Exam 3 List Based Concepts

Question 1

Typological Thought:

Please mention:

Definition, example, 2 reasons against

Answer 1

1. ) When one event is described based on a model of a previous event, normally a creation of the text.
2. ) The return from exile in Babylon could be linked to the Exodus.
3. ) One reason against, is that the waters parted during Egypt, but served to rejuvenate during the return from exile.
4. ) Another reason against, is that during exile, Babylon was a horrible place, but Egypt was a place of prosperity for Israelites until they became slaves.

Question 2

Genealogies (Linear vs. Segmented)

Main Location/type, Linear definition/example, Segmented definition/example

Answer 2

1. ) Main concern in Chronicles with mixed genealogies.
2. ) Linear: focus on one descendant to figure lineage and establish ancestry. E.g: Davidic dynasty
3. ) Segmented: Focus on relationships between people, and groups, E.g: Priestly Aaronhide vs. Levitical.

Question 3

Chiasm

General literary form, interspecifics, Chronicles specifics

Answer 3

1. )A literary technique form ABCBA
2. ) A-A,B-B are parallel, C is the climax–most important
3. ) In Chronicles the chiasm is chapters 1-9, and the climax is 6:48-53, which is focused on temple practices.

Question 4

the “satan”

2 traits, NOT, surprising dwelling, specific chapter-verse

Answer 4

1. ) a trouble maker
2. ) sometimes seen as an accuser, prosecuting attorney to challenge God e.g: Job 1:6-12
3. ) NOT a devil, or modern Christian interpretations
4. ) Sometimes seen in the heavenly courts. Job 1:6-12

Question 5

Pseudepigrapha

Definition, Location, Why popularity increase, relation to post exilic Judaism

Answer 5

1. ) When an author uses a past author’s words to fortify themselves, the previous author, and may possibly be a follower.
2. ) Seen in Ezra, Nehemiah
3. ) Canon becoming more stringent, so this technique is used more often to get writings into the canon.
4. ) Hallmark of post-exilic Judaism as people use material from their past to define their identity.

Question 6

Ezra Memoir

Chapters, 2 pieces of Ezra’s role and how it relates to Persia’s policy, Chronological year, Cyrus’ mandate

Answer 6

1. )Occurs in Ez 7-10, Neh 8-9
2. ) Shows Ezra’s comissioning by Persia as puppet king and judge–and shows Persia’s autonomous policy.
3. ) Mandates reinsitution of the Torah indicative of Persia’s allowance of individual legal corpora.
4. ) Occurs in 458 BCE
5. ) Differences in the Aramaic version, different focuses on what Cyrus’ mandate is.

Question 7

Nehemiah Memoir

Chapters, Nehemiah’s power and mandate, reasons for a delay, Chronological year

Answer 7

1. ) Neh 1-7, 11-13
2. ) Nehemiah made governor and told to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls
3. ) A delay of the building occured for two reasons, interference from “foreigners” or people that already lived there…
4. ) and practical concerns of the people
5. ) 445BCE

Question 8

458 BCE

Answer 8

See Ezra Memoir

Question 9

445 BCE

Answer 9

See Nehemiah Memoir

Question 10

Nasi

Answer 10

1. ) Means prince
2. ) relates to Sheshbazzar
3. ) Seen in Ezekiel, Davidic
4. ) 1 Chron 3:18

Question 11

Gunkel/Form Criticism

3 facts

Answer 11

1. ) Classification of Psalms based on small literary units, conversations, receipts
2. ) These indicate the situation, genre, form
3. ) Categories cannot be rigid, Psalms can be more than one type, and inter-webbed
4. ) You don’t need to know all the elements to know what genre something is.

Question 12

Sitz im Leben

3 facts. HARD.

Answer 12

1. ) A term to contexualize the genre of the text into its social constituent.
2. ) One example, is a text meant for a social holiday.
3. ) The meaning of the text is bound up in the function in the community.

