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yahweh
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to be
tetragrammation "i am who i am" |
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adonai
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name used in order not to take the name yahweh in vain.
like saying mr. |
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elohim
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general way of referring to Isreal's god
generic way |
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el elyon
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god most high
are there more gods? |
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el shaddai
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angry god
god almighty |
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el
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name of god used by canaanites
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How many books are in the old testament?
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39
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What materials is the old testament made up of?
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narrative materials
legal materials poetry wisdom materials |
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narrative materials include...
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stories, genesis, chronicles, exodus
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Legal materials include...
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Leviticus, deuteronomy
governing laws regulations 10 commandments |
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Poetry include..
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music
hymns parrallelism repitious |
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carving out and development of the hebrew race
still important to jews today |
Crucial Event
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sacred for both jews and christians
jewish or hebrew bible |
tanakh
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greek translation of the bible
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the septugint
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documentary hypothesis
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depicts who the authors were and their purpose for writing of sections and books of the old testament
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yahweh materials
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god's personal materials, concerned with narratives
makes up half of genesis and half of exodus |
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elohim materials
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narratives
describes a human like god |
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deuteronomic materials
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series of sermons about the law
most of deuteronomy |
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priestly materials
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centrally about priesthood
lists of genealogies, dates, numbers, and laws |
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discovered in egypt by one of napoleon's engineers in 1801
3 languages-greek and 2 forms of hieroglyphics |
rosetta stone
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fertile crescent location
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between the tigris and euphrates river and upward from the nile valley; encompassed palestie and syria
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The tigris and euphrates Rivers is now...
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modern day iraq
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fertile crescent is believed to be...
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the garden of eden
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Fertile crescent is also called...
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cradle of civilization
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homeland of abraham
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Ur
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hyksos
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egyptian foreginers
arrived 2000-1000 b.c.e |
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bereshith
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in the beginning
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traditonally believed to have been written by moses
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genesis
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genesis is built around...
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genealogies
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major divisons
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primeval history 1-11
patriarchal history 12-50 |
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Primeval history
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how every person can be traced to adam
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patriarchal history
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how to trace every person to abraham
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In genesis god was...
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God was already present
he was not a created being |
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day 1 of creation
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light
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day 2 of creation
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sky
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day 3 of creation
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land and plants
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day 4 of creation
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sun, moon, and stars
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day 5 of creation
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birds and fish
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day 6 of creation
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animals and humans
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On the 7th day of creation...
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God rests.
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Sabbath means to...
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rest
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Adams pride was...
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huberous and arrogant
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Why does god ask adam and eve where they are?
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bc they are naked, he is giving them a chance to repent, go backa and fix it
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Punishment for Adam and Eve
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kicked out of eden
man now has to toil the land women are subserivient to man; pain in chilbirth snake has to crawl on its belly |
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Cain and Abel was the...
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first murder
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why was cain's sacrifice not acceptable?
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wrong attitude
nothing to do with blood sacrifice |
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Noah and the flood was...
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undoing of creation
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the reproduction of angels and human women
giants |
nephilim
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40 days
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time required for a religious act to take place
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changes after the flood
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age limit set to 120
animals can now be eaten animals fear man |
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why is the tower of babel built?
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man wants to be more like god, to be on god's level
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The tower of babel is...
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a tower closer to heaven
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The patriarchs
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abraham-issac-jacob-joesph
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Abraham was called out of Ur by...
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yahweh
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The blessing of abraham includes...
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father of a great nation
a homeland |
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Salem priest who blesses abraham
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melchizedeck
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sign of the covenant...
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circumsion for boys
marriage for girls |
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Who is Hagar?
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egyptian servant of sarah
mother of ishmeal |
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who is ishmeal?
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Hagar and Abraham's son
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The sacrifice of issac indicates...
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abraham's faith
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God does not require what kind of sacrifice?
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Human
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The sacrifice of isaac assures what?
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the covenant
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Issac is the precursor of what country
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Isreal
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How does Jacob get the birthright from Esau?
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Esau sells the birthright to Isaac for a bowl of soup
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What does the blessing of the birthright include?
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Right of inheritance and family name
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what happens in jacob's dream?
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a ladder extends to heaven with 2 sides going up and down and he is at the bottom
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what is the meaning of jacob's dream?
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god will protect Jacob
he will continue the covenant |
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jacob's name is changed to...
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isreal
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the short story of joseph is set in...
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Egypt not palestine
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What kind of coat di Joseph receive from his father?
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a coat of many colors
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Where does joseph end up after being kidnapped?
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Egypt
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who does joseph work for?
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Potiphar
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Joseph's family comes to what country...?
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Egypt
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What land is joseph's family granted?
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goshen
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What is referenced in old testament more than any other event?
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the crucial event
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when did the isrealites become a people?
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the crucial event
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midwives saved many...
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male babies
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the name moses means...
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to be brought up from water
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who does moses meet in the desert?
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zipporah and jethro
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who does moses marry?
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zipporah
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What is moses's job for jethro?
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tending sheep
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What is the burning bush an example of?
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theophany
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what is a theophany?
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when god speaks through nature to convey a message
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What were the plagues in order?
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nile to blood
frogs mosquitoes flies disease boils thunderstorm locusts darkness death of first born |
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what is passover?
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everyone dies that does not have a blood mark on their door
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Passover becomes...
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a significant festival
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what is the purpose of the plagues?
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demonstrates:
yahweh is superior to pharaoh yahweh's power of egyptian deities yahweh's power to the hebrews |
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How many people took part in the Exodus in the english translation?
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600,000 men or about 3 million people
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How many people took part in the Exodus in realistic translation?
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about 25,000 or 6,000 men
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What direction did Moses go?
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Modern hebrew scholars say the sea of reeds
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what does manna translate to?
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what is it?
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What did god feed the hebrew people?
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manna and quail
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what does the decalogue translate to?
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10 words
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What were the main concern of the 1st 4 commandments?
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Isreal's relaionship with god
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what was the main concern of the final 6 commandments?
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Isreal's realtionship with each other
people to people |
