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43 Cards in this Set
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Where and when did writing first originate?
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Mesopotamia/Sumeria - 3000 BC
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Identify the Hyksos and explain their relationship to Israel.
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Semites who migrated into the delta region of Egypt from Palestine in the 18th century; Joseph most likely rose to power serving under a Hyksos pharaoh;
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Israel is first mentioned in which extrabiblical inscription?
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The Merneptah Stele
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Who issued a decree permitting the Jews to return home from the exile?
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Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great)
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The Tel Dan inscriptions provides what type of important information?
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It contains the first extrabiblical mention of King David - "House of David"
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Israel is located on the bridge of which three continents?
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Asia, Africa, and Europe
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Who as the foremost biblical archaeologist of the 20th century?
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W.F. Albright
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What has been considered the most significant archaeological find of the 20th century?
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Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran
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Where did the alphabet emerge?
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Serabit el-Khadim
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What are some key differences and similarities between ANE and biblical creation and flood accounts?
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Similarities:
-build a great boat -destroy all humanity -boat landed on a mountain -sending out birds after landing Differences: -flood only lasted seven days and nights -the gods for various reasons had to destroy the world with a great flood -conflict occurred for creation to happen |
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What are the three broad levels of interaction between the biblical and ANE world?
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1.First, at the very least, since God reveal Himself to a Semitic world, there could be coincidental references to ANE practices and mythology
2. There could be intentional references to ANE customs and mythology. 3. Many scholars contend that the OT clearly demonstrates heavy dependence on or borrowing from ANE literature and mythology. |
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What is the first of three key areas in which biblical writers interacted with the surrounding ANE world?
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basic lexical similarities
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What are some of the key writing materials used in composing and copying biblical books?
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Papyrus, Leather, and Parchment
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Did writing develop fairly late in biblical history, creating a need for oral transmission as the primary means for passing on biblical traditions?
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Oral tradition existed, but it was normally accompanied by written documents.
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Archaeological work at what location demonstrates the existence of a highly literate pre-patriarchal society?
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City of Ebla
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How have evangelicals customarily defined the following: inspiration, autograph, and canon?
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inspiration: that supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit upon the Scripture writers which rendered their writings an accurate record of the revelation or which resulted in what they wrote actually being the Word of God.
Autographa: the first or original copies of the biblical documents, that is, what the author himself actually wrote. Canon: the list of all the books that belong in the Bible; the list of books that are reckoned as Holy Scriptures...reckoned as supremely authoritative for belief and conduct. |
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What is the basic idea of redaction?
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the term basically means editing it need not be intrinsically offensive or problematic
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Does in bias by biblical writers undercut the infallibility of the biblical books they authored?
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No, but some scholars like Ahlstrom argue otherwise
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What early Jewish council was alleged to have dealt with the issue of the OT canon?
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Council of Jamnia (c. AD 100)
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How many books are in the Hebrew canon?
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22
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Name three of the five books whose canonicity was questioned by early Judaism.
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Ezekiel, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, and Esther
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The order of the English canon is based on which ancient canon?
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the Jewish canon
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Dies the existence of textual variant undermine the authority of the OT text
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No
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What is the Septuagint?
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The Greek version/translation of the OT
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What church father was especially involved with the Latin Vulgate translation?
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Jerome
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Describe haplography, dittography, and metathesis.
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Haplography: when a copyist fails to repeat a letter, a group of letters in a word, or a whole word, writing the letter, letters, or words only once.
Dittography: when the letter, series of letters, or words, were written twice when it should have been written only once. Metathesis: when letters have been erroneously exchanged. |
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What expression serves as a structural key to understand the layout of the book of Genesis?
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toledot - "these are the generations of..."
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What are the fundamental ideas of theistic evolution?
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God created the universe and all life by utilizing the process of evolution and natural selection as a tool to accomplish His will; God created the world but did not tell how so people must use science to determine how
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What are the fundamental ideas of old-earth creationism?
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God used some combination of supernatural intervention and providential guidance to create the universe and all its inhabitants; creation involved numerous steps over a long period of time; reject macroevolution
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What are some of the subvarieties of old-earth creationism?
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day-age approach; intermittent day-age approach, and the framework hypothesis
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What are the fundamental ideas of young-earth creationism?
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Interpret Gen. 1:1-2:3 literally; regard days of creation week as solar days (24 hour days); God brought into existence the entire universe, including the earth and all forms of plant, animal, and human life that inhabited it; reject macroevolution but do allow for the possibility of microevolution
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What are the six primary views on the date of Israel's exodus from Egypt? Which are held by evangelicals?
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1. No exodus at all: minimalist; historical books of the OT were not written until after exile or later
2. Limited exodus but no conquest: only handful of people left Egypt and went to Canaan and join in with the people who were there 3. Limited exodus and conquest (Iron Age I; c. 1150 BC): Gary Rendsburg 4. Conventional Late Date (LB IIB, c. 1250 BC): Evagelicals 5. Middle Bronze Early Date (c. 1470 BC): John Binson 6. Conventional Early Date (LB I; c. 1446 BC): 1 Kings 6:1; Evangelicals |
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What are the key issues related to the destruction of Jericho?
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-John Garstang found a wall
-Kathleen Kenyon stated that Jericho was uninhabited during the time of the exodus because they did not find in Cypriot bi-chrome pottery -Bryant Wood pointed out that a number of Cypriot bi-chrome pottery samples were present but had been labeled "local pottery" by John Garstang, thus suggesting that Jericho was indeed occupied |
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What are the key issues related to the destruction of Hazor?
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-there was a think layer of ash and charred wood that was originally dated at around 1230 BC but is now credited to anywhere between the 14 or 13th century
-this may be credited to the Israelites -Hazor was destroyed no less than four times and two of them by fire Option 1: burn layer dated to an MB IIC stratum Option 2: large pit that provided evidence of a burn layer in stratum XV, dated to sometime in the 15th century. |
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What are the three key dimensions of the Mosaic Law?
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Internal: the way God's chosen people lived and the manner in which they worshipped Yahweh
Vertical: Israelite's relationship with God Horizontal: Israelite's relationships with each other |
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What is the concept of "sacred space?"
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space set aside for God's use, use by those appointed by Him, or use by His servant nation
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What are two broad categories of OT sacrifices and what was the primary function for the sacrifices in these two categories?
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Voluntary - Acts of Worship
Mandatory - Atonement for Sin |
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What were the three pilgrimage festivals that all Israelite men were required to attend?
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Passover (and Unleavened Bread), Feast of Weeks, Feast of Tabernacles (Booths)
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How does the discovery of the Katef Hinnom scrolls relate to the canonicity and composition of the book of Numbers? What does this discovery not prove?
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points to the pre-exilic presence of formulations that are also found in the canonical text; does not a prove a pre-exilic composition of Numbers or the Pentateuch
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What are the four primary views of large numbers in the OT, and what is the 'big idea" of each view?
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1. The Census numbers were not meant to be understood - numbers are totally fabricated or may be true for a later period in Israel's history
2. The noun 'elep must mean something other than "thousand" - suggestions are 'elep means "group" or "clan," "chieftain," or "troop." 3. The large numbers are intentionally exaggerated - rhetoical device used to bring glory to God, derision to enemies, and point forward to the fulfillment of God's promise to the fathers that their descendants will be innumerable, as the stars. 4. The large numbers are accepted at face value |
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of the "semantic view" on large numbers?
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Incomplete**
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of the "intentional exaggeration" view on large numbers?
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Incomplete**
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of the "face value" view on large numbers?
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Incomplete**
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