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Bible Basics and Genesis Flashcards

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_______ + ________= Bible

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Law

Apocalypse

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Original definition of a testament

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A covenant
Like a marriage
A series of open promises

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3 parts of the OT

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Torah
Nevi’im
Kethim

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Biblical prophet

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A person who could look at the world and accurately describe what is wrong with it and call people to action

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Best one word description of the Torah

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Narrative (not law)

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What is Deuteronomy?

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Second telling of the law

A retailing of the first four books of Torah

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Gen 1-11

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Creation

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Gen 12-50

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Narration of God’s people

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The Nevi’im is the book of…

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The prophets (former and latter)

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Focus of the Nevi’im

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Exile

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3 parts of the kethim

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  1. Poetical books
  2. 5 scrolls
  3. Chronicles
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Former prophets

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PROPHETIC HISTORIES: stories with a prophetic moral (if you don’t change your ways…. Exile)
1. Josh
2. Jud
3. Sam
4. Kings
Tell downward spiral
Exile= judgment because Israel acts like object of God’s blessing, not agent of God’s blessing

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Latter prophets

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HISTORICAL PROPHECIES

  1. Isaiah
  2. Ezekiel
  3. Jeremiah
  4. Book of 12
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When did the bible start coming together?

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While Israelites in exil and writings (kethim) were being composed

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Kethium is the book of…

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Writings

Misc. drawer of the bible

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5 scrolls of the kethium

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  1. Song of Songs
  2. Lamentations
  3. Ruth (heroine #1)
  4. Esther (heroine #2)
  5. Ecclesiastes
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Chronicles

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Retelling of Sam and kings with a twist

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Ezra and Nehemiah

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Rebuilding of Israel after exile

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Daniel

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Not included in prophets but most apocalyptic

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4 parts of the New Testament

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  1. Gospels
  2. Acts (Praxes)
  3. Letters
  4. Apocalypse
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Similarities between New Testament and Old Testament

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Tells one story

Has one god with same purpose throughout

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The bible is a story about…

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God finding his people (not people finding God)

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Phases of the bible

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  1. God blesses humanity (but then sin and death)
  2. Gospels, redemption (through Jesus)
  3. Apocalypse (renew through Holy Spirit)
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Abraham answers to….

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The failure of Adam

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Single story of the bible

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God renewing his agents/humanity to return to original purpose of blessing the world

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Bible and history

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Enigmatic relationship
~inconsistent boyfriend
Transcends history

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When was exodus

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1290 BCE

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What was kingdom of Israel established through David

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1000 BCE

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When did Israel divide

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931 BCE

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Israel’s independence

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167-63BCE

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Sequence of foreign rule over Israel

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  1. Assyrians
  2. Babylonians
  3. Persians
  4. Independent
  5. Rome
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Diaspora

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Alex the G’s goal for 1 world

= spread of Judaism

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MVP rulers of Israel after Alex the G dies and Israel is divided into 4 parts

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  1. Ptolemis (Egypt)

2. Seleucids (Syria)

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When did Israel finally regain independence

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1847 AD

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MVP Bible claim

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The God of the Jews raised Jesus from the dead AND is responsible for creation

35
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Where Jewish faith springs from?

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Creation
Calling of Abraham
Exile

36
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Three languages of the Bible

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Hebrew (Old Testament)
Aramaic (Ezra and Dan)
Koine aka. Common Greek (New Testament)

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Translations

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  1. Targums= Aramaic translation of Old Testament
  2. Septuagint= Greek translation of Old Testament
  3. Pesheita= Assyrian translation
  4. Vulgate= Latin translation
  5. German (because renaissance)
  6. English (because King James)
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2 MVP Greek texts

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Bible

Odyssey

39
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Begins of Old Testament manuscript tradition

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With massorites
1100s
Dead Sea scrolls verified manuscripts

40
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Dead Sea scrolls

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Original copies of the Old Testament

Written between 2-3rd century BCE

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Specialness of bible

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  1. Inspiration
  2. Revelation
  3. Canon
  4. Translations
42
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What is the measuring stick of God’s creation

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Canon

43
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Completing stories of religion according to SDR

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  1. Axial age: when all major religions were born
  2. Dark green religion: humanity’s return to religion (hippie age age religion)
  3. Scientist/enlightenment
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Gen 1 is creation as a…

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Temple

45
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Gen 2 is creation as a…

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Garden

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Masoretic texts

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Hebrew version of Old Testament

47
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Redaction criticism

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Reading bible with revisionist lens

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Sequence of creation in Gen 1

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  1. 3 days forming (tohu)
  2. 3 days filling (Bohu)
  3. 1 day rest (tove)
49
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Tohu

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Forming

50
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Bohu

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Filling

51
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Tove

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It was good

52
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Creation is

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Victory over chaos

53
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Why two versions of creation?

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Bible not content with only one because genesis 1 does not relate to the complexity and sorrow of Israel’s world

54
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Pattern of genesis 1-5

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Cursing (ex. Kicked out of garden)

Blessing (ex. God giving them clothes)

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Style of Gen 1-11

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Poetry

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Style of Gen 12-50

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Prose

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Gen 1-11 is a ________ experience

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Mirror-holding

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MVP stories of genesis 1-11

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  1. Creation
  2. Cain and Abel
  3. Noah
  4. Tower
59
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Pinnacle of creation

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Humanity

60
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Plot humanity

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Humanity is the channel of God’s blessing

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God’s original blessing to humanity

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BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY

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Story of Noah is essentially…

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A second creation

Restoring order

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MVP Stories of Gen 12-50

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  1. Abraham and Sarah
  2. Isaac and Rebecca
  3. Jacob and Rachel/Leah
  4. Joseph
64
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Who is the first wisdom figure of the Old Testament

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Joseph

65
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What is the link between genesis and exodus

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Joseph

66
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Abraham’s promise mirrors….

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God’s commands for Adam (be fruitful and multiply)

67
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Themes of gen 12-50

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  1. Interfamily relations
  2. LANDLANDLANDLAND
  3. Securing a spouse
  4. Having a son
68
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Land=

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Promise
Life
Identity
Religion

69
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Threats of Gen 12-50

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  1. Barrenness
  2. Jealousy
  3. Trickery
  4. Loss of land
  5. Compromise promise
  6. Sibling rivalry
70
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Genesis 50:20

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YOU MEANT IT FOR EVEIL, BUT GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOOOOOOD

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Key facts of Gen 1:26-28

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  1. Humanity in God’s image
  2. Humanity constituted by male and female
  3. Humans= steward of creation (vocation)
  4. God’s blessing= be fruitful and multiply
72
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Biblical wisdom

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Ability to face power and live faithfully

73
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Genesis 12:1-3

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Preface of Gen 12-50
I will make you a great nation
I will bless those who bless you
I will curse those who curse you

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