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39 Cards in this Set
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Anthropomorphic |
"in human form" |
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exodus |
one of the books of the Torah, contains stories of the mass exodus out of egypt led by Moses |
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Torah |
First 5 books of old testament: Genisis, exodus, numbers, leviticus, dueteronomy, every thing else is response to these books |
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Patriarch |
"first father", "ruling father" |
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monotheism |
belief in one God |
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Septuagint |
Translation of the old testament to Greek |
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theophany |
vision of God |
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Bethel |
where Jacob saw the angelic ladder |
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Tanak |
Hebrew Bible |
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Horeb |
Where Moses encountered God for the first time in his life, mountain |
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Penuel |
"Face of God", where Jacob had wrestling match and re-enters the holy land |
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Jethro |
Moses' father-in-law who was a priest |
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Judges |
Leaders that were choses supposedly by God, but when they were instituted, anarchy followed and society declined them |
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Zipporah |
Wife of Moses |
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12 tribes |
the 12 tribes of Israel represent the 12 sons of Jacob (whose name was changed to Isreal) |
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Pentateuch |
Torah, has traditional view and modern view Modern view Yahwish Sourche (850 BC) Elohist Source (700 BC) Deuteronomic Source (600 BC) Priestly Source (500-450 BC |
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Polytheism |
belief in more than one God |
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the Philistines |
where modern day Muslims take roots, had iron monopoly in the time of Judges |
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Messiah |
"the annointed one", usually annointed with oil |
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Literal Sense |
Sense of scripture that is the literal story |
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blessing |
typically given to eldest son from father |
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Allegorical Sense |
Upper, mystic sense |
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Assyrians |
conquered Israel in 722 BC |
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theodicy |
"justification of God" |
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theocracy |
Government run on basis of religion |
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Analogical Sense |
Meaning of text is illuminated by later events |
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Babylon |
Conquered Jerusalem in 597 BC and destroyed temple one year later Exiled the Jews out of holy land Tried to destroy identity of Jews |
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Ten lost tribes of Israel |
Lost when Assyrians conquered, Jews believe they will be found when the messiah comes |
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divided kingdom |
Monarchy ended in disaster after solomon died Seperate into 2 states- Israel in the North and Judah in the South |
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Apocalyptic Literature |
Dominant ideology at time of Jesus, end of the world literature |
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eschatological |
future, future age will be good |
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angelus interpres |
interpreting angel |
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pseudonymous |
"false name", used a pen name |
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Samuel |
Annointed Saul, then annointed David after Saul proved unworthy |
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testament |
an agreement |
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akedah |
binding |
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hayyot |
living creatures |
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Chebar River |
where Ezekiel had his vision of the chariot |
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Cyrus |
Persian ruler who allowed the exiled Jews of Babylon to return to Jerusalemy |
