Exam II Flashcards
Leaven
Active culture
Unleavened for haste
Passover
First month (abib) Sacrifice of a yearling from the flock Blood applied to doorpost (Blood is life) Hyssop - aromatic Eaten in ready to go manner Pasah
Yam sūf
Sea of reeds/rushes
Thalassa erythra
Red Sea
Grumbling a
Waters of Marrah
Manna
Mount Sinai location possibilities?
Jebel Musa (4th century Christian tradition)
Volcano? Geological signs of activity in NW Arabia
Rā‘āh
Evil- Not always moral evil; troublesome spirit
Trouble at Sinai
Golden calf
Tablets smashed
Anakim
Fear.
Reason for not entering Canaan lack of faith
Structure of Deuteronomy
Retracing the Israelite journey
Revisiting the covenant law
Calling Israelites to faithfulness
Closing chapters
Why a need to renew covenant?
New generation, new mode of life.
For them and future generations
Chaism
a parallelism from the outside in
Shema
“Hear”
Hesed
Gods devotion
Mashah
Anoint
Hērem
Destroying all inhabitants
Sofēt
Deliverer
Hezekiah
Faithful to Yahweh Conducted reform Harassed by Assyria after fall of Israel Built the Siloam tunnel Received messages from prophet Isaiah
Manasseh
Son of Hezekiah Idolatrous and unjust Part of the reason for Judah's exile Different account in 2 chapt. (Repents and returns to remove idols)
Josiah
Manassehs grandson
Has repairs made to temple “scroll of the law found”
Institutes reform in Judah
Told by Huldah the prophetess of Judah’s downfall
Spared from the destruction for his faith
Why was Judah exiled
Politically: zedekiahs rebellion
Theologically: Judah and it’s kings not faithful
What factors contributed to Judah’s exile?
Rise of Babylon
Jehoiakim and zedekiahs rebellions
Idolatry and injustice of Judah
Jeremiah
Prophet in Jerusalem
Prophesies about the exile of Judah
Encouragement to exiles
Eventual punishment of Babylon
Ezekiel
Prophet in Mesopotamia
Prophesies about destruction of Jerusalem
Vision of restored Israel
Jeremiah and Ezekiel preach hope after exile
