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91 Cards in this Set
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how many books are there in the library called, old testament
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39
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what was the time frame in which the old testament came to being
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Abraham/Sarah to Daniel, about two thousand years
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in what languages was the old testament written
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Hebrew and Aramaic
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what is the principal literary vehicle used in the old testment
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narrative
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what other literary vehicles were used in the old testament
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law, poetry, wisdom liturature
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what does the word, canon, mean in reference to the old testament
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the books in the Old Testament "measure up," are accepted
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is there any known original of any book of the old testament
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no
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what is the probable relation between oral tradition and the written form we now have of the old testament
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first, the Event, then the Oral Tradition, Then the Written Tradition
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how may the study of archaeology help in understanding the old testament
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We can learn things about real life that may not be in the writings
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describe the grographic area known in biblical studies as "The Fertile Crescent"
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Persian Gulf northwest along the Tigris-Euphrates valleys to their head, sout/southwest paralleling the Jordan River, south/southwest to the Nile River valley
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name several terms that have been used to describe "The Promised Land"
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"Canaan", "The Land of Israel", "Palestine", "Israel"
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What does the term, "Primeval History" mean when talking of the book of Genesis
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what is told about before writing is invented
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Describe the life pilgrimage of the persons we know as "Abraham and Sarah"
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From Ur to Haran to the Promised Land to Egypt, with faith in the God who had chosen them
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describe the family of Jacob
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Two wives, two other women, twelve sons and a daughter, rather dysfunctional
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About how much time lapse is there between Jacob's family settling in Egypt and their descendants leaving Egypt
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Four centuries
Land to Egypt, with faith in teh God who had chosen them |
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what was the possible relationship between Egypt's rulers and the Jacob's family/descendants
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the may have common ancestors
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describe the importance of the Exodus "event" for the Old Testament as a whole...
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It is the basic event that keeps being brought up and reinterpreted
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describe the function of the ten commandments in their relationship with other laws in the old testament and in the life of the people of moses, using the comparison with political history in the US and its inhabitants today.
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we've done this over and over in class
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tell where to find the ten commandments in the old testament
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Exodus 20, Deuteronomy 5
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what books in the old testament make up "The Pentateuch"
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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
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what are the major themes in the Pentateuch
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Covenant concept
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What are the differing stories found in Joshua and Judges about the "Conquest" of the land of Canaan by the People called, "Israel"
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entire land conquered vs. entire land never conquered
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How did the Gibeonites become part of the People of Israel
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tricked Israel into an unchangeable covenant
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What was the function of the Judges in the book of Judges
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judging and military leadership
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Describe how the "Conquest" of the Land of Canaan may have taken place
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"Biblical invasion, Peaceful infiltration, Peasant revolt, Canaanites turned Israelites
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Describe the various important things that Samuel did during his lifetime
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Prophet-Judge, Kingmaker, Kingbreaker
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What are the sources in the Old Testament for the history of the Kings and Kingdoms, beginning with the figure of Samuel
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Samuel, Kings, Chronicles
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How can the claim be made that God never wanted the People of Israel to have a king
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I Samuel 8 says so
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what were the other newcomers in the land of Canaan called, with whom the People of Israel had long and enduring conflicts
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Philistines
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what was the one important advantage these newcomers had
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they had/worked iron
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describe the relationship between King Saul and the to-be-King David
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off-on, friend-enemies
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Name and describe some of the women in the life of David
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Ahinoam the Jezreelite, Abigail the Carmelite, Haggith, abital, wife Eglah, Bath-shua
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Name and describe some of David's children
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Solomon
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How long did the reigns of King Saul, King David, and King Solomon last
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Approx. 100 years
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give the approximate dates of their reigns
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Saul (1020-1012 BC)
David (1012-972 BC) Solomon (971-931 BC) |
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what was David's way of unifying the Tribes of Israel into a Kingdom
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Personal loyalty
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what was that Kingdom's capital city, and how did it come into being
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Jerusalem, the Ark of the covenant was brought to the city of Jerusalem and when he capture Jerusalem, he captured people who had been trained by Egypt to run the government
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Compare the dwelling that Solomon built for himself with the Temple he built for God
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palace is more than twice as long and wide as the Temple
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How did Solomon consolidate his international power beyond that which David accomplished
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International political marriages
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how did the Kingdom that David and Solomon organized affect the everyday life of the families of the People of Israel
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Taxes, personal servitude, standing army, periodical wars
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what were the circumstances that led to the division into two kingdoms of the kingdom over which Solomon had reigned
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Solomon's son/successor, Rehoboam refused to lower taxes
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What was the kingdom called over which David's and Solomon's descendants reigned
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Judah
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Did any descendant of David and/or Solomon ever reign over the Northern Kingdom
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No
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what was the name of the capital city of the Southern Kingdom
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Jerusalem
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What was the other Kingdom called
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Israel
