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| A targum is an aribic paraphrasal of the Hebrew Bible. not a direct translation. |
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| what is meant by "Bible is a mirror"? with source |
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| the Bible reflects our lives. we can see paralells between it and our realitites. John Calvin stated this metaphor. |
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| what is the Tanak? why is it called this? |
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| the TaNaK is the Hebrew Bible. TNK in orginial language (no vowels). the first part TORAH, or Pentiteuche. 2nd section is NEBE'IM, also called 'prophets'. . . former and latter. 3rd section is KETUBIM, psalms or writings. |
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| how do we know Jesus used a 'narrow canon'? |
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| because there were disagreements between Jesus and pharasies but never disagreed about which scripture to use. we have historical accounts that pharasees used a narrow canon and therefore so did Jesus. |
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| what is the Codex Leningradensis? |
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| it is the earliest complete hebrew manuscript of the Tanak that we have. done by the Massorites in 1006 AD. kept in Leningrad (now St. Petersberg, Russia) and thats how it got its name. until the dead sea scrolls were discovered in 1950 it was believed to have some errors, but the scrolls agreed with the Codex Leningradensis. |
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| what modern country did Sumer ocupy? |
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| What is an autograph of a biblical book? do we have any? |
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| it is the original document done on Papyrus. it is completely without error and ultimately canonical. we do not have any autographs. |
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| What is the Vulgate? date and give author of translation. |
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| Vulgate is the translation into Latin. it means 'common' . a Monk named Jerome did this in the 400s AD. He originally wanted to translate from Greek (septuigent) but decided hebrew was better. went to Israel to learn Hebrew and returned to write the Vulgate. |
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| WHo Vocalized the ancient hebrew text? and what does vocalized mean? |
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| vocalized= to make readable. the Massoretes vocalized the text. they were a family of scribes . Hebrew was a dying language, and they added vowels through markings and dots to make it readable to others. |
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| an ancient language. came from surrean cuniform language which had one symbol for each word. Urgaritic had one symbol for each syllable. |
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| describe the tiqunne sopherim |
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| 'dots of the scribes'. when the massonites were translating the text and they came to a passage they were skeptical about, they wouldn't omit the passage, but add dots over the lines to show their skepticism. |
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| its a formless matter-- not nothing. it is matter, simply without form. this is what God created the universe from. |
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| what is the framework hypothesis of creation? |
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| it states that in the first 3 days God created 3 different realms, and in the next 3 days he created things to go in these realms. day 1: light/dark. day 2:sky/water. day 3: land. day 4:sun/moon/stars. day 5:birds/fish. day 6: animals/humans. |
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| Jawist, or Yahwist. dated back to the 10th-9th Century B.C. based on the use of the proper name of God, Yahweh. oldest of the sources. personal, God walked in the garden WITH adam and eve. |
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| how do 'doublets' support the documentary hypothesis? |
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| they are places in which the same story appears multiple times. who would tell the same story twice? therefore, it must be true/multiple accounts. |
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| postmosaica states that Moses still has an essential authorship except in a few pasages that would be impossible for him to have written, which are still canonized eventhough they were added after his death. ex- deut 34: describes Moses's death. |
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| example of critisism of the 24 hour creation theory: |
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| belief that creation happened in 6 24 hour periods. . . . but rather 6 periods . |
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| As Jesus walks on the road to Emmanus (Luke 24) with 2 disciples, what does he tell them? |
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| what are the 2 rivers that flow through mesopotamia? |
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| who popularized the documentary hypothesis in the 1880s? |
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| Wellhauser popularized it, after it was thought of by Astruc.and added the sources D, and P, to the already accepted S and E |
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| which source (J, E, D, P) is associated with the first chapter of Genesis? |
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| P, the chronologically formatted. |
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| 17th C physician/ scholar who laid the groundwork for the documentary hypothesis. Astruc was a supporter of Mosaic authorship. he divided the pentateuch into J and E based on the use of Yahweh and Elohim as this proper name of God. |
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| how does Gen. 1 demonstrate the immanence and transcendence of God? plus definitions. |
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| His immanence (closeness to his creation) is demonstrated by his care for his creation. he creates, then sees that it is good. not just creates and leaves. His transcendence (ultimate holiness) is demonstrated by His ability to create from nothing, and in his own image. |
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| The Gilgamesh Epic has a parallel to a biblical passage. describe it. |
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| a flood story in which the Gods are angry at mankind, and decide to wipe it out. a man builds an arc and saves himself and a few others. |
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| who is the Babylonian Noah? |
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| what promises are given to Abraham? |
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| 1) that he will father a great nation. many descendants. 2) that he will be blessed and be a blessing to others |
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| what are the 2 ways abraham tries to manufacture an heir? |
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| he tries to appoint his head servant as his heir, and he tries to have sex with a woman other than his wife to create an heir. |
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| in the Bible, God makes human beings out of dust and what? |
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| his breath. (breath of god) |
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| in mesopotamia , what are the two different stories for what God used to create human beings? clay and . . . |
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| clay and blood, or clay and spit. |
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| 2 myths of creation from mesopotamia? |
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| Enuma Elish. . . . and Atrahasis |
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| what is meant my toledot? |
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| "the story of the son(s) of . . . " it's usually a geneology and is often seen as a sign that moses is using an outside source. there are 11 toledotes in the OT. |
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| what is the ultimate test to abraham's faith in God as one who fulfills his promises? |
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| when God tells Abraham to sacricife Isaac, his only son (b/c issac represents Abraham's only hope of fulfilling gods promises). |
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| what is the token of grace in the Cain and Abel story? |
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| god marks cain and declares that no man shall dare kill him. |
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| what are the two most likely possibilites for the "sons of God" who will marry the "daughters of man in Gen 6.? |
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| 'sons of god' are angels who had sex with human women or 'daughters of man'. the other possibilites are sons of god, men from upper class and daughters of man, commoners. or sethites (holy) men and cainites (unholy) women. neither of the last 2 could explain the Nephilim though. it wasnt aliens though. |
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| significance of ritual circumcision. |
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| example of self-maledictory oath. (one promises to uphold the oath lest something painful or fatal happen to him. its instituted into the Abraham narrative as part of an early covenant with God. |
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