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16 Cards in this Set
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Who appears to have written Deuteronomy?
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The Levites
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What was proof the Levites wrote the book?
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1. Repeatedly requires the people to take care of the Levites 2. It requires the King to write his copy of the law in front of the Levites 3. It declares the Levites to be the rightfully priestly tribe 4. It regularly deals with the group's concern
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Why would it not be likely that the Levites be found among the Jerusalem Temple priests?
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Aarnoid group, never mentions the name Aaron, never refers to the Ark or any other religious implements that were housed in the Jerusalem Temple, does not represent the point of view of the Aarnoid Priests
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Why do these laws not reflect the views of the priests who functioned at Beth-el during the two hundred years between Jeroboam and the fall of Israel?
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These priests were not Levites
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Why did the author of Deuteronomy not come from the rural either?
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because of the requirement that all sacrifices be brought to one central author, this law would have put the rural Levites out of business, does not represent the group's interest
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Where was the place to look for the author of Deuteronomy?
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1. wanted centralization of religion but not tied to the ark or to the Jerusalem priesthood 2. That cared about all Levites, but would enfranchise only a group of central Levities 3. that accepted having a King but wanted limitations on his rule 4. that had a premonarchy approach to matters of war
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Who did it sound like?
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the priests of Shiloh, same group that produced the E, they believed in centralization because Shiloh had once been a religious center
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Why did the priests of Shiloh not relate centralization to the ark or to Jerusalem?
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Because their leader Abiathar had been expelled from Jerusalem by Soloman
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Did they want a King?
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Yes, they accepted having a King since their leader Samuel had designated and anointed the first two Kings but wanted limitations since Samuel's acceptance of the monarchy had been reluctant and Soloman and Jeroboam had treated them badly
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What kind of premonarchy approach to war did they take?
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preferred the tribal musters to a professional army, because it was with the rise of the pro army that the kings had become independently powerful & no longer leaned on the people for support
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At what time did it reflect Shiloh priests interests?
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at the division of Israel and Judah
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Why couldn't the priests of Shiloh ask more from Josiah?
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He was righting the wrongs that had been done to them centuries earlier
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There was one person who was connected with King Josiah and the Deutreronomistic history, this person's association further confirmed the Shiloh connection and brought a set closer to finding the identity
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Prophet Jeremiah
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Jeremiah and the Shiloh connection
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Jeremiah is the one prophet in the Bible to refer to Shiloh four times, second he calls Shiloh the place where I God caused my name to dwell
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Who is Jeremiah?
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he is a priest but he never sacrifices. he is the only prophet to allude to the story of Moses' bronze shake
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What is the conclusion about Shiloh/Deut?
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came from Levictcal priests of Shiloh, the evidence also indicated that this group was connected with the full Deut history, comprising seven books of the Bible as well as the book of Jeremiah
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