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62 Cards in this Set
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Special Revelation |
God’s self disclosure in history through his words and actions; purpose to encounter humanity with God’s love. It helps us understand God’s plan of salvation. |
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General Revelation |
God’s majesty, power, and glory which is visible to us in the beauty of the natural world |
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Dictation theory of inspiration |
God gives exact words to the writers of the bible (God speaks, people wrote) |
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Dynamical theory of inspiration |
active involvement of the Holy Spirit in the writing of the bible (Holy spirit inspires, people wrote.) |
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Canon |
collection of writings accepted by a religious body as authoritative and normative for faith and practice |
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Torah |
(the law) Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Contain the earliest records of human history and the earliest history of Israel. |
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Nebiim |
(the prophets) broken into two sections– former & latter |
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Former Prophets |
(Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings) deals with the history of the people of Israel, from their entrance into the land of Canaan to the beginning of their captivity in Babylon |
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Latter Prophets |
(Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi) Contains the books of Israel’s greatest prophets. |
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Kethubim |
(the writings) contains the books of Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 & 2 Chronicles. |
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Qumran |
Where the oldest manuscripts of the Bible were found. Northwest area of the dead sea, shed some light into our understanding of the manuscripts of the Old Testament (The caves of Qumran also yielded a large number of non biblical materials.) |
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Septuagint |
Greek translation of the Old Testament used by the early church - translated by 70-72 Jewish elders |
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Vulgate |
Latin translation, became the official bible of Western Europe during the middle ages |
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Historical Criticism |
emerged under the influence of rationalism and enlightenment, this approach to the study of the Bible aims to explain scripture in terms of human reason and one’s understanding of natural laws. |
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Exegesis |
the actual process of bringing the meaning out of a biblical text by its modern reader |
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Hermeneutics |
the rules and principles that govern the practice of interpretation. |
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Fertile Crescent |
The fertile and watered land area within the ancient near east, is made up of the Mesopotamian Valley, the Nile Delta, and Syria Palestine. |
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Assyrians |
Their home was in the northern part of Mesopotamia, they launched an empire building program in the eighth century BC under the leadership of Tiglath-pileser III and gained political control Syria, Israel, and Egypt in the middle of the seventh century BC. |
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Babylonians |
Major political power in the seventh century BC. The southern part of Mesopotamia became known as Babylonia. Babylon was located on the euphrates and was the most influential city for the Babylonians. |
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Persians |
Major political power in the sixth century BC under Cyrus. Their home was modern day Iran. |
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Canaanites |
mixture of various ethnic and cultural groups, most of which descended from Canaan. |
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Pentateuch |
also known as the Torah |
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Primeval Narratives |
The first 11 chapters of the bible that contain information about creation and the earliest history of humanity. |
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Creation ex Nihilo |
belief that the world was created out of nothing |
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Enuma Elish |
Mesopotamian creation story. |
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Gilgamesh Epic |
Mesopotamian version of the flood account. |
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Habiru |
low socioeconomic group in the ancient near east that the Hebrews are believed to have been a part of |
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Horeb |
southern region of the Sinai peninsula where Moses encountered the burning bush. |
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Mount Sinai |
(mountain of Moses) where God met with Moses and revealed to him his purpose for people who he redeemed from Egypt |
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Pesach |
seven day springtime celebration that commemorates Israel’s deliverance from Egypt |
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Passover |
the ritual of smearing blood of a lamb on the doorframe of your house and eating its roasted meat in a hurried manner |
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Covenant |
the future of the God - Israel relationship |
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Theophany |
theological term that describes such manifestations of God in supernatural ways to human beings |
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Tabernacle |
