Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
62 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
How do we get the most accurate text?
|
Compare all of the ancient manuscripts whether they are Hebrew or not
|
|
Septaugint
|
Greek translation
LXX 70 scholars in 70 days produced this text |
|
Peshitta
|
Syriac translation of the Hebrew Bible
|
|
586 BCE
|
fall of Judah or the Southern Kingdom
major religious crisis |
|
Sopherims
|
Hebrew: "sepher" or book
begin to copy & interpret the Toran updated script, added headings/titles and made corrections Ezra was the first scribe |
|
Masoretic Text
|
Tanakh is written in Hebrew & Aramaic
No original manuscripts--only copies |
|
Masoretes
|
"masorah"--keepers of the tradition
modified it--made it easier to read/understand added notes to the text for cross referencing added vowels created an authorative Hebrew text |
|
722 BCE
|
fall of Isreal
Assyrians deported the Jews |
|
Dead Sea Scrolls
|
Discovered in 1947 in caves near Qumran
Include all of the Tanakh except Esther 11 caves w/ 95,000 texts or text fragments all are not expected to be translated til 2154 |
|
Genesis 50
|
Joseph's promise " One day God will remember you"
last word in Genesis is coffin --Genesis is a failure promises were not fulfilled Jacob dies |
|
Essences
|
group of Jewish men--talk about how the world ends
established by teacher of righteousness while they were waiting on the Messiah to come they 1. copied Hebrew scrolls 2. produced their own prophieces about Messiah 3. hide scrolls |
|
922 BCE
|
nation of Isreal divides into North and South
|
|
1000 BCE
|
David becomes King
|
|
God is not moral, He is holy
|
God is holy in that he sets apart to love and have a relationship with his people. Morality can change.
|
|
3 Themes to Deuteronomy
|
one God
one people one Faith |
|
Male & Female are created in the image of God.
|
If you want to "see" God, look at the relationship between male and female.
|
|
Targums
|
Aramaic translation
|
|
538 BCE
|
Decree of Cyrus
tells Jews to go back to Jersalem and rebuild their temple |
|
Vulgate
|
Latin translation
Jerome's translation |
|
Things to Consider while reading the Tanakh
|
canonization took over 600 years
translation is always interpretation!!! |
|
90 CE
|
Council of Jamnia
Canonize Hebrew Bible |
|
December 25, 1964
|
Hannakah
Judas takes Jersalem back |
|
God is elusive
|
You can never understand Yahweh. Religion puts Him into understandable catagories.
|
|
Northern Kingdom
|
Isreal
|
|
Southern Kingdom
|
Judah
|
|
Dyanamic Equilance
|
try to make it readable
|
|
Yahweh
|
God's most personal and holiest name
Emphasizes the God of relationship |
|
Why put the tree in the Garden of Eden?
|
Their eyes were opened...story of human awakening and awareness
To have a relationship with Yahweh you must have awareness |
|
Depravity
|
human beings are not able to accomplish salvation, it is up to God
|
|
Why did Jews not like polytheism?
|
Not in a personal relationship with them
Cannot get to God, cant see his face |
|
Eve realizes if she eats fruit she will understand
|
1. wisdom
2. goodness 3. beauty loss of innocence know good & evil |
|
Genesis Chapter 2
|
narrative of man and woman's relationship
personal, intense God |
|
moral
|
social convention
makes it possible for society to function |
|
Punishment
|
male & female were temporarily punished--leads to redemption
ground & serpent were permanently punished with no hope for redemption |
|
Torah
|
Books of Moses or Pentateuch
1st section of the canon combined after the fall of Jerusalem primary and most authoritative Jewish Bible |
|
holy
|
to Yahweh means "to be set apart"
|
|
JEDP theory
|
believes there are many sources lying behind the Hebrew Bible
|
|
3 Themes to Leviticus
|
1.Sacrifice
2. Holiness 3. Priesthood |
|
Genesis 3
|
entrance of the original sin
loss of innocence without it there would be no reason for God to return potential for a mature relationship with God |
|
2 Themes of Exodus
|
1. Law
2. Deliverance |
|
Adona
|
Lord
man who has power |
|
TaNaK
|
3 parts of the Hebrew Bible
|
|
God is one.
|
God is transcedent, above and beyond all others.
|
|
Genesis 38
|
story of Judah and Tomar
all about seizing your destiny |
|
cosmology
|
study of beginnings
Genesis 1-3 whats are the questions we are searching for |
|
Genesis 2:18
|
Adam--"of the earth"
Eve--"helper", "Ezer" women has power & dignity so she can help |
|
Genesis 1
|
poetry
creation story |
|
586 BCE
|
crisis of identity and faith
broken promises Jewish Exile |
|
Language is reality
|
The Hebrew people believe that God spoke the world in existance.
|
|
2 Themes to Numbers
|
1. Wandering in the Wilderness
2. Preparation for entering the promised land |
|
3 Patriarchs to Isreal
|
Abraham, Jacob, Isaac
|
|
Deuteronomy
|
Moses's last will and testament
contract between Yahweh and people of Isreal |
|
Exodus
|
10 plagues
affront to Egyptian polytheism |
|
Canon
|
kanon
qaneh measuring stick or line authorized collection of books |
|
Deteronomy 6:4
|
verse written in the Mazzvzah
attached to door of Jewish home |
|
Skekinah
|
presence of God
tabernacle was presence of God on earth |
|
formal correspondence
|
try to stay as close to Hebrew & Greek as possible
|
|
70 CE
|
fall of 2nd temple
Romans decree: no Jew could return to Jersalem |
|
Kethuvim
|
writings
after destruction of 2nd temple they began to close the canon |
|
Nebiim
|
prophets
God acting in history not foretelling furte |
|
Themes of the Hebrew Bible
|
1. God is one.
2. God is elusive. 3. Language is reality. 4. God is not moral, He is holy. 5. Male and female are created in image of God |
|
Themes of the Hebrew Bible
|
1. God is one.
2. God is elusive. 3. Language is reality. 4. God is not moral, He is holy. 5. Male and female are created in image of God |