Question 13

Type of Psalm (Form): Hymns

(5 facts) general, focus, parallel, association, chapter

Answer 13

1. ) Song of praise
2. ) Focus on creation, or mythological
3. ) Parallels ANE lit, e.g: Songs of the Aten
4. ) Associated with festivals
5. ) Psalm 104

Question 14

Type of Psalm(Form): Enthronement Psalms (HARD)

(6 facts) subset, wording, recognized, festival time, metaphor, chapter

Answer 14

1. ) Subset of Hymns
2. ) Contains, “YHWH reigns”
3. ) Recognized by Sigmund Mowinkle
4. ) Linked to New Year
5. ) Chaoskampf
6. ) Psalm 93

Question 15

Type of Psalm(Form): Complaints/Laments (individual or communal) [HARD]

(6 facts) outline of these psalms

Answer 15

1. ) Plea to hear prayer
2. ) Lament
3. ) Confession of sin or assertion of innocence
4. ) Appeal for divine assistance
5. ) Acknowledgement of divine response
6. ) Sometimes a promise to give thanks

Question 16

Type of Psalm(Form): Thanksgiving Psalms [EASY]

(3 facts) outline of these psalms

Answer 16

1. ) Invitation or affirmation of intention
2. ) Recounts distress
3. ) Thanks rendered to God

Question 17

Type of Psalm (Theme): Royal Psalms

Role of King, angle…

Answer 17

1. ) Renders king subordinate to God to perform justice and righteousness
2. ) Possibly propoganda to promote monarchy

Question 18

Type of Psalm (Theme): Wisdom Psalms

(3 facts) _vs._, what is considered wisdom, and chapters(2), and specific phrases (2)

Answer 18

1. ) Focus on wisdom
2. ) Righteous vs. wicked
3. ) Psalm 1 & 119 consider Torah=wisdom
4. ) “Like trees planted by the stream…”, “wicked are like chaff”

Question 19

Literary Elements in the Psalms: Parallelism

(location, phrase)

Answer 19

Psalm 1: “Happy are those that are…”

Question 20

Literary Elements in the Psalms: Inclusio

(location, phrase)

Answer 20

Psalm 136, “oh give thanks to the Lord”

Question 21

Instruction of Amenemope

(3 facts)

Answer 21

1. ) Egyptian wisdom instructions for the son of Amenemope…
2. ) Contains information on how to handle oneself in formal occasion
3. ) Relates to Proverbs and Israelite Sitz im Leben

Question 22

Words of the Wise/Ahikar

Answer 22

Other ANE wisdom literature

Question 23

Bildad, Eliphaz, Zophar

(4 facts)

Who are they, ideology/alignment, conversational dynamic

Answer 23

1. ) Job’s “friends”
2. ) Interspersed dialouge
3. ) Believe Job deserves the punishment he is getting… according to Proverbs idealogy, the wise vs. wicked.
4. ) Unclear whether conversation between friends and Job is going anywhere, or whether they are simply talking past one another.

Question 24

Elihu

(3 facts) who and when(possibly specific, reaction to Job, ideology/alignment

Answer 24

1. ) A 4th friend of Job that interjects near the end of the book
2. ) Job 32:37
3. ) Angry at Job for testing God.
4. ) Wisdom is only divine inspired–according to Psalmist ideology.

Question 25

Hevel

(3 facts)

Answer 25

1. ) Vanity of vanities
2. ) vapor/chasing after the wind
3. ) triviality of human existence

Question 26

Novella

(5ish facts)

Answer 26

1. ) short story THAT IS SELF STANDING
2. ) contains a lesson in and of itself
3. ) Example Joseph novella
4. ) Ruth, Jonah, Esther, REFLECTS ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE JEWISH
5. ) can also be integrated into whole context

Question 27

Diaspora

(3 facts) definition, modern day, relation to specific books

Answer 27

1. ) Being spread about the land
2. ) Modern day example is the Jewish Diaspora and African diaspora
3. ) Ruth, Jonah, and Esther reflect upon what it means to be a Jew in diaspora–how to interact with other cultures, yet maintain your identity.

Question 28

Apocalyptic Features (5)

Answer 28

1. ) Mythic Imagery
2. ) Eschatology: Portraying the end as outside of human time
3. ) Universal Judgement
4. ) Heavenly events mirrored on earth
5. ) Prophecy ex eventu

Question 29

Astral Immortality(3)

Answer 29

1. ) People wil continue to live in the form of stars or brightness
2. ) Mostly created by the Esseens (Qumran)
3. ) Daniel 12: 2-3, “Shall shine like brightness of the sky

Question 30

Body/Soul Dualism

Answer 30

1. ) Only shows up beginning in book of Wisdom
2. ) Wis 8-9…
3. ) “I entered an undefiled body”, “a pershable body weighs down soul”

Question 31

Logos Theology

Answer 31

1. ) Wisdom=power of God=word
2. ) Both in Wisdom Literature and John
3. ) Ben Sira 24: I came forth from the mouth of the most high