the tent of meeting, was the visible dwelling of God in the midst of the people of Israel |
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Holy of Holies |
innermost area of the tabernacle and was the most holy place, it was separated from the holy place with a veil |
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Ark of the Covenant |
a wooden chest overlaid with pure gold. It housed the testimonies or two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments was written. |
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Shema |
God’s gracious invitation to holy living. The call to love God is first and foremost a call to live in the experience of his faithful and unfailing devotion to us. |
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Deuteronomic Theology |
theology of blessings and curses |
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Cherem |
Hebrew term meaning things devoted to God for destruction. |
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Baal |
a type of fertility religion that worship to do what was evil in the eyes of the Lord |
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Fertility religion |
functions to meet the needs of an agricultural people |
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Asherah |
Baal’s consort also known as Ashtart or Anat |
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Write out and explain the acronym that was introduced to the class describing the process of the development of scripture. If a person believes in inspiration, how would that person understand inspiration in light of the acronym? |
E- event C- confession O- oral transmission W- writing it down S- scripture Process of the formation of biblical literature |
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Write out the Event/Time line of the story of the Old Testament. You should be able to name the books where the story line is found. |
Primeval: Creation & Humanity’s sin (Genesis 1-11) 1800 BCE: God’s covenant with Abraham and his descendants (Genesis 12-50) 1280 BCE: Israel’s Exodus from Egypt and the Sinai (Exodus 1-40) 1240 BCE: Israel’s Wilderness journey and the conquest of Canaan (Books of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua) 1200 BCE: Entering into Canaan 1200-1020 BCE: Israel under the leadership of charismatic leaders (Book of Judges and 1 Samuel 1–9) 1020 BCE: Saul becomes king & beginning of the monarchy (1 Samuel 10-1 Kings 11) 1000 BCE: David becomes king 922 BCE: Kingdom is divided – The divided kingdoms of Israel (1 Kings 12- 2 Kings 25) 722 BCE: destruction of northern 10 tribes 587-537 BCE: deportation to Babylon 2nd Temple Period: Exile and restoration (Books of Ezra and Nehemiah) |
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What are the three major ways of structuring the Decalogue? (detail is important) |
Jewish Augustinian/Lutheran Protestant/Reformed |
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Jewish Decalogue Structure |
JewishI am Yahweh (Declaration)You will have no other gods before me + you will have no idols do not misuse the sacred name sabbath keeping honoring parents killing adultery stealing false witness coveting |
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Augustinian/Lutheran Decalogue Structure |
Introductory comment: I am the Lord your God No Gods + No Images No misuse of the sacred name sabbath keeping honoring parents killing adultery stealing false witness coveting your neighbor's wife coveting everything else |
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Protestant/Reformed Decalogue Structure |
Intro phrase: I am Yahweh no other gods no images/ idols no mischief w/ the divine name sabbath keeping honoring parents killing adultery stealing false witness all coveting |
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What are Martin Noth’s five themes of the Pentateuch? |
Promise to the fathers Guidance out of the land (exodus) Gift of the law (Sinai) Guidance in the wilderness (provisions) Guidance into the new land (gift of the land) |
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Critical Old Testament scholarship identifies four literary strands in the Pentateuch, what are they and what is this literary analysis called? |
J - Jehovah, Yahwistic -Oldest source -Epic narrative E - Elohim -Generic term for deity D - Deuteronomistic -History P - Priestley -Focuses on priests serving in Jerusalem -Contains tradition This is called Documentary Hypothesis |
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Creation & Humanity’s sin |
Primeval (Genesis 1-11) |
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God’s covenant with Abraham and his descendants |
1800 BCE: (Genesis 12-50) |
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Israel’s Exodus from Egypt and the Sinai |
1280 BCE: (Exodus 1-40) |
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Israel’s Wilderness journey and the conquest of Canaan |
1240 BCE: (Books of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua) |
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Entering into Canaan |
1200 BCE: |
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Israel under the leadership of charismatic leaders |
1200-1020 BCE: (Book of Judges and 1 Samuel 1–9) |
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Saul becomes king & beginning of the monarchy |
1020 BCE: (1 Samuel 10-1 Kings 11) |
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David becomes king |
1000 BCE: |
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Kingdom is divided – The divided kingdoms of Israel |
922 BCE: (1 Kings 12- 2 Kings 25) |
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destruction of northern 10 tribes |
722 BCE: |
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deportation to Babylon |
587-537 BCE: |
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Exile and restoration |
2nd Temple Period: (Books of Ezra and Nehemiah) |
