Exam 2

Question 1

What are the two main events in the book of Exodus?

Answer 1

Rescue- Israel’s departure from Egypt.

Relationship- Israel’s newly established alliance with God.

Question 2

What “beginning” is established in the book of Exodus?

Answer 2

The beginning of the nation of Israel.

Question 3

What is the arrangement of the book of Exodus?

Answer 3

• Israel in Egypt
• Israel in the desert
• Israel at Mount Sinai

Question 4

What was the point of collision between God and Moses?

Answer 4

The burning bush.

Question 5

What was the permanent commemoration of the Israelites release from captivity?

Answer 5

The Passover

Question 6

What were the two intended purposes of the plagues?

Answer 6

To force the Egyptians into compliance.

To teach Egyptians and the Israelites about the sovereign character of the God of Israel.

Question 7

What was the anchor of the new Sinai covenant?

Answer 7

The Ten Commandments.

Question 8

What was the purpose of the desert tabernacle?

Answer 8

It was God’s way of living in the midst of His people.

Question 9

What are the possible dates of the Exodus?

Answer 9

15th Century- around 1446

Or

13th Century- around 1275

Question 10

What is the evidence for a 15th Century Exodus?

Answer 10

1. ) 1 Kings 6:1 - Solomon dates the Temple 480 years after the Exodus.
2. ) Judges 11:26 - Jepthah says the conquest of the land 300 yrs before his day.
3. ) the Merneptah Stela discusses defeating the people of Israel in 1209 BC. Suggesting they had been in the land for a while.

Question 11

What is the evidence for a 13th Century Exodus?

Answer 11

1. ) State archeological evidence from Palestine contradicts the 15th Century date.
2. ) Believe the 480 yrs before the Temple is symbolic.
3. ) the city of Ramsses was built in the 1200’s during the reign of Ramsses II.

Question 12

Definition: Hebrew

Answer 12

Descendants of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob

Question 13

Definition: casuistic law

Answer 13

Began with a conditional clause followed by the penalty.

Often start with “if this” and are followed by “then that”

Question 14

Definition: theophany

Answer 14

A manifestation of God.

Question 15

Definition: Torah

Answer 15

Teaching or instruction.

Question 16

Definition: covenant

Answer 16

Binding relationship between human partners or between God and humans

Question 17

Definition: holiness code

Answer 17

Name given to Leviticus 17-27, a section of the Law devoted to right living outside the Tabernacle

Question 18

Definition: Septuagint

Answer 18

Translation of the OT into Greek around 309-200BC created by 72 scholars

Question 19

Definition: atonement

Answer 19

Biblical term describing the removal of sin or defilement.

Hebrew “kipper” means “to cover over”, which denotes “to atone by offering a substitute”.

Question 20

Definition: expiation

Answer 20

Result of divinely appointed sacrifices intended to free the sinner from the punishment of sin

Question 21

What are the 10 Commandments

Answer 21

1. You shall have no other gods before me
2. No idols
3. Name in vain
4. Sabbath
5. Honor parents
6. Don’t murder
7. No adultery
8. Don’t steal
9. Don’t bare false witness against neighbor
10. Don’t covet

Question 22

What is in the Ark of the Covenant?

Answer 22

1. Aaron’s staff
2. 10 Commandments
3. Manna

Question 23

Why was Leviticus named Leviticus?

Answer 23

Portions of it deal with the instructions for how Levites give offerings to God.

It’s an instruction manual for the priesthood.