Terms In Old Testament

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Temple

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First built by solomon, then destroyed, rebuilt and built a third time by Herod the Great.
known as "Holy Place"

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Oracle

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Refers to prophetic speech. Typically appear in poetry or prose

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Tell

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A flat topped mound left behind by the accumulation of material from a long succession of human settlement at a particular location

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Caustic Law

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As simple laws are applied in a variety of situations, a body of law grows and develops that answers the questions that arise

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Medium

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A medium is a person who performs supernatural acts, including communication with the dead

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Theodicy

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can be understood as an attempt to explain the existence of evil and suffering in the world, and particularly God's involvement in evil and suffering

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Hermeneutics

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The field of study that examines how interpretation work, particularly the interpretation of written texts.

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Apodictic Law

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Some laws in old testament are given in short declarative statements, either positive or negative in form, w/ little or no explanation

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Levirate Mariage

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Requires a man to marry his brother's widow if his brother dies w/o having produced an heir. (continue family line)

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theophany

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refers to an appearance of God to a human being

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Prophet

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This term is used to describe a wide variety of individuals in the old testament. speak for God to the human race.

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Pentateuch

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A word derived from the Greek used to Designate the first five books of the Old Testament, the equivalent of what Jewish tradition sometimes calls the "Torah"

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Birthright

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in Genesis, the oldest son in a family seems to have special status. When the father's property is divided, the oldest sons receives an extra share.

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Passover

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refers to the event recorded in Exodus 11-12, which involved the killing of the fist born of Egypt.
Also refers to the subsequent annual festival that commemorates this event

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Lament

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means to complain about or mourn something. Sometimes used to describe a category of poems (Psalms)

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Diaspora

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Those who lived outside of Palestine

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Exilic

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the time of Exile. designates the period of captivity of the Israelites in Babylon.

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Mercy Seat

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the cover of the ark, which has cherubim at each end, is often called the "mercy seat"

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Torah

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HEBREW
means "law" or "instruction."
designates the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures

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Apocrypha

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Extra material not in the Hebrew and Protestant canons that is gathered and printed at the end of Protestant Bibles.

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Retribution Theology

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belief that the righteous who are obedient to God will be blessed while the wicked who are disobedient will be cursed.

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Source Criticism

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the attempt to identify and perhaps reconstruct some of these sources, particularly those used in the Pentateuch.

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Primeval Complex

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Genesis 1-11. Describes God very human-like. And very elaborate and somewhat magical stories.

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Sinai Covenant

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God says to the Israelites, "If you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be treasured possession out of all peoples."
promised to become a "priestly kingdom and a holy nation."

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Deuteronomic Theme

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a theme that begins in Deuteronomy and is reoccurring throughout the Old Testament

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Deuteronomic Cycle

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When people would turn on God, God lets their nation fall, judges deliver them. People would turn back and be delivered by God. (repeats in the OT)

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Davidic Covenant

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offered a security to his people by keeping his line on the throne.

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Document Hypothesis

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hypothesis of the stages of Israel's writings. (JEDP)

J. time of solomon (YHWH)
E. history using ELOHIM during 750 BC
D. influenced by deuteronomy during reign of Josiah
P. history written by priest.

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Ancestral Complex

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Israel's Ancestors in Genesis set up the Old Testament.

Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, Zilpah and Joseph