Ot Bible (Genesis & Exodus)

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Adam

Back 1

Means soil
ha-adam = hebrew for humankind

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Adam

Back 2

adam = soil
ha-adam = humankind

Creation of humanity in God's likeness carries with it commission to rule over the animal kingdom.

Two stories of Adam and Eve's creation. 1 - (P) Both created at same time. 2 - (J) Adam created first and Eve created from Adam.

1 - Created in God's image. 2 - Created from dust.

Front 3

Eve

Back 3

mother of all living

Did not know right from wrong, but eating apple was judged as wrong.

Front 4

Cain

Back 4

First son of Adam and Eve

Tiller of the soil

Makes sacrifice of 'fruit of the soil' but his sacrifice is rejected over Abel's

God curses him so that tilling the soil no longer yields for him.

Cursed to wander ceaselessly on earth (nomadic)

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Abel

Back 5

Killed by Cain

Keeper of Sheep

Offering accepted by God

Front 6

Noah

Back 6

Connected to word for 'to comfort'

Many deluge stories

Similar to Epic of Gilgamesh

Rainbow as Covenant

Ridding world of evil with flood waters

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Shem

Back 7

Eldest son of Noah

Canaan is made a slave to Shem

Shem and Japheth covered Noah's nakedness with cloth

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Canaan

Back 8

Son of Ham

Cursed to be slaves to Shem because Ham has sex with Noah. (Son is cursed for father's sin)

Cursing of Canaan serves as explanation of the sexual perverseness that Israelite culture sometimes thought to be typical of the Canaanites.

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Abram/Abraham

Back 9

First Patriarch

Descendant of Shem

Promised land, offspring and blessing

Married to Sarai/Sarah

Father of Isaac, almost sacrifices Isaac to show obedience to God

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Hagar

Back 10

Abraham's consort

Bore Ishmael, Abraham's son

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Lot

Back 11

Lived near Sodom

Abraham had God rescue Lot from God's destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot's wife looked back as fleeing city and turned into pillar of salt. Lot slept in cave after fleeing. Daughter's fed him wine and slept with him, leading to the birth of the Moabites and the Ammmonites.

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Sarai/Sarah

Back 12

Wife of Abraham

GIves birth to Isaac (laughter)

Forces Hagar and Ishmael to leave

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Ishmael

Back 13

Son of Hagar and Abraham

When he grew up, became a bowman and lived in the wilderness.

Sarah forced Ishmael and Hagar to leave after she has son, Isaac

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Isaac

Back 14

Son of Sarah and Abraham

Part of patriarchy

Abraham was told to sacrifice him as test of faithfulness, at last second God has Abraham sacrifice ram instead

Servant meets Rebekah by well and brings Rebekah back to marry Isaac

Has two sons, Jacob and Esau

Rebekah was barren but Isaac pleaded with God and Rebekah bore two sons.

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Laban

Back 15

Father of Rebekah

Gives Rebekah to Isaac

Father of Rachel

Brideprice for Rachel is high. Jacob has to work for Laban for many years to earn Rachel's hand in marriage.

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Shechem

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Name of person who raped Dinah and name of town where that person is from. Everyone from this town is killed

Simeon and Levi kill everyone right after everyone is circumcised.

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Abimelech

Back 17

King

Abraham tells Abimelech that Sarah is his wife. Abimelech takes Sarah as wife but God tells Abimelech the truth in a dream.

Isaac tells Abimelech that Rebekah is his wife. Abimelech sees Isaac fooling around with Rebekah though and calls him out on it. Tells people not to mess with Rebekah.

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Jacob/Israel

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Jacob means to Heel, to Deceive. Was born holding onto heel of firstborn, Esau.

Son of Isaac, 2nd born. Esau sells Jacob first born status for some soup. Jacob deceives Isaac into believing that Jacob is Esau and so Jacob receives Isaac's blessing.

Serves Laban for 7 yrs. in order to have Rachel. Given Leah instead. Deceived. Leah eldest. Forced to serve another 7 yrs. for Rachel. Leah bore Jacob six sons.

Rachel bore Jacob one son, Joseph.

Later renamed Israel.

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Leah

Back 19

Jacob's first wife, daughter of Laban

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Rachel

Back 20

Jacob's second wife, true love, daughter of Laban, mother of Joseph

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Esau

Back 21

Jacob's brother. Esau - hair. Also named Edom. Edom - Red. Also Seir - Name of mountainous region. First born. Gets jipped real bad. Outdoors man.

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Reuben

Back 22

Wanted to save Joseph. Suggested they throw him in a pit instead of killing him. Went away to find some way to save him, came back and Joseph was gone.

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Judah

Back 23

Son of Jacob. Story of Judah and Tamar. Tamar was wife of Judah's son. Son (Er) died before giving Tamar sons. Judah then gave Onan to Tamar (tradition). Onan died before giving Tamar sons.

Tamar poses as prostitute and gets pregnant be Judah.

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Benjamin

Back 24

Second and last son of Rachel by Jacob. Joseph keeps him in Egypt as test. Loved by Joseph.

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Dinah

Back 25

Daughter of Jacob and Leah.

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Levi and Simeon

Back 26

2nd and 3rd sons of Leah and Jacob. Slaughter the people of Shechem as revenge for the rape of Dinah.

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Tamar

Back 27

Married to Er, Judah's son who bears her no children. Given to Onan, who also gives her no children. Deceives Judah and sleeps with him to rightfully claim a child.

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Potiphar's Wife

Back 28

Attempts to sleep with Joseph. Joseph declines. She turns on him and tells everyone that he slept with her. This forces Potiphar to have Joseph thrown in jail.

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Miriam

Back 29

Moses's sister. Suggested to princess that she take on a nurse to take care of Moses. Miriam was the one who hid Moses in the river.

Front 30

Bethel

Back 30

Jacob dreamed of stairway that ran from ground to the sky lined with angels. God told Jacob in the dream that the land he was lying on would be his. This land was Bethel.

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Aram

Back 31

Son of Shem
Nation of Aramaeans

Front 32

J, E, D, P

Back 32

Documentary Hypothesis
J - Jahweh (Yahweh)
E - Elohim
D - Deuteronomical
P - Priestly

Contradictions, Duplications, Differences in style

Front 33

Baal

Back 33

Caanonite Storm God, rides on a calf

Front 34

Babylon

Back 34

Tower of Babel story is an account of how Babylon got its name.

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Lower Critics

Back 35

Read all versions of a text and decide what is more accurate. Only work with letters/words. Not concerned with interpretation.

Front 36

Biblical Criticism

Back 36

Who wrote this text, when was it written, was there a specific audience, etc.

Front 37

Canon

Back 37

List of accepted writings that make up collection of divinely inspired work

Front 38

Septuagint

Back 38

Original Translation of first 5 books of the Bible

Legend - 70/72 scholars given Hebrew manuscripts to translate independently. All came up with same translation. This lends credibility to the translation.

Useful as a witness for the even older Hebrew text which we no longer have.

Front 39

Enuma Elish

Back 39

"Wind on High" Babylonian Creation myth. Importance of differences between Enuma Elish and the Genesis creation story.

Apsu - Good/Male
Tiamat - Evil/Female

Marduk kills Tiamat and creates Earth out of TIamat

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Masoretes

Back 40

Set what should be the official text. Worked with

Front 41

Etiology

Back 41

Study of origins/causes

Front 42

Pentateuch

Back 42

First five books of Bible.

Israelites conquered by Babylonians. Priests and Royalty are exiled. When they come back is the first time the Torah is mentioned.

Pentateuch compiled while in exile.