Chapter 2 - Pentateuch Flashcards
What Biblical story is the Enuma Elish similar to?
Creation
Where did the Enuma Elish originate?
Babylon
The Jordan river flows between which bodies of water?
The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea
Which geographical area stretches from Egypt, through Syria-Palestine, into Mesopotamia?
The Fertile Crescent
What does the name Abram mean?
Great Father
Where was Abram when God called him?
Ur
What god did the people of Ur worship?
The god of the moon
What act of grace followed the eating of the fruit in the garden of Eden?
The gift of clothing
What act of grace followed Cain killing Abel?
The Mark of Protection
What act of grace followed the Flood?
Noah and the Arc
What act of grace followed the Tower of Babel dispersion of the nations?
Abram/Abraham and God’s covenant with him
What was God’s Covenant with Abram (Gen 12:1-3)
A promise of land, blessing (to be a blessing to all families of the earth), and to make him a great nation
Exodus meaning
Going out
Tetragrammaton
YHWH
Another word used for deliver (deliverance) in the LXX
Save (salvation)
What were the three things God promised Abram in Gen. 12:1-3?
To make Abraham’s name great
To bless him and to bless others through him
To make him a great nation
What does Israel mean?
Strive with God
What is Casuistic Law?
If this, then that laws
What is Apodictic Law?
Given on the authority of the lawgiver and is a basic, universal statement. Most of the ten commandments are apodictic law.
In what Jewish ritual is the scapegoat involved?
The Day of Atonement
The genealogy that concludes the primeval history introduces which two characters?
Abram and Sari
Where did the Ancestral Family originate
Ur
What happened at Kadesh-Barnea
The Hebrews rebelled against God and did not go into the promised land
Which story in primeval history describes the origins of the world’s many languages and nations?
The Tower of Babel
Which patriarch had his name changed to Israel as a result of a wrestling match with the Lord?
Jacob
What is physical sign of the covenant relationship, repeated with each generation, between the ancestral family and God?
Circumcision
What Hebrew verb is associated with the divine name YHWH?
To be
