5b - wilderness & land

Question 1

which book of the bible is often neglected?

Answer 1

leviticus

Question 2

why should christians read/understand leviticus?

Answer 2

-a vision of israels ideal relationship with yahweh
- how can the divine and earthly meet?

Question 3

what is the main argument in leviticus?

Answer 3

approach the divine by purification and great deference

Question 4

what is a tabernacle?

Answer 4

gods dwelling among his people; a portable sanctuary

Question 5

who could only enter the holiest place?

Answer 5

the high priest

Question 6

now that israel has established a covenant with yahweh, how is he commanded to act?

Answer 6

differently

Question 7

describe the sacrificial system

Answer 7

-one of the oldest ways to communicate with deities
-sacrifice is made sacred through the act of offering to the gods

Question 8

what is the purpose of the sacrificial system?

Answer 8

symbolic way to express gratitude or make amends for sins

Question 9

describe unclean foods

Answer 9

-rather than for hygienic reasons, avoiding certain animals due to their relationship to creation and the creator
-the collections of laws has its own coherent structure
-an ordered world with normal and abnormal components

Question 10

what are time when you are considered “unclean”?

Answer 10

-taking care of the dead
-mensuration and other bodily fluids
-childbirth
-sex

Question 11

describe leviticus

Answer 11

represents a picture into ancient israel especially the priestly worldview

Question 12

describe the faith crisis in numbers?

Answer 12

-israelites demonstrate a lack of faith in God
-results in the exodus generation dying in the wilderness except for joshua and caleb

Question 13

describe a crisis of identity in numbers

Answer 13

-israels relationship with outsiders
-god fights on the side of israel
-attitude towards outsiders both negative and positive

Question 14

describe Deuteronomy

Answer 14

-final stop before entering the promised land
-a book of transition; reinterprets the events
-part of the deuteronomistic history
-reflects the 7th century (prior to the exile)
-final arrangement of the Deuteronomistic history during the exile

Question 15

describe the authorship in deuteronomy

Answer 15

-the books is an account about moses
-not that he wrote it himself
-written in past tense
-written in 3rd person

Question 16

what are the key themes in deuteronomy?

Answer 16

-ancestral promises
-remembrance
-laws

Question 17

what happens at the end of pentateuch?

Answer 17

-moses dies on mount nebo
-god speaks
-joshua is the appointed leader