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Date that David rules.
He united the tribes.
Began the dynastic (blood line) rule.
Turned Jerusalem to the spiritual and political capital.
1,000 BC
Date that United Monarchy splits
928 BC
Date that the Northern Kingdom was destroyed by the Assyrian Empire
722 BC
Date when the Babylonian Empire conquers Jerusalem
587 BC
Date that the Edict of Cyrus was put into place.
This meant that Jerusalem could rebuild
539 BC
Date that the second temple was built
515 BC
Date that Solomn builds the first temple
960 BC
Dates that the Babylonians exiled Isreal from the promise land.
587-539 BC
Dates when the Persian Empire ruled
539-333 BC
Dates when the Greek Empire rules
333-63 BC
The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel
Symaria
Religious and political capital of the Southern Kingdom of Judah
Jerusalem
The land between the Tigris and the Euphrates
Mesopotamia (the land in-between)
The promise land.
Boarders:
On the East - Jordan
On the West - Mediteranian
On the South - Wadi El-Arish
On the North - Galilee
Canaan
Rehoboam's Southern Tribe.
Egypt
Given in Exodus 16: 1-17
Three times a year when you give harvest to the Lord.
1) Passover --> giving of barley
2) Shavuot --> Giving of wheat (festival of weeks)
3) Sukkoth --> Giving of summer fruit (especially grapes/wine...called festival of booths)
Festival Provisions
Given in Exodus 24.
When the farmer leaves behind some of his harves for the needy people of the village who have no land of their own
Harvest provision
Exodus 23.
Every seven years one releases:
1) Any debts that someone owes them
2) Release slaves
Sybatical Release
When on high.
Creation story.
Enuma Elish
When the belief that father earth gave rain and went inside mother earth (such as having sex) causing the earth to swell and give fruit.

Was the norm in Exodus before the 10 Commandments.
They would copy these gods and have sex in the temple.
Fertility worship
Father to son economical cornerstone of Israel.
When the firstborn son inherites his father's land when the father dies.
Patrileal inheritance
The blending of two beliefs/religions. This is the temptation that is put before the Israelites in the transition between the wilderness and Caanan.
Syncretism
When someone believes in just one God

Vs.

When someone devotes or worships one diety, while believing there are many
Monotheism
Vs.
Henotheism
Men having multiple women (not adultry)

Vs.

Women having muliple men (considered adultry)
Polygyny
Vs.
Polyandry
Casuistic laws given in Exodus 21-23. They name an offence then give the consequences and punishments
Covenant Code
Laws of Deuteronomy. Chapters 12-26. Ancient Israel's Legal Code.
Concerned with the person's motivation for carrying out the code. If the person understands the law and why they are carrying it out there is more of a chance of obedience.
The promise land is where they are lived out.
Deuterinomic Code
A collection of books that was written sometime between 300 BC- 100 AD.

The books of the Roman Catholic Cannon
Apocrypha
In the Jewish Cannon.
Contains the major bodies of law.
The story of Israel before the promise land.
Torah
The part of the Jewish Cannon that was read only, whereas the Torah and Neviim were recited out loud.
Consists of the different prophets that told of the coming of the Messiah.
Writtings
An acronym for the three different parts of the Jewish Cannon (Torah, Neviim, and Writtings)
TaNaKh
Means YHWH, Lord which is the proper name for God. Instead of vocalizing YHWH, we say Adonai.
The name God gave himself to Moses in the burning bush.
Tetragrammaton
If a woman's husband dies, she marries her husband's brother.
Leverit Marriage
To imitate God
Imitatio Dei
How the Israelites "Imitatio Dei"

Cleanses the temple of the people's sin so that God's presence may remain with them
Sacrifice
The breasted one
El Shaddi
Part of a Vassal Treaty:
States the name.
Preamble
In Deut: "Moses spoke"
Part of a Vassal Treaty:
Describes recent history.
Historical Prologue
In Deut: The history review of Israel
Part of a Vassal Treaty:
Terms of the treaty
Stipulations
In Deut: Deuterinomic Code
Part of a Vassal Treaty:
When the people write everything down
Writting of the Treaty
Part of a Vassal Treaty:
When the gods are made witnesses to the treaty
Witnesses
Part of a Vassal Treaty:
Stating what will happen if the person doesn't keep their side of the treaty
Blessings/curses
Part of a Vassal Treaty:
The cutting of animals in half, and each party of the treaty walk through it, then cook the animal and celebrate the treaty
Ratification Ceremony
God/gods.
Typically used int eh plural, but could be used either way
Elohim
Sex
Death/disease
Food
Makes a person impure (set apart from God)
Son of David.
Second King of Israel (after David)
Solomn
First King of Israel.
United the tribes of Israel.
Turned Jerusalem into the spiritual and political capital
David
The spokesman that led the Israelites out of slavery from Egypt
Moses
Moses' brother.
Moses' second hand man.
Led the rebellion of the golden calf.
Aaron
The Babylonian Empire's second king
Nebuchadnezzar
After the death of Moses, led the Israelites into the Promise Land
Joshua
1st king of the Northern Kingdom
Jeroboam
1st king of the Southern Kingdom
Rehboam
On eof the first Persian rulers. Let the Israelites back into the Promise Land to rebuild
Cyrus
Father-in-law of Moses
Jethro
Was having child bearing problems with his wife, so he went into a concubine
Abraham
Son of Abraham, Mother was Hagar (Abram's concubine)
Abraham's first born son
Ishmael
Son of Abraham.
Was offered up for sacrifice.
Isaac
Isaac's wife
Rebekah
Was given to Jacob as a wife instead of Rachel (whom he worked for 7 years for)
Leah
Wife of Abraham
Sarah
Son of Jacob.
Mother was Rachel.
Most favored son of Jacob.
Joseph