Old Testament And Hebrew Scriptures Final

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Joshua

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took over for Moses and Aaron, led Israelites into the promise land, conquered the land, in charge of Israelites

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conquest model

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happened as it did in Joshua--took over and destroyed cities, 4-room houses and collared-jars good evidence, (archaeology and the Bible-Albright)

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"peasant revolt" model

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Israelites were Canaanite peasants and moved east into central Israel after revolting, increased central population, decreased coast population, (sociology model- Gottwald, Liverani)

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gradual migration model

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Israel emerged from nomads who decided to settle in central Israel after the power suck in the late Bronze age, long distance traders from south and east, worshiped Yahweh (Alt)

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collared-rim jars

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evidence of Israelites in central Israel, used to carry water, also foun in Canaanite lands

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four-room houses

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found in the central hill country, evidence for the Israelites, 2 story houses- livingroom upstairs, cooking downstairs, animals lived in houses

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William F. Albright

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American, person who came up with the idea of Archaeology and the Bible

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Normal Gottwald

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came up with the idea of Sociology and the Bible, helped originate the peasant revolt model

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Deborah

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Israelite judge, lead Jabin's army, good judge

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Gideon/Jerubbal

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becomes a judge, cuts down Ashera and alter to Baal, name means to hew (cut down) Jerubbal means let Baal fight against him, asks for sign with dew and fleece, successful judge

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Baal

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Cannanite storm god, lord/master, principle hero, associated with fertility because of the water

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Asherah

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female fertility dieties, in poles

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Shiloh

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temple where people go annually for sacrifice, where Hannah prays for Samuel

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Samuel

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politican, priest, and prophet, last character to inhabit all three titles, becomes a Nazirite (name does not make sense, bible says "god has heard" but really means" his name is El" Chieftian of people, puts corrupt sons in charge and people ask for a king

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"messiah"

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annointed, one who is devinely annointed, Saul was Israel's first Messiah

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Saul

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first king for Israel, name means to ask, annointed by Samuel, corrupt king in terms of religious traditions

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David

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son of Jesse, annointed king after Saul by Samuel, plays in
Sauls's court, defeats Goliath, grants Saul mercy after several opportunities to kill him, best king, morally not good but spiritually good

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Philistines

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western and southwestern neighbors of Israel, 5 cities called Pentapolis, semi-independent cities that ban together because of culture, problem for Israelites for several hundred years

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parallelism

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main literary form found in the Psalms

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Uriah the Hittite

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man who's wife David sleeps with, brings him back from war and tries to make things right but he sleeps at David's palace door, David then has him ordered to the front lines and he is killed

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Bathsheba

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woman David lusted after, summed to his palace and slept with her and got her pregnant, then had her husband killed

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Solomon

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David's son, child of Bathsheba, becomes king after David, builds wall around Jerusalem, palace, and temple, wise king but turns his heart away from Yahweh

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Jeroboam

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officer of Solomon who rebels and becomes king of northern Israel, makes 2 golden calves

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Mesha Stele/ Moabite Stone

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written by Mesha, king of Moab
First mention of Israelite king outside of Bible
Explains defeat of country in same ways as Israel

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Ahab

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king of Israel after Jeroboam, very bad king, builds temple to Baal in Samaria, wants to make Baal the official god and get rid of Yahweh

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Elijah

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prophet, tries to talk Ahab out of his evil, performs many miracles similar to Jesus, mocks prophets of Baal, attemped killing by Ahab, spoken to by God in still, small voice, annoints Jehu as king in Ahab's place

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Elisha

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with Elijah teach people to worship Yahweh only, follows in Elijah's footsteps after he's taken up in a chariot of fire

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Amos

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prophet to Israel, pronounces oracles on nations around Israel, including Israel and Judah, gives reasons as to why people will be taken away

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Isaiah

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prophet to Judah, tells people that God will not listen to their prayers because of their evilness, God wants people to: seek justice, encourage oppressed, defend orphans, and plead for widows, encourages Hezekiah

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Hezekiah

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centralizes worship in Jerusalem, fortifies walls in Jerusalem, religiously pure like David, first person to say no other gods and bring about Monotheism

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Sennacherib

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Assyrian king that conquers several cities in Judah, but does not conquer Jerusalem

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"Zion Theology"

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belief that Jerusalem will never fall, God's home on earth, lasts from 701-586 B.C.

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Manasseh

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Hezekiah's son, king of Judah, evil king, Judah punished because of all his wrong doing

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Code of Hammurabi

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laws in Deuteronomy similar to those of Mesopotamia

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Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon

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almost identical bleessings and curses from Deuteronomy, biblical authors used language from Mesopotamian law

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Josiah

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best king, restored the temple and found the book of law, put it back into place and tells people to live by it

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Deuteronomistic History

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belief that books started with Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings... one big long composition (Martin Noth)

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Martin Noth

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man who came up with the idea of Deuteronomistic History

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Nebuchadnezzar

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first general then King of Babylon, takes Judah as vassal and exiles them to Babylon

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Jeremiah

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6th century prophet, accounts for fall of Judah, tells people that this is how God is going to make his name known

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Ezekiel

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6th century prophet, said that there was a way for people to change their ways and find repentence

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Cyrus

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Persian king, had God's blessing, allowed Israelites to return home and rebuild temple, gets called a messiah

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Zoroastrianism

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Persian religion, gave influence to the Satan we know in the Bible

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Ezra

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scribe and priest, edits the Torah together