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what was the name of the capital city of the Northern Kingdom
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Samaria
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Describe the location of these two Kingdoms, in relation to each other and to the world which surrounded them
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Northern Kingdom: bordered by Syria Southern Kingdom bordered by Northern Kingdom
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Which kingdom had more strategic advantages, militarily and economically
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Northern Kingdom
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What were some of those advantages
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International roads, better farm/pasture land, larger of the 2
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What sort of advantages did the other Kingdom have
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Religious capital, political capital, Davidic kings
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how did the two Kingdoms relate to each another over the next centuries
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off/on, war/peace, enemies/allies
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How did Syria and its capital, Damascus, relate to the Northern Kingdom
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off/on, war/peace, enemies/allies
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What were the names of the two well-known non-writing prophets to the Northern Kingdom
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Elijah, Elisha
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What was the name of the writing prophet from the Southern Kingdom whose prophetic ministry was to the Northern Kingdom in the Eighth Century BCE
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Amos
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How did that prophet structure the first part of his message, in relation to Kingdoms and Cities
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Named surrounding enemy nations their sins and punishments
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what was the name of the other contemporary writing prophet to the Northern Kingdom
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Hosea
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how did that prophet's family and marital problems relate to his message from God
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Hosea's marriage to Gomer was like YHWH's marriage to Israel
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What was the name of the Empire which came into being along the Tigris-Euphrates River, that threatened Syria, the Northern Kingdom and to some extent, the Southern Kingdom
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Assyria
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What was teh name of King Ahab's wife that caused Elijah so many problems
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Jezebel
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how did Elijah cope with her
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At first, he ran from her
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Name the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel who attained a unique position in the Southern Kingdom
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Athaliah
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What was that position, and how was it unique
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she was the only Queen they ever had
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describe how the Northern Kingdom ended
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Assyria conquered it
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what happened to those of the Northern kingdom's peoples that were taken into captivity
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they were scattered over the Assyrian Empire
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what was the name of the "Boy King" of the Southern Empire
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Josiah
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what important religious discovery took place during his reign
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the "scroll" of the Law of the Lord
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what was the name of the Empire which replaced the Assyrian Empire
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Babylonia
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what did it orginate
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Along the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers
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when did it first succeed in conquering the Southern Empire
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596-586 BCE
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what advice did the prophet Jeremiah consistently give to his King, Zedekiah, when the Southern Kingdom was menaced and attacked
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GIVE UP!
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How do you know that Jeremiah was not happy over the Fall and destruction of Zedekiah's entire Empire
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He "composed" the Book of Lamentations
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what is unusual about who "speaks" in Jeremiah's Lametations
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Jerusalem itself speaks
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during the life of the Assyrian Empire, it had two capital cities. Name them
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Asshur and Ninevah
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Is it true that the Babylonians are called "Chaldeans" in the OT
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yes
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"Jeremiah prophesied redemption when he bought family property in Anathoth." How is that statement true
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he had faith that the land covenant would be reinstated
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describe the theory that say that the Book of Isiah had more than one author
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Two (or 3) time frames, Two (or 3) perspectives
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how was it that the prophet Ezekiel, in the written message that bears his name, was first a prophet of doom and then a prophet of hope
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He prophesied doom and punishment, then when they happened, he prophesied restoration
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What religious significance did Cyrus the Great have for the Jews
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He claimed to have been sent by YHWH, and he sent them home
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The Temple Solomon had built was destroyed in the 590s BCE. A second Temple was dedicated on the same site in 515 BCE. Who were the prophet leaders who led in this effort
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Ezra & Nehemiah, Haggai & Zechariah
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What vision of a dream become reality do Ezra-Nehemiah portray
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A purified (all descendants of Hebrews) people, living in their own ancestral land
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How do Esther, Ruth, and Jonah "respond" to the vision of Ezra-Nehemiah
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They were all faithful Jews, non-Hebrews racially, living elsewhere
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Compare the perspectives of the Wisdom Literature in Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job
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How to succeed and become wealthy, How wealth and what it can secure does not ultimately satisfy or indicate God's blessing
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Why and how has the presence of The Song of Songs in both the Jewish and Christian Cannons been an embarrassment to both groups
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It is too overtly sexy
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In what way at the Psalms not like the messages of the Prophets
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they are messages from people to God, not from God to people
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What Great Empire succeeded in uniting the Fertile Crescent under one rule
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Alexander the Great's Empire
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What does the term "Hellenes" mean
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Greek of Greek-like
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In what way did the process of Hellenization cause a division among Jews
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Some were for it, many against it
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Besides the Jews in their old homeland, there were at least two large and important Jewish colonies in the second century BCE. Where were these colonies located
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Babylon and Alexandria (in Egypt)
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Who were the last two recorded Jewish Prophets
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Obadiah, Malachai
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Who was both Prophet and Apocalyptist
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Daniel (also Joel and Zechariah)
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How does the apocalyptic differ from the prophetic
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Prophetic deals (perhaps in figures) with a historical future, while the apocalyptic deals with the End and Beyond
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