Chapter 1

Question 1

Old Testament

Answer 1

39 books

Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek

Question 2

Canon

Answer 2

Rule or standard

Question 3

Septuagint

Answer 3

Translation of O.T to Greek

Question 4

Latin Vulgate

Answer 4

Standard for Western Church

Question 5

Marcion

Answer 5

1st Recorded Canon

Question 6

Athanasius

Answer 6

1st to list 27 books of N.T

Question 7

Church’s unofficial criterion for selection of books:

Answer 7

Apostolicity
Antiquity
Orthodoxy
Practicality

Question 8

Enuma Elish

Answer 8

How Marduk became king of gods

Primordial chaos

Question 9

Etiology

Answer 9

Story/Myth which explains the world

Question 10

Parity

Answer 10

A treaty among equals

Question 11

Suzerainty

Answer 11

ruler and a vassal

conditional or unconditional

Question 12

Abrahamic Covenant

Answer 12

Cuts animals in half; aisle of blood

No requirements for Abraham

Question 13

Jacob

Answer 13

Mirrors Abraham
12 sons
Gets in wrestling match with God, comes face to face
Name changed to Israel & walks with limp

Question 14

Joseph

Answer 14

The final story of Genesis

Dreams

Question 15

Exodus

Answer 15

“Going out”
Cornerstone of Jewish Tradition
Establishes God as one concerned with the oppressed

Question 16

Moses

Answer 16

Born to tribe of Levi & ends up in Egyptian Court

Goes from privileged prince to fugitive on the run

Question 17

Theophany

Answer 17

Appearance of a deity to a human

The burning bush

Question 18

Tetragamaton

Answer 18

YHWH

I am who I am

Question 19

Pharaoh vs Moses

Answer 19

Divine Confrontation
Each time pharaoh refuses, a plague results
Egyptians cannot copy the Gnats

Question 20

Passover

Answer 20

God’s act of deliverance becomes a defining moment in Israelite history

Question 21

Water in Ancient world

Answer 21

Represents chaos

Question 22

Mosaic Covenant

Answer 22

God establishes his covenant with the Israelites and reveals his purpose for Israel
Comes down w/fire as a cloud of smoke & loud trumpet
10 Commandments created
-Stipulations of the covenant

Question 23

10 Commandments

Answer 23

Ex. of Apodictic Laws –> applies to all general laws

Question 24

Casuistic Laws

Answer 24

Laws specific to a certain situation

Could have conditions and stipulations

Question 25

Leviticus

Answer 25

Named for tribe of Levi
Emphasis on clean and unclean symbolic significance
Reminder they are set apart
Passover & Yom Kippur remind of God’s provisions

Question 26

Yom Kippur

Answer 26

Day of Atonement
Known as the “Sabbath of the Sabbath”
Purpose: Purify the holy of holies, atone the nations sins

Question 27

Holiness Code

Answer 27

Outlines guidelines for maintaining moral and ritual purity

Question 28

Holy of Holies

Answer 28

Only enter once a year

Question 29

Year of Jubilee

Answer 29

Rest of land after every 50 years

Hebrew slaves set free, land returned

Question 30

Deuteronomy

Answer 30

New generation
Repeat of previous laws
Israel & God reaffirm the covenant
Emphasis on remembering who God was & what God is

Question 31

Shema

Answer 31

Prayer (Love the Lord your God with all your heart)