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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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The TaNak is comprised of

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1) The Torah
2) The Nebi’im
3) Ketuvim

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2
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What is a hairesis?

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Jewish sect or “ school of thought”

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3
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How many canons are there?

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Three
1) Hebrew
2) RCC/ Orthodox
3) Protestant

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4
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What is The Torah?

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The Law. Also includes Genelogies
Sermon things
Sacrafices and instructions of about sacrifices
Narrative overarching all of it

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What is the Nebi’im ?

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The Prophets

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What is the Ketubim?

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The writings

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7
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What is the Pentateuch?

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The five books of the Torah. It is the same for RCC/OC and the Protestant Bible

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What are the five books of the Torah?

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Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

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9
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How do the Bibles differ?

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1) The order- Histories come before the Prophets
2) They are not categorized the same way
3) The minor prophets are together because their length could be placed on 27 foot scrolls
4) Catholic Bible has the Apocrypha “ Extra books”

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Why is the Apocrypha not in the Protestant bible?

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Because Luther hated purgatory and edited it out

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11
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Dates of the Bibles:

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Hebrew Bible: 200 CE
RCC/OC: 367 CE
Protestant Bible: 1500s

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12
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What is the Septugint?

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It is a translation of A Hebrew text into Greek

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13
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What is the Apocraphya?

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The 14 extra books found in the RCC Bible, but not in the the Torah or the Protestant Bible

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What does the fact the stories within the LXX differ from the Hebrew Bible?

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It tells us that Hebrew traditions were not static as the LXX is a translation of A Hebrew text

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15
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When was the earliest form of the Torah put together?

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5th Century B.C.E

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16
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Explain the theory behind the earliest form of the Torah

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It may have come about as a result of the Persian occupation. Persian Law dictates that people govern themselves by their ancestral law. Ezra may have had the task of assembling the first written form of the law. However, we have no idea what it looked like, how long it was, or what was included.

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17
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When does the H.B. have the shape that we see now?

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200 C.E.

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18
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What is the Latin translation of the LXX called?

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The Vulgate

19
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Explain the creation of the Vulgate Bible

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In the 5th Century, Jerome translated the Hebrew Bible into Latin. There was an uproar because he did not use the LXX, which included the 14 extra books of the Apocrypha. He went back and used the LXX and translated that into Latin

20
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Describe the issues in writing down the Biblical stories

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Jewish culture was an oral culture. The accuracy of the stories was not an important aspect. Instead, the focus was on moral content. These stories were a way to explain the etiology of things. Over thousands of years, there were many different versions of stories. They would morph and changed, but the moral content remained the same. In writing the stories down, it opened the door for the culture to become static. This then opened the door for people to question whether the stories were accurate and historically true.

21
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When does the Northern Kingdom fall to Assyria?

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722/721 BCE

22
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When does the Souther Kingdom of Judah fall to Babylon?

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586 BCE

23
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When does Babylon fall to Persia?

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539 BCE

24
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When was the Second Temple built?

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515 BCE

25
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When does David become King?- United Monarchy

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1000 BCE

26
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What happens to divide the kingdom

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Rehoboam becomes kings and creates very oppressive laws. The 10 tribes in the north rebel and form the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Rehoboam remains king of Judah in the south

27
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What were the pros and cons of the Northern Kingdom

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Pros:
1) More land and better land
2) More resources
3)Big enough in coalitions to be regionally powerful

Cons:
More land to have to defend
More people- never really sure who the next king would be
Not powerful enough to defeat Assyria

28
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Discuss the Pros and Cons of the Kingdom of Judah

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1) David Monarchy- the next king would be a descendent of David
2) Smaller- less land to defended
3) Took fewer chances and lasted longer- sometimes by luck
4) Did not survive the conqueror from Babylon
5) Deportantion of the leaders

29
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When does Babylon fall to Persia?

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539 BCE

30
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When does Assyria call to Babylon?

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612 BCE

31
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When does Judah become vassel?

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605/604 BCE

32
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When is the first deportationn?

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597 BCE

33
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When is Jerusalem destroyed by the Babylonians?

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586 BCE

34
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Discuss how the Bible developed historically

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It took over a 1,000 years for the stories to be written, edited, collected, re-writed, edited again, and collected again, etc.. It did not just drop out of Heaven, nor was it divinely whispered into the writer’s ear. The text was not static and was not clear until 200 CE

35
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Was Israel monotheistic?

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No. It developed that way over time. Israel was absolutely polytheistic, then Henotheistic, then Monotheistic

36
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Defend why Israel was polytheistic and then henotheistic.

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The Hebrew culture did not exist in a vacuum. They interacted with other groups who all were polytheistic or henotheistic. In addition, Gen 1:26 uses a plural.

37
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What is the Baal/ Yamm/Mot Story?

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Baal is the God of Storms. Yamm and Mot are opponets of Baal and portrayed as watery monsters. Baal defeats Yamm (who threatens the world with watery chaos. Mot takes Baal into the underworld as his servant. Rescued by Annat who kills Mot. Baal return, and the land becomes fertile again because the raining season returns

38
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Explain how religion looks a lot like the Canaanite religion

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Psalm 29 is a cleaned-up version of the Baal Mott story.

39
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What is the Enuma Elish?

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It is the story of Marduk and Tiamat. It is a Babylonian creation story

40
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Explain how the epic of Gilgamesh is similar to the story of Genesis

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Gilgamesh the the King of Uruk. He is 2/3 God and 1/3 human which means he will die. The Gods make Gilagmesh a friend Enkidu- which is similar to Adam and Eve.
The creation of Enkidu happens as he has sex, his eyes are opened, and now he is human- this also is similar to Adam and Eve eating from the Tree of Good and Evil Knowledge. Adter Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh incredible sad, and goes on quest for eternal life. He meets Utnapishtim who is immortal, but has lost vitality. Gilgames learns of a youth elixir plant, but he loses it to a serpent- Again like Adam and Eve

41
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Explain the similarities between Emanu Elish and Genesis

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E.E is a Babylonian creation myth. In exile, Israelities would have encountered this myth. The story is similar in that it is a quiet act of subversion

42
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The Israelites were the first culture to create the idea of a sabbath. Explain what might have faciliated this

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Israelites were living in exile in Babylon and would have been exposed to Babylonian myth and religion (i.e. Enuma Elish) In creating the sabbath, every week they came back to the sabbath to remind the Israelites of God as the creator and not Marduk. It was a quiet act of subversion.

43
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When is the return from Babylonian exile?

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538 BCE

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