Exam 1 - Introduction Material Flashcards
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MIDRASH
biblical interpretation
Well known Rabbi / Jewish Philospher
Abraham Heschel
Biblical prophecy is ________ and ________
multifaceted and complex reality
Earliest manifestation of Biblical Prophecy are found in the ____________ _______ of _________ ____ in the Bible
mythopoeic accounts, eponymous texts
mythopoeic means
of or relating to the making of myths
serving to create or engender myths
Etymology of mythopoeic
from Greek ‘mythopoios’ = composer of fiction
Myth has a variety of uses:
- originally a story about the gods and usually taught a moral lesson
- story of ultimate signifiace that reats the origin, purpose and end of creatures and creation
Eponym
founding hero or personage in the history of mythology of a people
Eponymous texts
texts about the founding members of a people, tribe or nation
The Balaam cycle is where?
Numbers 22-24
Balamm cycle is about
a foreign prophet asked to curse Israel
“Religious Specialists” found in the bible where?
Jeremiah 27: 1-5
Three types of LITERARY prophets
Writing, Classical and Canonical prophets
Three types of NON LITERARY prophets
Non-Writing or Oral, Pre-Classical and Non-Canonical
Neviim ha Rishonim =
Former Prophets
From the Conquest of the Promised Lan to the Babylonian Exile dates
1200 - 550 BCE
Fall of Israel date
722 BCE
From the Fall of Israel to the End of teh Persian Period dates
750-350 BCE
Neviim ha Acharomim =
latter prophets
Major Prophets
Isiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel
Minor Prophets also called the =
dodecapropheton
Dodecapropheton =
minor prophets
Name the Minor Prophets
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, Malachi
Number of MInor Prophets
12
Neviim contains the ____ and ______ prophets
former and later
The Former Prophets are in what books
Joshua, Judges, 1 Sam, 2 Sam, 1 Kings, 2 Kings
SEPTUAGINT is the
Greek Transation of the Hebrew Old Testament
Who Translated the Septuagint
72 Rabbis = equal representation from all tribes
The official text used in synagogues from the Hellenistic Period forward was the
Septuagint
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| When was the Temple and City destroyed</p>
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| 70 AD</p>
When was the Meeting of Jamnia
90-100 CE
Jamnia did 2 things:
- Ketuvim was Canonized
2. Jewish CHRISTIANS are expelled
Why were the Jewish Christians expelled
No longer considered Jews b/c they believe that Christ is the Messiah
The Jewish Christians use the ______ translation
Greek
The Orthodox Jews use the _______ translation
Hebrew
Difference between Hebrew and Greek
7 texts called Aprocryphal or Deuterocanocical
Apocryphal means
hidden or obscure
Deuterocanonical means
second canon