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19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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4 things the Bible is about
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1) nature of God
2) nature of people 3) relationship /b/ people and people 4) relationship /b/ people and God |
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5 things Neanderthal graves tell us about myths
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1) myths rooted in experience of death and fear of extinction
2) myths accompanied by ritual (IE: animal bones from sacrifices) 3) myths about the unknown (IE: burial) 4) myths teach us how to act in this world and the next (IE: 1st creation story) 5) speak of another place alongside our own (IE: graves= transition /b/ our world and the other world) |
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characteristics of God in the beginning of Old Testament
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-creates
-regrets creation -disciplinary -compassionate/merciful -arbitrary/cruel -whimsical -patriarch |
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3 ?s myths answer
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1) where are we from?
2) where are we going? 3) how does one describe a deep emotion/sublime moment? |
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heroic quest
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1) call
2) initiation 3) return |
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chronology of peoples/eras
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1) PALEOLITHIC AGE
2) NEOLITHIC AGE: 8000-4000 3) AXIAL AGE: 4000-1000+ |
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6 characteristics of Hebrew mindset
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1) SIMPLE, DIRECT, HONEST: written like a 4th grader to get point across
2) ALOOF: need to protect and preserve themselves in order to preserve their personal lineage (identity) 3) TENACIOUS: historically held land God gave them for 120 yrs. w/o foreigners, never lost sense of ownership over Israel 3) PARADOX: many double meanings (2 opposites are actually true!) IE: "in order to gain your life you must lose your life," OR "the 1st shall be last and the last shall be 1st" 5) TIMELESSNESS: don't see things in the span of an individual life, see GENERATIONS 6) COMMUNITY vs. INDIVIDUAL: well-being of community more important than individuality, harmful individuals expelled |
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5 principles of interpretation (think: all your classes)
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1) LIMITATION: Bible contains truth but not all truth
2) RELIGION vs. SCIENCE: Bible not intended as scientific document, religion and science don't correspond 3) HISTORICAL: must put Bible in historical context in order to interpret it correctly (HERMENEUTICS!), what lessons can we glean from what it taught during ITS time 4) LITERARY: Bible= faith literature (poems *psalms*, instructions *Levitacus*, fable/myth, narrative, historical narrative) 6) SHELF PRINCIPLE: put what you know (predispositions) on a shelf |
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Grape/Welhausen Hypothesis
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1) J-WRITERS: refer to god as Yahweh ("I am" w/o tenses), during 6th century (Babylonian Exile)
2) E-WRITERS: refers to God as Elohim (plural, but used to represent monotheistic idea), 1.000 BC, 2nd creation story 3) P-WRITERS: priests, Babylonian Captivity (more optimistic), mirrors Gilgimesh and Enumah Elish, edited and wove J and E documents, 1st creation story 4) D-WRITERS: deuteronomic historians, 8th century, Deuteronomy, some of I&II Kings, I&II Samuel and Chronicles |
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cosmology
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study of heavens
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Bell's Theorum
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2 subatomic particles in the universe working together
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creation days
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day 1: LIGHT
day 2: LAND day 3: VEGITATION day 4: SUN, MOON and STARS day 5: WATER CREATURES and BIRDS day 6: PEOPLE day 7: RESTED |
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Hebrew cosmology
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-UPPER HEAVENS (God's place)
-WATERS of HEAVEN -FIRMAMENT of HEAVEN -EARTH -SHEOL -"P.O.T.E." (pillars of the Earth) |
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license
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the ability to do whatever you want whenever you want
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freedom
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cannot exist without being limited or bound
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sinfulness
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alienation from:
-God -nature -neighbors -self |
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courtroom scenario
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1) interrogation
2) judgement 3) discipline 4) mercy |
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3 stages of sin's growth
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1) REBELLION: Adam and Eve
2) VIOLENCE: Cain and Abel 3) VENGENCE: Lamech |
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Hebrew numerology
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3: God's #
4: # of the cosmos 3+4=7: # of days it took to create 3x4=12: tribes of Israel multiples of 10: HUGE # 4x10=40: number of days in ark, number of days in whale's belly, number of years in desert... |
