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64 Cards in this Set
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According to Wenham, what is at the heart of the debates about Genesis 1-11?
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genre
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What is a possible source for the Genesis flood story?
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Babylonia Antrahasis epic
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What is the relationship between Genesis 1-11 and the Sumerian Flood Story?
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they tell creation
similar genre common understanding of the beginning of human history |
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How does the Sumerian King List resemble Genesis 5-11?
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presents history in list form
claims the king's reign longer before flood has same 3 phases: pre flood, flood, post flood |
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What is Baylis' metaphor for Egypt while Israel lived there?
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womb
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According to Baylis, when will the reasons for present pains become clear in God's purposes?
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sometimes generations later
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On what basis does God get ready to deliver Israel from Egypt?
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Egypt's opression of Israel made them God's enemies.
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Why does Yahweh test Israel in the desert of Sinai?
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To cause increasing recognition of his ways.
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How is Exodus imagery used in the Bible?
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Paul sees Christian baptism as passing through the red sea.
John and Paul see Jesus as the passover lamb.Dying for us. Tabernacle image. |
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What in the tabernacle's design pointed to a restoration of peace between humanity and God that was lost in the fall?
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Priestly jewels, cherubim, gold, tree of life, entrance from the east
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what is the fundamental idea embodied by the tabernacle?
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God's earthly dwelling place
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What is the nature of casuistic laws?
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they are a selection of case laws that do not express ideals but only deal with problems of the day
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what genre is exodus?
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narrative and law
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what semitic dynasty ruled from about 1648 BC to 1540 BC?
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Hyksos dynasty
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why was there a certain justice to the death of the first born of Egypt?
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the Israelites' first borns were thrown into the river
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What concept is Moses introduced to at the burning bush?
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God's holiness
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What do the plagues prove about Pharoah?
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He is not Pharoah (a god) he is not in control of things like God at all, not divine, can not protect his people.
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What might it mean when it says that God hardens Pharoah's heart?
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He is refusing to change his mind despite the evidence, vivid way of saying that everything that happens is under God's control, God punishes Pharoah's obstinacy with more obstinacy
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As far as the OT is concerned, what is the most important festival of the religious calendar?
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passover
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Why did the Israelites head for the Red Sea instead of taking the shortest route to Canaan?
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to avoid Egyptian outposts
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What three episodes follow the crossing of the Red Sea?
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grumbling
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What points can be made about the nature of the Sinai covenant?
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this covenant is based on God's idea on saving intimacy for those who are obedient. obedience is rewarded with greater intimacy with God
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do other ancient cultures have a weekly day of rest?
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no
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Why did the Israelites head for the Red Sea instead of taking the shortest route to Canaan?
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to avoid Egyptian outposts
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What three episodes follow the crossing of the Red Sea?
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grumbling
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What points can be made about the nature of the Sinai covenant?
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this covenant is based on God's idea on saving intimacy for those who are obedient. obedience is rewarded with greater intimacy with God
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do other ancient cultures have a weekly day of rest?
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no
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According to Wenham, what is at the heart of the debates about Genesis 1-11?
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genre
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What is a possible source for the Genesis flood story?
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Babylonia Antrahasis epic
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How does Thorkild Jacobsen believe the Sumerian and biblical texts should be classified?
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mytho- historical accounts
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How must the stories about Abraham and his descendants have been understood?
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detailed historical accounts
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According to Wenham, what are some possible ways of describing the narratives of Genesis 1-11?
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protohistory, origin story
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What is the relationship between Genesis and the traditional origin stories?
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major theological interpretation
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In what way does Genesis 1:2-3 stand outside the structure of Genesis?
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look up p.19
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How does Genesis 1 describe God?
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power and order, absolutely sovereign
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Apart from the Genesis world view, who did oriental people believe were made in the divine image?
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kings
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What are some of the writers of Genesis fundamental principles?
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unity and power of God
God's concern for human welfare the lifestyle that is best for human beings |
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What is the relationship of animals and humans in Genesis 2?
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companions for Adam
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What are some of the consequences of the fall?
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painful separation, work = toil, harmony between man and animals is destroyed
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What is Wenham's suggestion for understanding Genesis 6:1-4 about the sons of God marrying the daughters of men?
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5 options:
1- kings with harems 2- sons of Seth 3- sons of Cain 4- spirits/angels/demons who married human women 5- attack on fertility cults (Mesopotamian fertility cults) |
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the eleven divisions of Genesis are introduced by what Hebrew word?
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Toledoths
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According to Baylis, how is God's special care for humanity demonstrated in Genesis 2?
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by providing paradise, providing a counterpart (woman), trees as sources of food with the minor restriction
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what kind of tree was prohibited in Genesis 2?
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the tree of knowledge of good and evil
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unlike Genesis 1 in Genesis 2:4-25, what name is used for God?
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Yahweh Elohim- the Lord God
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in Genesis 2-3 the woman is created as Adam's helper which in Biblical context implies what?
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they were equals, allies
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what are some of Satan's strategies seen in the temptation of Eve?
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Gods standards are made to seem as unreasonable restrictions
questioning people won't reap what they sow |
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what similarities may be seen between Genesis 2-3 and Revelation 21:1-22:5
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creation in Genesis and going back to God's original plan in creation in Revelation
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How is Noah seen in Genesis 6:9- 9:29?
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the second Adam
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according to Wenham, in the flood story was does the "earth" refer to?
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all land visible from some point in the middle east
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according to Genesis, why did God send the flood?
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1- perversity of human thought
2- violence of all creatures |
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after the flood, what is permissible to eat?
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animals with out eating the blood and plants
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from which of Noah's sons did Israel's traditional enemies descend?
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Ham
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the Tower of Babel story is an attack on the pretensions of what city?
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Babylon
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unlike the preceding chapters, what is the focus of Genesis 12- 50?
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descendants of Abraham, focus is now on just one family
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which elements do the stories of Abraham, Jacob and Esau, and Joseph have in common?
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divine revelation
the principle actor has to leave home burial at ancestral grave |
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according to Claus Westermann, what is the genre of Genesis 12-50?
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family history over 3 generations
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What argument do some OT scholars make for seeing the patriarchal stories as theological fiction?
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too illusory or too general or too general to prove a date
written hundred of years after the patriarchs lived there is an omniscient narrator- not the work of a human historian |
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what argument do OT scholars make in responding to the idea that the patriarchal stories are theological fiction?
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longer era of oral traditions
names, adoption customs, and lifestyle fit the second millenium better than other eras God being able to show the author about it |
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what does God promise Abraham?
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land, descendants, blessings (he will blessed and is a blessing to the nations)
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in Genesis 15 what does the Lord promise Abraham?
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offspring as numerous as the stars
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how is the sacrifice of Isaac seen in the NT?
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it is the type of Christ's death on the cross
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what is the point of the story of Cain's sacrifice?
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he didn't repent and correct his failure
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how is the prevasivesness of the movement away from the Creator's blessing in the ancient world shown in Genesis?
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a movement of failure in a family to failure in a society
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how does the NT describe a reversal of the effects of the judgement of Babel?
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all humanity will come together with the holy spirit, speaking in tongues like before Babel
Jesus death will make unity Revelation 7- the great multitude |
