Chapter 10-17

Question 0

Levites

Answer 0

Leviticus priests. Prominence given in deuteronomic code. Needy class- all worship in Jerusalem.

Question 1

Deuteronomoc code

Answer 1

Collection of laws that don’t deal with all circumstances. Criminal, civil and religious matters, often paralleling and modifying laws of the Penteteuch.

Question 2

Torah

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Shema

Answer 3

"Hear"
Deut 6.4-9
Hear O Israel...
Creed
Mezuzah
Phylacteries

Question 4

Deuteronomistic History

Answer 4

Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings and Deuteronomy

Deut is a theological preface to the historic work that follows it.

Question 5

Ban

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

Judge

Answer 6

No king, but judge
Acted principally as military leaders
Local or tribal leaders who emerged in specific crises. Selected because of their ability

Question 7

Moabites and Ammonites

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Philistines

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

United monarchy

Answer 9

The reigns of David and Solomon for most of the 10th century

Question 10

Succession narrative

Answer 10

Explains how Solomon became David’s successor. “The court history of David”
2 Samuel 9-20 and 1 Kings 1-2

Question 11

City of David

Answer 11

Jerusalem

Did not come under Israelite control until captured by David. David made this the capital.

Question 12

Temple of Solomon

Answer 12

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’

Question 13

Royal ideology

Answer 13

The king was chosen by God.
Suzerain and vassal
Father-son metaphor, adopted
The king was the mediator between god and people

Question 14

Davidic covenant

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Zion

Answer 15

A frequent poetic term for Jerusalem and replaces mt. Sinai as locus of revelation. From Zion Torah comes (Isa 2.3)

Question 16

Messiah

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

Northern kingdom of Israel

Answer 17

Ruled by a succession of dynasties until it’s conquest by the Assyrians in 722

Question 18

Southern kingdom of Judah

Answer 18

Ruled by the davidic dynasty until conquest by Babylonians in 586 bce

Question 19

Prophets

Answer 19

High end of the spectrum of interpreters

Question 20

Mesha stela

Answer 20

King Mesha of Moab

Capture of 7000 Israelites and destroyed or banned.

Question 21

Samaria

Answer 21

The capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.

Omri moved to this capital where he and his successor ahab constructed a lavish royal city

Question 22

Oracle against the nations

Answer 22

Many of the prophetic books include these prophetic pronouncements of divine judgment against nations other than Israel.

Question 23

The day of the lord

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Covenant lawsuit

Answer 24

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