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