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What are the three sections of the Jewish Bible? |
Torah, Prophets, and Writings |
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How is the arrangement of books different between Modern Bibles and Jewish Bibles |
The Jewish Old Testament is ordered Law-Prophecy-Writings. The Christian Bible is ordered Pentateuch, History, Poetry, Major Prophets, Minor Prophets. |
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What is the Septuagint? |
The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures, used by the authors of the New Testament. 300-200BC |
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What is the Apocrypha? |
A collection of books written after 450BC and before Jesus. Seen as Canon to the Catholics, but often omitted from Christian Bibles. Jews use them for history, but not as inspired scripture. |
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What good are the dead sea scrolls? |
1. Show us that scribal translation and copying have kept the books nearly unchanged over 1500+ years. 2. Show us the Jewish culture and thought of the time they were written |
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Are manuscript variances a problem? |
No 1. The differences are always inconsequential 2. Inter textual criticism can show us the differences and let us omit them if we want |
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Who was the person who led Israel out of Egypt |
Moses |
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Who was the person who was the first King of Israel? |
Saul |
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Who tricked their brother out of a birthright? |
Jacob |
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Who was sold as a slave by their brothers? |
Joseph |
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Who were the two sisters that Jacob married? |
Rachel and Lea |
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Who led the Israelites into Caanan? |
Joshua |
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Who said "The woman whom you gave to me--she gave me the fruit!" |
Adam |
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Who said "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
Cain |
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Who said "They gave gold to me and I threw it into the fire and out came this calf." |
Aaron |
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Who said, "The people spared the best of the sheep and cattle, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed" |
Saul |
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In what chapter is God's promise to Abraham first mentioned |
Genesis 12 |
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In what chapter is the 10 Commandments? |
Exodus 20 |
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In what chapter is the Golden Calf incident? |
Exodus 32 |
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In what chapter is the procedures for the day of atonement? |
Leviticus 16 |
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What is a Covenant? |
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What are the 6 parts of a SV Treaty |
1. Intro, Identification 2. Historical Prologue 3. Stipulations 4. Deposit in Sanctuary and Public Reading 5. List of Witnesses 6. Blessing and Curses for those who keep or break the treaty |
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What chapter is the Old Test Law spoken of as a covenant? |
Exodus 24 |
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What is the covenant formula? |
The thesis, or main idea of a covenant, all summed up into one sentence. |
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What is the ritual significance of the Sabbath? |
1. Set apart from other cultures. 2. It illustrate's God's sovereignty |
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What is the ritual significance of circumcision? |
Set apart the Israelites from other cultures |
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What is ritual impurity? |
1. The absence of Holiness 2. A state where one is unsuited to preform holy actions 3. Spiritual muck that is stuck onto a person until they do some sort of ritual to get it off. |
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How is ritual impurity gotten caused? |
1. Contact with something deemed impure 2. Doing an action that makes one impure. |
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How is ritual impurity removed? |
By means of a ceremony or ritual that is outlined in the Law. |
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Why dietary laws? |
1. Separation from other people 2. Instills in the Israelite's minds a system of keeping things pure, having nothing that might blend a boundary. |
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What is ritual purity not? |
1. Ritual purity is not about actually making one physically clean, although that can be part of it. 2. Ritual purity is not about following random rules that God made up. |
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What does LORD mean |
Yahweh |
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What does "Sheol" mean |
Hades, underworld |
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What is Passover |
Sacrifice of a lamb, smear blood over door. Commemorates the Israelites leaving Egypt. |
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Who were the Levites? |
A tribe of Israel that owned no land. They were the caretakers, musicians, and priests of the temple. |
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What is textual criticism |
Using other manuscripts to evaluate the authenticity of a manuscript. |
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Time of Abraham |
2000 BC |
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Exodus of Israel, BIBLE |
1400 BC |
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Exodus of Israel HISTORIANS |
1200 BC |
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Period of the Judges |
1100 BC |
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Time of David |
1000 |
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Israel splits |
922 BC |
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Samaria Falls |
722 BC |
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Hezekiah Rebels against Assyria, kind of succedes |
701 BC |
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Reforms of King Josiah |
622 BC |
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Jeruselem Falls |
587 BC |
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Decree of Cyrus |
539 BC |
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Temple Rebuilt |
515 BC |
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Wall Rebuilt |
Mid 400 BC |
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How is sin dealt with? |
Death: Adam, Death penalty Punishment: David losing his son, Sacrifice: Sacrificial law |