Chapter 10-17 Flashcards
Levites
Leviticus priests. Prominence given in deuteronomic code. Needy class- all worship in Jerusalem.
Deuteronomoc code
Collection of laws that don’t deal with all circumstances. Criminal, civil and religious matters, often paralleling and modifying laws of the Penteteuch.
Torah
Teaching or instruction.
Can have precise instructions.
A divinely revealed body of teaching mediated through Moses.
Post-exilic: first 5 books & entire body of revelation including oral teaching
Shema
"Hear" Deut 6.4-9 Hear O Israel... Creed Mezuzah Phylacteries
Deuteronomistic History
Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings and Deuteronomy
Deut is a theological preface to the historic work that follows it.
Ban
Devoted to destruction
Herem- something prohibited
Referring to the spoils of war (Joshua), it means that which is set apart for yhwh as exclusively his. Applied to all cities in Canaan.
Judge
No king, but judge
Acted principally as military leaders
Local or tribal leaders who emerged in specific crises. Selected because of their ability
Moabites and Ammonites
Kingdoms whose territory was assigned to Gad and Reuben. Shared the “ban” with Israelites & history was a result of the favor or displeasure of god. Moabite king Mesha
Philistines
One of the groups of “sea peoples” who menaced the coast if Egypt in 12th century bce. Settled on southeast coast of the Mediterranean. And vied for control of territory west of the Jordan.
United monarchy
The reigns of David and Solomon for most of the 10th century
Succession narrative
Explains how Solomon became David’s successor. “The court history of David”
2 Samuel 9-20 and 1 Kings 1-2
City of David
Jerusalem
Did not come under Israelite control until captured by David. David made this the capital.
Temple of Solomon
Archeological evidence from early first millennium bce provides parallels not only for the tripartite longitudinal plan with it’s innermost chamber reserved for the deity and priests, but also a royal complex. 30x100’
Royal ideology
The king was chosen by God.
Suzerain and vassal
Father-son metaphor, adopted
The king was the mediator between god and people
Davidic covenant
God commits himself to the davidic dynasty. 1st it was conditional: if your sons keep my covenant, their sons forevermore shall sit on your throne. (Ps 132.12)
But then unconditional in 2 Sam 7.14-16: I will not take my steadfast love from him. God has chosen Jerusalem as god’s home and both would endure forever
Zion
A frequent poetic term for Jerusalem and replaces mt. Sinai as locus of revelation. From Zion Torah comes (Isa 2.3)
Messiah
Derived from royal nomenclature. Mashiah=anointed one. Present or past leaders
A future leader sent by god to restore autonomy to Israel, whose rule would inaugurate an era of peace and prosperity.
Christos is a Greek interpretation of mashiah.
Northern kingdom of Israel
Ruled by a succession of dynasties until it’s conquest by the Assyrians in 722
Southern kingdom of Judah
Ruled by the davidic dynasty until conquest by Babylonians in 586 bce
Prophets
High end of the spectrum of interpreters
Mesha stela
King Mesha of Moab
Capture of 7000 Israelites and destroyed or banned.
Samaria
The capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.
Omri moved to this capital where he and his successor ahab constructed a lavish royal city
Oracle against the nations
Many of the prophetic books include these prophetic pronouncements of divine judgment against nations other than Israel.
The day of the lord
Apocalyptic literature
Primary imagery is military
YHWH will come to fight against god’s enemies, often Israel’s enemies too.
Will be a day of victory for Israel as well.
Day of judgment
Covenant lawsuit
In several prophets, beginning with Hosea, this forms a distinct genre in which yhwh sues Israel for breach of contract for violation of the Sinai covenant
rib- lawsuit
