Exam 1 Flashcards

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God, in Latin

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theos

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What is theology

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Discourse on God
Metaphysical reflection on the nature of God

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logos

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word, reason, speech, discourse

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Plato

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“The Republic” - discourse on God

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Aristotle

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divided philosophy into mathematics, physics, and theology( metaphysical reflection on the nature of God and other incorporeal things)

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Varro

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divided theo into theogony (creation/genealogy of God/gods), rational theology (rational inquiry into the nature of Gods/god), and civil theology (public/private dimensions of religious practice)

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Augustine

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“reasoning or discussion concerning the Deity”

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Boethius

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strengthened Latin division between incorporeality (theology) and corporeality (physics)

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Anselm

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“fides quarens intellectum” - faith seeking understanding

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Aquinas

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natural vs revealed

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Martin Luther

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revelation vs reason

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Main areas of academic theology

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Systematic - write about theological questions

Historical - how theological ideas and historians’ interpretations have developed over time

Moral Theology - what God and goodness have to do with each other

Liturgical - study of Christian practice of worship and prayer

Biblical - thinking about the bible and its theological meaning

Comparative - comparing religious systems theologically

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Theology vs other

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engages with other disciplines that arise from the questioning human

spirit and observation of the world
affirm truths of other disciplines

other disciplines question human spirit and the observation of the world

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Theology is not…

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-Religious Studies
-Philosophy
-Catechesis
-Psychology (by other means)

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Theology on faith and reason

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Faith and reason are different but complete each other

use reason to articulate our claims better, even if they are not rationally deducible

faith seeking understanding

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Aquinas on the necessity of theology and theology as a science

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human nature and existence requires God’s self-revelation for human nature and existence
human beings are “directed to God, as to an end that surpasses the grasp of reason”
Human beings must have knowledge of that end (knowledge of God)

Necessary for the salvation that certain truths which exceed human reason should be made known to him by divine revelation

Objective #1: should not seek knowledge above reason

Objective #2: no knowledge can be only concerned with Being theology is a part of theology

Sed Contra - scripture is not a part of philosophy theology is required
Theology is the science that “whereby saving faith is begotten, nourished, protected, and strengthened”.

so it is that sacred doctrine is a science, because it proceeds from higher principles established by the light of a higher science, namely, the science of God and the blessed”

Types of Science
Derivatives from the Principles known by the Light of a Higher Science: Science of perspective from geometry, music from arithmetic

Light of a Higher Science: Science of God and the blessed

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3 Major Developments of Divine afflante spiritus

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Attention to literary forms (study it like its written)

Attention to historical setting
understand a text more (when we understand the historical context of when it was written)

Attention to literary conventions and cultural assumptions

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Significance of Dei verbum

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The Inspiration of the Holy Spirit

The Necessity of Human Interpreters

The Role of Textual Analysis

The Importance of the Unity of Scripture

The Persistence of Truth in the Weakness of Human Language

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3 areas in which Vatican II promoted the importance of the Bible

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Education
Liturgy [public worship]
Ecumenism [promote unity among Christians]

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The importance and acceptance of the historical-critical method

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Historical-Critical Method - scientific study of the meaning of ancient texts
- because holy scriptures were written by human authors, in order to fully understand the bible one needs to take into account the humanness of its authors

  • needs to recognize the historical context in which the books were written
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Historical development of biblical interpretation - New Testament

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The Bible/Scriptures = The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Interpretive focus: the Hebrew Scriptures fulfilled in the incarnation, life, and death of Jesus Christ

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Patristic era

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Literal - focus on the historical realities of the text and the intention of the human and divine authors

Allegorical – uncovering the spiritual meaning of the text

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Medieval and scholastic eras

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Four Senses of Scripture

Literal - what took place and what the author intends to say

Allegorical - the spiritual meaning of the text

Anagogical - the heavenly or soteriological meaning of the text

Tropological - the moral meaning of the text

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Renaissance

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Interest in the original languages and historical settings of the Bible

The status of the Vulgate (St. Jerome’s Latin translation of the Bible)

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Reformation
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)
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Enlightenment
rationalism and the hegemony of reason (religion is about mortality)
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Pentateuch
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.)
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Authorship of Pentateuch
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)
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Enuma Elish Origins
written before 1000 BCE on 7 clay tablets, both theogonic and cosmogonic myth (Babylonian)
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Enuma Elish Meaning of Title
“when on high..” opening line
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Enuma Elish Plot
ritually dramatized during the spring Akitu festival. which commemorated the victory of Marduk over Tiamat
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Enuma Elish Conflict
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
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Enuma Elish Characters
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
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1st Genesis Creation Authorship
Priestly Source (7 days)
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1st Genesis Creation Historical Context
While the jews were wandering the desert with Moses
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1st Genesis vs EE
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)
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1st Genesis and EE similarities
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
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1st Genesis literary and theological relationship to EE:
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
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1st Genesis Creation Theological orientation
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
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2nd Genesis Authorship
Authorship/source: written by Yawhist, c. 950 BCE in Southern Judea
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2nd Genesis Historical Context
Context: J’s earlier pre-captivity context Southern Judea, nomadic
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1st Genesis vs 2nd Genesis
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
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2nd Genesis Theological Orientation
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
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2nd Genesis Terms/Structure
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)
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Chiastic logic and theological meaning of 2nd creation account
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
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Genesis 2 Creation Relationship between good and evil
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
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God's main command to Adam and Eve
be fruitful and multiply
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Cain and Abel Authorship
Jahwist
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Nephilim/“sons of God”
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
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Birth of Seth
in place of Abel, since Cain killed him
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Seth's Son Name
Seth had a son named Enosh and at the time men began to invoke Yahweh by name
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Cain and Abel's father
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
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Curse of Cain, God's mercy
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
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Yahwist distinctives (e.g., use of “Yahweh”)
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
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Literary functions of biblical genealogies
biblical genealogies - used firstly to pass time as it describes the history of an ancestral line passing into the next period
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Peculiarities in descendants of Abraham (Enoch, lifespans, etc.)
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
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Lamech's blessing on Noah
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
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Authorship in flood narrative (J. vs. P)
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
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Flood
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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