Exam 1 Flashcards

Question

Reformation

Answer 1

Luther’s sola scriptura (only based on scripture) The contraction in the modes/senses of biblical interpretation - The “perspicuity” of the Bible - Individual v. ecclesial interpretation of the Bible ( have to interpret the Bible on your own)

Answer 2

rationalism and the hegemony of reason (religion is about mortality)

Answer 3

the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy Genre – a category or type of literature or art characterized by a particular form, style or context Context - anything beyond the specific words of a literary work that may be relevant to understanding the meaning (may be economic, social, cultural, historical, literary, biographical, etc.)

Answer 4

Traditional authorship attributed to Moses Documentary Hypothesis (Julius Wellhausen): J (“Yahwist”) – 9th century BCE (Southern Judea, semi-nomadic), YHWH E (“Elohist”) – 8th century BCE (Northern Judea), El D (“Deutoronomist”) – 7th-6th century BCE (laws, Babylonian exile) P (“Priestly”) – 6th century BCE, written during Babylonian exile (youngest source, Babylonian exile)

Answer 5

written before 1000 BCE on 7 clay tablets, both theogonic and cosmogonic myth (Babylonian)

Answer 6

“when on high..” opening line

Answer 7

ritually dramatized during the spring Akitu festival. which commemorated the victory of Marduk over Tiamat

Answer 8

the young gods made too much noise, preventing the older gods from sleeping Apsu decides to kill the younger gods, Tiamat disagrees, Ea kills Apsu upon hearing his plan and uses Apsu’s body to form the subterranean seas Tiamat declares war on Apsu’s murdered, creating monster filled with poison Tiamat marries new King Upon hearing Tiamat’s plan, he summons his son Marduk to defeat Tiamat, which Marduk leverages to establish his preeminence among the gods Marduk defeats Tiamat’s monster army lef by the new king Marduk slays Tiamat by harnessing natural forces, which tears her body apart

Answer 9

Apsu- the fresh waters; husband of Tiamat Tiamat - the salt waters; wife of Apsu Mummu - the mist between fresh and saltwater; song of Apsu and Tiamat Ea - god of magic Brother-sister pairs of gods

Answer 10

Priestly Source (7 days)

Answer 11

While the jews were wandering the desert with Moses

Answer 12

Genesis is non-theogonic; God pre-exists sexual differentiation pre-existing creation in EE; in Genesis God created male and female Genesis is monotheistic; God is absolutely sovereign Naute is demythologized in Genesis Human beings created for for fellowship not servitude; created in God’s image and likeness(v. blood of slain god, ANE parallels)

Answer 13

Both introduced by temporal clauses primal universe as watery chaos Lexical similarity between “Tiamat” and tehom (“the deep” in the Hebrew text of Genesis) Reference to light before the creation of sun and stars creation of human beings as final act of creation Divine assembly - Marduk and the less gods in the EE and the “Let us…” in Genesis

Answer 14

Genesis intentionally subverts EE: elite emulation; parallels to Assyrian use of EE (nationalistic not theological) primeval chaos is subdued by God’s absolute sovereignty rather than chaos God tames, Marduk kills Nature gods are replaced by discrete objects of God’s creative power

Answer 15

Proto-Israel - the divine gift of land and nomadic religion (world begins when God gives them land in the garden of Eden) Proto-covenant in the gift of the Garden J’s anthropology: terrestrial motif of Adam's creation from clay

Answer 16

Authorship/source: written by Yawhist, c. 950 BCE in Southern Judea

Answer 17

Context: J’s earlier pre-captivity context Southern Judea, nomadic

Answer 18

Genre: poetry vs prose Landscape: water v dry Fundamental act of creation: separation of waters v . planting garden Order of creation: humans created last v. humans created first human beings: male and female created together v male than females; absence of fall narrative v, humanity sins against God Man of creation: divine fiat v God forms creation

Answer 19

Proto-Israel - the divine gift of land and nomadic religion Proto-covenant in the gift of the garden J’s Anthropology - terrestrial motif if adam’s creation from clay; formed by God as unique indicator; li8fe is breathed into Adam by God; human beings as communal creatures created as helpers; given the command to be fruitful and multiply

Answer 20

X-shaped story structure each part of the beginning story is mirrored at the end of the story the climax of the story is the fall of humanity Nearly all the Genesis narrative cycles have this structure (Noah, Abraham, Joseph, etc)

Answer 21

God gave adam and eve their names, then uses their names to call them after their sinned Naked and unashamed to naked and ashamed See how the consequences are unfolding

Answer 22

Adamn and eve knew themselves to be naked and ashamed Did not get knowledge of good and evil, they simply lost part of their good since they knew what evil was now that they sinner

Answer 23

be fruitful and multiply

Answer 24

interbreeding with the daughters of men (violation of God’s command to be fruitful) to orient morally the flood story and shortening of lifespans following the noah genealogy

Answer 25

in place of Abel, since Cain killed him

Answer 26

Seth had a son named Enosh and at the time men began to invoke Yahweh by name

Answer 27

In jewish tradition, the serpent is considered the father of cain Unlike Seth who resembles Adam, Cain was not from adam and did not resemble him

Answer 28

curve = must wander the earth forever Mark so no one kills him God delivers justice by punishing Cain to toil the land that was created by God He does show mercy when he decides not to take Cain’s life despite the fact that Cain had just taken the life of his brother

Answer 29

One of the ket Yahwist distinctions is the fact that they call God by the word “Yahweh” This is different from the Elohists who use Eloheim to refer to God

Answer 30

biblical genealogies - used firstly to pass time as it describes the history of an ancestral line passing into the next period

Answer 31

it says that seth was a son in his likeness but cain is removed from the descendants of adam and able is not listed says that Enoch walked with God but then was no more as God took jim The lifespans are very high as Adam lives until at least 150 years old and Noah has children at the age of 500 years old

Answer 32

Methuselah begat Lamech, Lamech begat Noah Lamech’s prophecy on Noah After begatting noah, Lamech declared tath this one will ring us relief from the agonizing toil of our hands from the very ground Yahweh that cursed

Answer 33

Priestly materialL rwo of every animals; the flood comes from the water under and over the earth orientation = 1st creation account Yahwist material: seven pairs of every clean animal and two pairs of unclean; the flood comes from the 40 days and nights of rain orientation = Israel

Answer 34

command to enter the ark one week before the flood animals came just as God commanded Noah everything dies; water stayed for 150 days no details of whats going on in the ark floodwaters recede; ark rests on Mt Ararat; 3 more months the emergence of dry land; a raven and dove and dove again noah leaves the ark builds an altar, makes sacrifice to Yahweh and god is pleased with the sacrifice and promises never to destroy the earth God's Words: human dominion over animals eating animals instead of only plants Demand for an account of lifeblood, reference to the imago dei life spans are shorter so less time on earth to do bad things

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