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61 Cards in this Set
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3300-1200
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Bronze Age
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1200-586
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Iron Age
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586-332
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Persian Period
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332-63
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Hellenistic Period
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1250
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Emergence of Israel
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1200-1020
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Tribal League of Israel/Time of Judges
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1020-922
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United Monarchy
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922-722
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Divided Monarchy
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622
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Reform of Jerusalem cult by Josiah
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586
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Destruction of Jerusalem/Judah taken to Babylon
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586-539
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Babylonian Exile
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539
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Cyrus II defeats Babylon and allows Judah to return
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520-515
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Building of the Second Temple
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332
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Alexander the Great conquers Palestine
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167
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Repression of Antiochus IV/Hasmonean Rebellion
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722
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Fall of Israel to Assyria
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Hebrew Bible
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Genesis to 2 Chronicles
Cyrus II says go home |
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Christian OT
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End with Malachi
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Septuagint
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Greek edition of Hebrew Bible plus Apocrypha
Begins with Hellenistic Age Longer/Different order than Hebrew Bible |
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Catholic OT
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Septuagint in Latin/deuterocanonical books
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Protestant OT
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HB content, no apocrypha, ends in Malachi
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Torah
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"instruction"
Pentateuch 450 BCE |
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Nevi'im
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"the prophets"
narrative of Canaan to Babylon + oracles Joshua to Malachi 200 BCE |
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Kethuvim
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"writings"
poetry, Books of Wisdom, Daniel 100 CE |
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How long did the formation of the Bible take?
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1100 years
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What is textual criticism?
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determine the text's original wording
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Masoretic Text
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Medieval text
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First english translation of the Bible
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1383
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When was the canon closed?
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Council of Trent
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What does Apocrypha mean?
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"hidden"
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Who called the apocrypha the apocrypha?
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Jerome
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How does Sirach view death?
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Sheol/Hades = death is the end
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How does the Wisdom of Solomon view death?
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The soul is immortal, but the ungodly have no afterlife
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What is the theme of Deuteronomy?
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Yahweh only and only in Jerusalem
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Theme of Former Prophets
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Mt. Horeb Covenant: Yahweh only and only in Jerusalem
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Theme of Latter Prophets
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Attitude to poor, personal sins
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Two Good Kings
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Josiah and Hezekiah
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Polytheism
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belief in more than one god
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Henotheism
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worship of one with belief in more
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Monotheism
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belief in the existence of one god
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Baal
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Canaanite rain god
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Molech
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god of Ammon, human sacrifice
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Asherah
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Canaanite lady of the Sea, consort of El
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What is an apocalypse?
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"unveiling"
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The Chronicler
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events before his birth, reworked
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Yahwist
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9th century
Concerned with the South, Judah, Jerusalem |
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Elohist
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8th century
concerned with North, Israel, Samaria |
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Priestly
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6th-5th century
composed after the Fall of Jerusalem |
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Deuteronomist
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622
Deuteronomy Jerusalem |
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What do the Former Prophets consist of ?
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Joshua through 2 Kings, DH minus Deuteronomy
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What do the Latter Prophets consist of?
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Isaiah through Malachi
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What does the prophet do?
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Tells the future
Speaks on behalf of God |
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Haplography
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Skipping a word, line or paragraph
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Gloss
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note in the margin
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What is a myth?
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a traditional narrative including gods and heroes
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First creation story
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Sudbue, control. God is orderly and celestial, transcendent
Priestly source |
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Second creation story
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God is personal, involved, present, corporeal
Yahwistic source |
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First nonbiblical mention of Israel
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Merneptah stele
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Conquest model
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optimistic about judging the Bible
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Peaceful infiltration
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settled peacefully on hilltops
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Social revolution
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Marxist leaning: Israelites are Canaanites who rebel
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