chapter 3, 4, and 5 test

Question 1

in what ways has the pentateuch shaped societies?

Answer 1

-organized calendars
-law- 10 commandments
-helps us conceptualize God, humanity, and the universe
-contains the creation story
-shapes ethics and morality

Question 2

what is a covenant?

Answer 2

-an agreement between God and human beings
-establishes the terms of their ongoing relationship

Question 3

how does the narrator of the creation story describe God?

Answer 3

-genesis 1: God= almighty, transcendent
-genesis 2: God = immanent, personally molds man and woman

Question 4

day 1 of creation

Answer 4

-made light
-separated light and darkness

Question 5

day 2 of creation

Answer 5

-separated sky and seas

Question 6

day 3 of creation

Answer 6

-separated waters and lands
-made the plants

Question 7

day 4 of creation

Answer 7

-made the day
-made the night
-made the sun, moon, and stars

Question 8

day 5 of creation

Answer 8

-made the birds
-made the fish

Question 9

day 6 of creation

Answer 9

-made the land animals
-made humans

Question 10

day 7 of creation

Answer 10

-day of rest

Question 11

what are the four parts of the covenant?

Answer 11

-choice: choosing to take part in the covenant
-partners: both parties involved
-sign: symbol or practice that solidifies and reminds
-promises: terms that are upheld

Question 12

what was the promise of God’s covenant with abraham and sarah?

Answer 12

-a promised land
-descendants who will become a great nation
-a blessing through which all nations would be blessed

Question 13

who was the main leader in the pentateuch?

Answer 13

-moses
-he leads the israelites all throughout exodus and many major events

Question 14

who saves his family at the end of genesis? what led to this?

Answer 14

-joseph
-favored, sold, enslaved, potiphar, jailed, dreams, second in command, saved from famine, land to live

Question 15

where does the name genesis come from?

Answer 15

-greek word for “to be born”
-means “beginning”

Question 16

what is God’s name in hebrew in genesis 1:1 and why is this significant?

Answer 16

-elohim
-gramatically plural
-shows that the trinity was present for creation

Question 17

what did God command adam not to do? what were the consequences?

Answer 17

-eat fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil
-leave garden, toil, pain in childbirth, death

Question 18

why did God destroy earth with the flood?

Answer 18

-violence and corruption filled the earth
-only noah was trying to obey God

Question 19

who is abraham’s firsborn? who is his mom?

Answer 19

-ishmael
-hagar

Question 20

who is the child of promise? who is his mom? why is this important?

Answer 20

-isaac
-sarah
-God promised that abraham and sarah would have a child, not abraham and hagar

Question 21

what does isaac mean? why is this important

Answer 21

-“he laughs”
-abraham and sarah laughed at the thought that God would bring them a child in their old age

Question 22

who wrestles with God and recieves the name israel?

Answer 22

jacob

Question 23

who was jacob’s favorite son? how do we know?

Answer 23

-joseph
-he gives him a special coat
-he was rachel’s son

Question 24

what does exodus mean in english?

Answer 24

-to exit

Question 25

what are the 10 commandments?

Answer 25

-there is only one God
-cut out all graven images
-don’t misuse the Lord’s name
-keep the sabbath holy
-honor your father and mother
-don’t kill
-don’t commit adultery
-don’t steal
-don’t bear false witness
-don’t covet

Question 26

what are the 10 plauges?

Answer 26

-blood
-frogs
-gnats
-flies
-disease of livestock
-boils
-hail
-locust
-darkness
-killing of the firstborn

Question 27

who defies pharoah’s order to kill hebrew babies?

Answer 27

-shiprah
-puah

Question 28

which women help save baby moses?

Answer 28

-moses’ mother
-moses’ sister
-pharoah’s daughter

Question 29

why did moses flee egypt?

Answer 29

-he killed an egyptian because they were beating a hebrew slave

Question 30

what does God reveal about himself to moses in the burning bush?

Answer 30

-His divine name (Yahweh)

Question 31

what was the conflict between God and pharaoh in exodus?

Answer 31

-who the israelites would serve- pharoah or God

Question 32

which hebrew festival is the celebration of the story of exodus?

Answer 32

-passover

Question 33

where does God enter into a covenant with israel?

Answer 33

-mount sinai

Question 34

what is the sign of the mosaic covenant?

Answer 34

-the ten commandments

Question 35

what is the ark of the covenant?

Answer 35

-box that the ten commandment tablets were kept in

Question 36

what is the purpose of the law given to israel?

Answer 36

-to establish the terms of the covenant on their end
-to reestablish the covenant with God and israel

Question 37

why are the israelites referred to as a “stiff-necked” people?

Answer 37

-they repeatedly complain, forget, and doubt God
-they are ungrateful and faithless