and the people rebel |
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| how is the book of joshua divided |
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Definition
| 1-12 conquest of canaan 13-21 allotment of land 22-24 epologue |
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| what 4 models aruge how joshua shouldnt be taken as truly historical? |
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Definition
| immigration, conquest, revolt, gradual emergence |
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Term
| what were the 2 origin stories of first and second kings? |
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Definition
| temple and divided monarchy |
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| what are some themes in the bible of judges? |
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Definition
| cycle of sin and redemption, importance of upholdong the covenant, israels distinct nature as a people israel right to claim land |
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| what wre the problems when saul went to see the witch of endor? |
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Definition
| it is against the law, and the witch magic worked |
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Definition
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| what was the sin of jeroboam |
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| workship outside of jerusalem; allowed the worship of idols at their high places |
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| when does deuteronomistic history first appear in the hebrew bible? |
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| which prophet married a prositute to prove a point? |
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| in what year was the north conquered and by whom |
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Definition
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| what year was the north conquered and by whom? |
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Definition
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| why do the deuteronomists claim the kingdom fell? |
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| they were not following the ways of the lord and because of their sins and their fathers sins they were punished by God but not with out warning |
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| how does samson resemble Jesus in? |
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| he died a scrificial death |
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Term
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| othniel, ehud, deborah, barak, gideon, abimelech, tola, jair, jephthah, lbzan, elon, abdon, samson, eli, and samuel |
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| what were 3 books the deuteronomusts used to write kings? |
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Definition
the book of acts of solomon
the book of the annals of the kings of israel
the book of the annals of the kings of judah |
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Term
| were the accounts of kings and chronicles the same? |
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Definition
| no both tells similar accounts bu leave rather important stories out. also chronicles main concern is with the temple, kings is with the davidic line |
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Term
| Joshua was portrayed as the new?? |
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Definition
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| why (according to the dueteronomists) does god occassionally abandon israel? |
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Definition
| failure to keep commandments; thodicy god turns punishment of israel into mmode to conqure the philistines gods and people |
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| who was josiah and why was he sginificant? |
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Definition
| he was the judean king who centralized worship |
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| why was it important that the axe had to be recovered (when it hit the water and sank) |
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Definition
| it was borrowed and it was against the law to lose something borrowed |
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Term
| who recovered the ace head from the river |
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Definition
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Term
| true or false/ dietary laws can be seen as inspiration to meditate on ones purity and the completeness of god |
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Definition
| true did marry douglass say this? |
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Term
| given an example of miracle performed by elisha |
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Definition
| healong leprosy of naaman |
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Term
| who was taken up in a chariot of fire? |
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Definition
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| his disobedience- he did not obey samuels orders to perform herem on the philistines but instead kept some of the livestock for sacrifice |
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| What are the two different stories of how David is chosen to be the new King? |
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| one was that he was anointed by Samuel and the other...was he the harp player for Saul? i think so, and he gained the king’s favor so much so that Saul gave him his daughter Abigail as his wife. David and Goliath was one, Harp player for saul was the other |
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| What are the different models of conquest revision? |
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| Joshua’s campaign for the promise land: the conquest model, the immigration model, the gradual emergence model, and the revolt model |
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| -First king of united monarchy who leads way for David. anointed by Samuel |
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| Who takes the Ark in 2 Samuel? |
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Definition
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| What was the source of Samson’s strength? |
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Definition
| His hair, because he was a Nazarite, devoted to God (Nazarites don’t cut their hair) |
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| Which books are in the Deuteronomistic history? |
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Definition
| Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings |
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| What is the Deuteronomists’ main concern? |
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Definition
| Ritual cult, centeralization of worship |
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| How did Israelites view the monarchy? |
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pro-monarchy D strand, 621 BCE: God appointed Saul (and kings in general) as king to rescue the people
monarchy suspicion D starnd, 586 BCE: God ought to be the king (theocracy), and judges and priests should be the only authorities |
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| Who housed Samuel as a boy? |
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Definition
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| What’s the name of the prophet who made the horns? |
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Definition
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| Who brought children back from the dead? |
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Definition
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| He did not die, but was taken up to heaven in a whirlwind, or fiery chariot |
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| Who was the first prophet to write down his sayings? |
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Definition
Amos (or someone else wrote them down for him) |
