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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Old Testament

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39 books

Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek

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Canon

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Rule or standard

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Septuagint

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Translation of O.T to Greek

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Latin Vulgate

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Standard for Western Church

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Marcion

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1st Recorded Canon

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Athanasius

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1st to list 27 books of N.T

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Church’s unofficial criterion for selection of books:

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Apostolicity
Antiquity
Orthodoxy
Practicality

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Enuma Elish

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How Marduk became king of gods

Primordial chaos

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Etiology

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Story/Myth which explains the world

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Parity

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A treaty among equals

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Suzerainty

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ruler and a vassal

conditional or unconditional

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Abrahamic Covenant

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Cuts animals in half; aisle of blood

No requirements for Abraham

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Jacob

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

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14
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Joseph

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The final story of Genesis

Dreams

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15
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Exodus

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

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Moses

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Born to tribe of Levi & ends up in Egyptian Court

Goes from privileged prince to fugitive on the run

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Theophany

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Appearance of a deity to a human

The burning bush

18
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Tetragamaton

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YHWH

I am who I am

19
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Pharaoh vs Moses

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

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Passover

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

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Water in Ancient world

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Represents chaos

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Mosaic Covenant

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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

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10 Commandments

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

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Casuistic Laws

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Laws specific to a certain situation

Could have conditions and stipulations

25
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Leviticus

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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

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Yom Kippur

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

27
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Holiness Code

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Outlines guidelines for maintaining moral and ritual purity

28
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Holy of Holies

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Only enter once a year

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Year of Jubilee

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Rest of land after every 50 years

Hebrew slaves set free, land returned

30
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Deuteronomy

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

31
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Shema

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

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