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| Philistines lived here, most fertile area |
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| Egyptian form of writing 3500-3000 BCE |
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| Sumer form of writing 3500-3000 BCE |
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Approximately 15 books written between 300 BC and 100 AC (400 yrs), most were in Greek
1. Genre: historical, novels, teaching, devotional, epistolary, apacalyptie
2. Dates: end of 3rd century BC to 1st century CE with two Esdras as a post CE document
3. Debate regarding original language
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| translation of the Hebrew bible into Greek c. 250 BC in Alexandria Egypt |
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| translation of Bible from hebrew and Greek into Latin. Jerome, a biblical scholar, was asked to translate. He did not want to include apocrypha but he did anyway except he included a note that says that books are historical but not necessarily authoritative |
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| found in Qumran-they were copied by hand and moved throughout time. Contained all books of OT except the book of Esther. It brought scholars a thousand years close to the originals, even though they did not have originals |
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| having a circular or winding course-Jordan River 200 miles long |
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| readers should consider individual stories in relatioinship to the entire book and the reverse |
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| The storyteller uses description less than other means of presentation; when it occurs, however, it is important; e.g., Saul is tall; Leah has weak eyes; Joseph is handsome. Speech and action are the most typical means of presenting people in OT narrative. This practice allows characters to display "who they are". Thus, Dialogue is important; it is a means of presenting the story with dramatic vividness. OT storytellers prefer "showing" rather than "telling." |
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| This notion refers to the first impression a soty makes on a reader, the first words spoken by a person in the story, and the first description of a person offered by the storyteller. "now Sarai was barren; she had no child" |
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| Biblical writers often used the word "behold". It can express surprise and/or direct the gaze of the reader. The word functions in the same way a director would use a movie camera to create a desired effect |
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| setting something besides something else for the purpose of comparison describes this notion. As a literary technique, it is also a key constituent of Hebrew poetry. Interpreters refer to the latter as "parallelism". adjacent, comparrison, parallelism |
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| Repetition & Leading Words |
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| Through the repetiton of words statements, motifs, themes, and blocks of material, OT narrative forges connections, carries emotional freight, conveys irony and reversal, nuances dialogue and more. Leading words are one form of repetition that focuses on the use of key words. |
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| Rainy: December-March. Dry: May-September |
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| hills range from 300-1300; a lot of combat took place there- not as fertile as costal plain but more than central hill country |
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| those books designated by a faith community as holy scripture and as the standard for faith and practice-mathews &moyer |
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| King of Judah after Solomon |
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| the first king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of israel after the revolt of the ten northern Israelite tribes against Rehoboam that put an end to the United Monarchy |
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| second king of the United Kingdom of Israel |
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| built the first temple, son of David, King of Israel, father of Rehoboam |
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| city on the eastern band of the Tigris River in ancient Assyria |
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| King of Persia-led by God to tell israelites to rebuild second temple |
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| stories that are similar and related |
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| ppl of Edom, under Zerod and Dead Sea |
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| Moab top Arnon, Bottom Zerod |
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| by Transjordan, between Jabbok and Arnon |
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ppl left Egypt and moved towards Israel |
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Assyrians conquer Israel
Nineva (capital) known for cruelty conqured all of Mid. E. God allowed Israel to be conquered b/c they refused to follow God, caused a mix of religions, descendants known as Samaritans |
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Decree of cyrus the Great
cyrus king of persains called "messiah" servants of God apointed one b/c used by God
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Second temple rebuilt
temple that was destroyed by babylon was rebuilt |
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| Persians defeat Babylonians |
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Babylon conqures Judah
Babylonians conquered Judah, destroyed walls of Jerusalem & temple, blow to sense of self, never again worshiped idols, cleansing |
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writing c. 3500-3000 BCE cuneiform
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| dominant c. 2000-1000 BCE |
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| became dominant c. 1000 BCE & first to control all of Ancient Near East |
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13 mi long x 4 mile wide
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| lowest body of water 26 % salt |
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| major city in North; conquered by Joshua-burnt with fire |
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| Land divisions of palestine |
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| land divisions of palestine |
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Ammon-east of plateau
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Edom-decendents of Esaw brother of Jacob
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Southern boundary marker
edge of country of Judah |
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| ancient documents found here |
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| most North of Fertile Cresent |
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| Main cities of Syro-Palestine N to S |
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most fertile area of Anceint Israel
Philistines lived here |
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"foothills" 300-1300 ft
A lot of combat in time of judges. Less fertile than Coastal plain, more fertile than central hill country |
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| most Israslites pope lived here people made living through raising sheep goods |
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| the collection of books that the church accepts as inspired and authoritative |
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other Jewish theological works
never accepted by the Jews as equal to the authoritative books w/in the canon |
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| Canon only from Hebrew to Greek |
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| Jerome produced Latin translation. included apocryphal but w/note saying not at same status as canonical |
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| stuff about catholic bible |
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The catholic church does make appeal to texts in these books for their doctrine of purgatory and the practice of prayer for the dead, but in actuality the texts appear to be vague regarding these doctrines.
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