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73 Cards in this Set
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The four types of prophets?
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Ro'ch, is'elohim, habek, nabi
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What kind of prophet is Ro'ch?
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"visionary," a person from a high place paid to do the job
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What kind of prophet is is'elohim?
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"man of God," used in times of crises (war, famine), God seen as powerful, feared, immoral, lived in the outskirts of society.
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What kind of prophet is hozeh?
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"visionary," an individual with disciples, speaks of heavenly court in the N. Kingdom, central figures within society, God is moral
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What kind of prophet is nabi?
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central figures within society, God is moral, Southern Kingdom, speaks a lot about the covenant
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How did God communicate with the people?
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Words and Visions
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God spoke to the people through Visions. What could these visions include?
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Setting, Protagonist, Time, Characters, sometimes Words, Objects, Animals, Message: Condemnation/Salvation
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Describe what a prophet is.
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Divine encounter with God, foresee the future, catalysts for change, speak for God to warn and console @ same time, people who God makes see things in a deep way, intermedialist between God and people.
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When was Moses?
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13th century BCE
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When was Samuel?
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10th century BCE
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When were Elisha and Elijah?
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9th century BCE, I and II Kings
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When was Jeremiah?
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7th century BCE
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When were the prophets who had their own books (Amos, Micah, Hoseah)?
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8th century BCE
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When was the last prophet (acc. to Christian belief), Daniel?
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4th century BCE
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How did prophets transmit messages to people?
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Spoken Words, Symbolic Actions, and Written Word
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Prophets transmitted messages to people with Spoken Words. What types?
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Prose Accounts (a report of what happened), and Poetic Speech (parallelism, the most dominating, figures of speech, and formulas, such as law suits, songs, allegories, and laments)
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Prophets transmitted messages to people with Written Words. Who wrote these down?
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Usually disciples of the prophets
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Prophets transmitted messages to people with Symbolic Actions. What are some examples?
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eating a crow, singing (in ecstasy), fasting, not sleeping
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What is the structure of the Bible?
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Pentateuch/Torah, Historical Books/Writings, Prophets, Poetic Books and Wisdom/Writings
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What books does the Pentateuch/Torah include, from what event to what event, and from what year to what year?
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Genesis through Deuteronomy, Creation until outside the promised land, from the beginning until the 13th century.
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What books do the Historical Books/Writings include?
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(Deut.) Joshua, Judges, I and II Samuel, I and II Kings
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Who is believed to have composed the Historical Books/Writings?
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Joshua
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What is another name for the Historical Books/Writings?
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Deuteronomistic History
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Who is believed to have written the Historical Books/Writings and why?
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Prophet Jeremiah (7th century), with help from scribe Baruch because of similarities in grammar with his book.
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When do prophets (composing the Prophets section of the Bible) start having their own books?
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8th century BCE
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Name three judges.
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Samson, Deborah, Gideon
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What was prophet Samuel responsible for?
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Appointing a king of Israel.
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Who did Samuel appoint as king of Israel?
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Saul
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Who was the prophet for David and Solomon? In which book?
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Nathan, in II Samuel
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What main event happens in the Prophets section?
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The kingdom is split into two parts (Judah and Israel/Samaria)
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Where do Elijah and Elisha prophesy, and what is the main thing they talk about?
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Northern Kingdom (Israel/Samaria), they speak out against Baal.
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Where does Amos prophesy, and about what, and why?
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Northern Kingdom because it was bigger and wealthier led to more social injustice
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What happens in the Poetic Books and Wisdom/Writings?
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Assyrians conquer N. Kingdom
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Who was the Assyrian king that took over the N. Kingdom?
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King Tiglathpileser III
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What happened when Assyria took the Northern Kingdom?
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10 tribes were taken out of Israel
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Who captured Samaria, the capital of the N. Kingdom?
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Assyrian King sargon II
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Who provided the first notion that God was the only one?
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Ezekiel
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Why is Moses thought to be a prophet?
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He was a mediator and an authority figure.
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What did Solomon do?
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Built the temple
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What happened after Solomon died?
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The nation split due to disagreement about Jeroboam
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After Solomon, who was the king of the Southern Kingdom and Northern Kingdom?
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King Rehoboam (his son), and King Jeroboam (his officer)
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What did Jeroboam do?
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Built two shrines in the N. Kingdom so that people wouldn't move South (Dan and Bethel)
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Who did the N. Kingdom have lots of relations with?
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The Phoenicians
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Who was Jeroboam's son?
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King Omri (king we have first evidence about)
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Who was King Omri's son?
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Ahab
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Who did Ahab marry?
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Phoenician princess, Jezebel who worshipped Baal
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When does Elijah appear and how?
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I Kings 17, abruptly because of a new author
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What is one example of what Elijah spoke about?
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Forsaw a drought. Proved that Yahweh brought the rain and not Baal
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What was Baal?
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Phoenician/pagan god of rain and fertility
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When was the return to Canaan?
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12th century BCE
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When was Samuel?
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11th century
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What century was Saul?
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12th century
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When was David?
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10th century
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When did the Kingdom split?
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9th century
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When did the Assyrians captured N. Kingdom?
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8th century
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When was Isaiah?
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8th century, during Assyrians
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When was Ezekiel?
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6th century
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When was Ezra?
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5th century
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When was Jerusalem conquered and the temple destroyed?
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586 BCE
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When did Babylon conquer Assyria?
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612
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When was the beginning of the exile, destroying of the temple, and capturing of Jerusalem? Who was the prophet?
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586 BCE, Ezekiel
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When did the Persian king Syrus allow people to return to Israel? Who was the prophet?
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536 BCE, Ezra
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Who was the Persian king who allowed the people to return to Israel? Who was the prophet?
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King Syrus, Ezra
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What are the four sources/traditions of the two creation stories?
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J- YAHWEH, E- Elohist, P- Priestly, and D- Deuteronomist
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What years were each of the four sources/traditions of the two creation stories written?
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Yahweh- 10th century, Elohist- 8th century, Priestly and Deuteronomist- end of 7th beginning of 6th
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Where were each of Yahweh and Elohist sources/traditions of the two creation stories written?
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Yahweh- S. Israel, Elohist- N. Kingdom
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Describe the Yahweh tradition (of the creation story)
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naturalistic, humanistic
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Describe the Priestly tradition (of the creation story)
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rituals, purity and impurity, stars and moon
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What does Elohim mean?
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God
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Describe the Deuteronomist tradition (of the creation story).
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Basically talks about all of history again
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Where are the two different creation stories found in the Bible?
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the first chapter, then from chapter 2:4 onwards.
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Who is believed to be the editor of the two creation stories?
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Ezra (Persian period, beginning of 6 BCE, 5th century)
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What are the differences between the two creation stories?
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The beg. of Genesis- priestly tradition, God is majestic.
2:4 onwards- God speaks as a human ("walking"), referred to as Yahweh, God is approachable. |