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Term
| When did the Northern Kingdom Fall? Southern Kingdom? |
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Definition
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| What does David want to build for God? |
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Definition
| David wanted to build a temple/house for God. |
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| Why was the ascension of Solomon a problem? |
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Definition
| he was an illegitimate heir and not the first-born |
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| Who is the key Deuteronomistic hero? |
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Definition
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| What 2 key people groups made up the Israelites(sic) |
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| Who conquered the Southern Kingdom? |
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Definition
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| Who was present on the mountain when Moses received the Law? |
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| he goes all the way up by himself, but I think he had some levitical posse who stayed somewhere lower on the mountain... |
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| Why did Jeroboam start a revolution against Solomon? |
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| -forced labor -- i don’t think so. that was Jeroboam against Solomon’s son, Rehoboam |
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| What are the similarities between Moses and Joshua? |
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Definition
- Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt to go to canaan
- Moses crosses the red sea
- Moses sent spies (in Numbers)
- Alots land east of the river of Jordan
- Joshua leads them into Canaan
- Joshua crosses the Jordan
- Also sent spies to Jericho
- Joshua alots land west of the river of Jordan
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| What’s the ideology of the Deuteronomists? |
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Definition
| -Centralization of worship in Jerusalem/the Temple |
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| What does the book of 2 Samuel tell us about the monarchy? |
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Definition
| -Who would inherit the kingship (Solomon)? |
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Term
| What is the conquest model? |
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Definition
| Where the Israelites went out with military strength and conquered the surrounding lands -- much like the biblical account |
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Term
| What is the gradual emergence model? |
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Definition
| Where the Israelites gradually emerged out of the areas and eventually took over the area/assimilated |
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Term
| How did the Deuteronomist prepare David to be king? |
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| Saul was portrayed in a bad light, i.e. Israel needed a new king |
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Term
| What are three promises of God to David? |
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Definition
| Destroy all enemies, great name, land, dynasty, kingdom, his son will build the temple |
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Term
| What were the goals of Josiah’s reforms? |
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Definition
| centralization of worship; reparation of the temple; follow the Torah, including festivals |
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Term
| What were the southern prophets mostly focused on? |
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Definition
Critical of the North, using them as an example to be obedient to God
-Also about the Davidic king |
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Term
| Why was Samuel considered a God? |
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Definition
| he was called to life by the witch of Endor |
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Term
What does Judah Maccabee’s name mean? |
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Definition
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What is Job’s response to God’s monologue? |
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Definition
Job abandons his lawsuit against God, but his charges have not been answered |
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What is the purpose of the Psalms? |
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Definition
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Definition
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What books mention the “logos”? |
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Definition
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What books were included in the wisdom writings? |
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Definition
Proverbs, Job, Eccclesiastes, Wisdom of Solomon, Baruch, Ben-Sirah |
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What were some of the books in the later part of the Bible that had a mention of the afterlife? |
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Definition
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What is the overall idea of the book of Proverbs? |
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Definition
To teach you how to life; Fear and be humble before God, God created the world using wisdom |
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Term
| who was the first to give Eve the blame? |
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Definition
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Term
Daniel and Maccabees are responses to what Greek ruler’s reign? |
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How many Psalms are attributed to David? |
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Doxology means word of praise |
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What was the general purpose of wisdom literature? |
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Definition
The general purpose was to teach you how to live, such as in proverbs because they have little sayings that teach you a lesson. Fear and be humble before God, God created the world using wisdom |
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What were some of the purposes of Daniel? |
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Definition
Reaction to Antiochus IV
-Political quietism |
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What deutero-canonical wisdom book played a major role in the discovery of the Cairo Geniza and what was found there? |
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Definition
Ben Sira; Cairo Geniza is a synagogue full of medieval Hebrew writings, among them the original writings of Ben Sira |
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What important theology that is big in Christianity first shows up in the wisdom of Solomon? |
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Definition
The idea of an eternal soul |
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What does “Judith” mean in Hebrew? |
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Definition
“Woman of Judah” or “Jewish woman”-- recalls the name of Judah the Maccabee |
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Definition
A sea monster representing violence and turmoil in Job |
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Term
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Definition
Purim is the holiday of the killings in Esther (When the Persian King gave the Jews permission to kill). Now a celebration where everyone dresses up and drinks in the synagogue |
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Who does Jonah preach to? |
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Definition
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Who is Ruth the ancestor of? |
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Definition
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| who wrote Ben Sira prologue |
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Definition
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| when was the cairo geniza discovered |
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| geniza storehouse, sizeable portion of hebrew verison of ben sirah was found 1875 |
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| which of the apocryphal wisdom books was actually written by whom it was claimed to be written by? |
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Definition
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| why was it a controversial matter to include song of solmon and esther in the hebrew canon? |
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Definition
| Gods name is never mentioned |
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Term
| what is the word for the study of the end times? |
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Definition
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Term
| which angel appears in tobit? |
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Definition
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Term
| which books discuss God creating wisdom beofre the earth? |
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Definition
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Term
| how do we know wisdom of solomon is not original? |
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Definition
| full of greek philosophical language unheard of during king solomons time |
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Term
| who do we know ben sirah is original? |
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Definition
| there is aletter from his grandon in the beginning |
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Term
| what book mentions ha satan? |
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Definition
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Term
| what is the unifying theme of proverbs? |
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Definition
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Term
| wht do the maccabees advocate? |
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Definition
| revolt against hellenization and against the defilemnt of the temple |
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Term
| what was jobs first test? |
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Definition
| GOd takes away his family |
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| how was the book of daniel divided |
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1-6 court tales
7-12 apocalypse |
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| who opened the greek gymnasium in jerusalem? |
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| who were daniels three friends? |
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shadrach meshach and abednego
Hebrew- hannaniah, mishael, azariah |
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| what book supports resurrection? |
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| what was maccabees written as a response to? |
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| what is the hebrew name for ecclesiastes |
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| how does the concept of a panopticon relate to the book of job? |
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| panopticon was a prison where the guard could see all parts of the prison job felt like gods eyes could see everything like this |
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| what event does purim celebrate? |
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| when the king of persia gave the jews permission to kill their enemies ion the book of esther |
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| what is a novella give one example? |
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| prose fiction in the form of a short story: ruth |
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| where was the first mention of resurrection? |
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| who first blamed eve for the sin of mankind |
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| what is the name of the speaker in ecclesiastes |
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| job was a non israelite (true or false) |
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| 750000 pages of hebrew writing were found inw hat building |
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| what is the theme of ecclesiastes |
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| everything is meaningless and everything is unjust |
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| Ben sira was originally written in greek or hebrew? |
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| what are the two things jason did |
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opened a gymnasium
support worship of dyanisis
promoted the wearing of hats |
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| what kind of tale is esther |
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| in what book does a bird book in someones eye |
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| what book was the first to mention eternal life? |
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setting in life
…. Also known as form criticism. |
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| What is wisdom personified as in Proverbs? |
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| Why does ha-satan believe Job is bad? |
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| ha-satan claims Job only thinks God is good because nothing bad has ever happened to him. |
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| Which book contains the author Qohelet? |
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| who did ben sirah not like |
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| Which prophets were concerned primarily with eschatology? |
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| In what years did Babylon attack Judah? |
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| What does satan/ha-satan mean? |
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| translates to the opposer (or the adversary)(Or the accuser) |
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| What is the role of the professional prophet? |
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| serve in the king’s court and predict blessings |
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| what prophet tells people to listen but not to understand |
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What was the name of the Second Temple?
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| What are the divisions of Jeremiah? |
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oA.) Poetic Oracles
o B.) Narrative materials about Jeremiah himself- written in first person
o C.) Prose Sermons- sermons where he touches on a lot of topics, not written in poetry |
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| What was the name of God’s chariot? |
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The understanding/study of ‘Why do bad things happen to good people?’
Wisdom literature says that if a person is good, they will have life and rewards. |
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| What was the main idea of Habakkuk? |
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| Complains to God that he doesn’t see the violence, injustice, destruction, wickedness on Earth. – Why do bad things happen to good people= Theodicy. |
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| Name 2 “latter prophets”. |
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| -Jeremiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel |
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| Who was the prophet who anointed David? |
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| Name 2 “former prophets”(?) |
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| -Elisha, Elijah, Micaiah ben Imlah |
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| What minor prophet’s book is anonymous? |
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