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Hebrews Flashcards

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The theory that the first five books of the bible weren’t written completely by Moses.

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Documentary Hypothesis

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In 589 BC the Judeans rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar and he responded by destroying the temple at Jerusalem and then sent the Judeans into __________, 600 miles away to ______.

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exile, Babylon

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Psalms 137 refers to this: “By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept…” The Judeans decide to fight back by writing a book, the _______; probably written during their exile.

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Hebrew Bible

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The writers of the Hebrew Bible believed they had a sacred mission: explaining ______ the Judeans were in exile and _______they could hope to return to _______.

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why, how, Jerusalem

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Many modern scholars claim that the stories in the bible are not _______ in every detail, and emphasize that the overall function of the stories is _______ edification.

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true, moral

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The lack of archaeological evidence does not prove that __________ was not a person.

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Abraham

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It was Abraham who questioned his father’s ______ and embraced _______, arguing it was _____ who had created the heavens and earth.

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polytheism, monotheism, God

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The Hebrew God is _____, so the _____ is worshipped rather than the _________.

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transcendent, creator, creation

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God’s covenant with Abraham is established in _______in the Bible.

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Genesis 12 & 17

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Abraham’s faith is tested when he is ordered to ______his son _______.

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sacrifice, Isaac

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The story of Abraham illustrates key features of Judaism: turning away from _______ and the notion that we are all _____ and ______.

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idolatry, brothers, sisters

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God’s covenant with Abraham promised that the Hebrews would do well, so why were they on the verge of ___________? They must have done something ____.

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extinction, wrong

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God appeared to _______ in a burning bush and was told he would lead the _________ out of _________ slavery.

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Moses, Hebrews, Egyptian

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To escape the last of the ten plagues, the Hebrews were told to brush ______ over their doors so save their _____; this is the origin of __________.

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blood, first born sons, Passover

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Moses leads the Hebrews in their ______ out of Egypt.

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exodus.

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_____ in the Bible, has Moses on ________, receiving the ______ directly from God.

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Exodus 19 & 20, Mount Sanai, Ten Commandments

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The ________ extended the Covenant, shifting the emphasis from doing things to _____God to how we ________ other ________.

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Ten Commandments, please, treat, people

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Some contemporary scholars argue that the Hebrews were really _______ Canaanites; the ________ of that society who lived on the fringe.

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indigenous, underdogs

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David is depicted as a _________ character at the head of a dysfunctional family.

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flawed

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_______ was the Hebrew King who had replaced ______, despite warnings from God that the Hebrews should not adopt a ________.

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Saul, Samuel, monarachy

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David’s confrontation with _____ stresses the idea that there is something more important then ____power.

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Goliath, physical

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David’s affair with ____ leads to a bungled _____ and murder of ________.

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Bathsheba, cover-up, Uriah

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________ in the Bible details David’s confession after being confronted by _____.

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Psalm 51, Nathan

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David’s story conveys the lesson that no individual is above the ________ and helps to explain why Israel had ______.

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law, suffered

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n 720 BC the ________ conquered the __ Hebrew tribes of the north and they were assimilated into the dominant culture; now only _________ remained.

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Asyrians, 10, Judah

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In 640 BC, King ____ of Judah and the priests in Jerusalem decided to crack down on the ______ in the country side.

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Josiah, idolatry

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Some Hebrews worshipped various gods, including a possible female counterpart to Yahweh known as ______.

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Asherah

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28
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Some modern day scholars argue that the book of _____ was written and _____ in the temple only to be _____ and reassert _____.

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Deuteronomy, planted found monotheism

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29
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After the discovery of ______, _____ could only be worshipped in _______.

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Deuteronomy, Yahweh, Jerusalem

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30
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After King ______ launched an attack on ______ & _______ that _______, the worship of ______, especially ______, reappears

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Josiah, Assyria & Egypt, failed, idols, Ashera

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The prophet ______, inspired by __________, claims that God was so angry with Judean _______ the he decided to send them into __________.

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Jeremiah, Deuteronomy, idolatry

32
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In 589 BC, __________ attacks and the __________ begins.

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Nebuchadnezzar, Babylonian Captivity

33
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While in Babylon, the Judeans start living by the ______ which gives them ______ that they will ____ to _________.

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Covenant, hope, return, Jerusalem

34
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Hebrew beliefs are transformed into the world religion called ________.

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Judaism

35
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In 550 BC, _______ conquers the _________ and the Jews were allowed to return to ________.

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Cyrus, Assyrians, Jerusalem.

36
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The legacy of another people who took advantage of Egypt’s collapse to found an independent state may have been more ___ that that of the Phoenicians.

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Far-reaching

37
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Although they were politically unimportant, the ________ created a new form of ________, a __________ .

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Hebrews, religious belief, monotheism,

38
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The Hebrews worshipped a god they called _________.

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Yahweh

39
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The Hebrew’ religious ideas were written down in the Hebrew ________; Christians now call it the _______.

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Bible, Old Testament

40
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Early letters and gospels written by Christians became known as the _______.

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New Testament

41
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The writings in the _______ became the core of the Hebrew’s religion ________; The ______ & _______ revere them and the ________ respect them.

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Old Testament, Judaism, Jews and Christians, Muslims

42
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The textbook claims that the Bible must be used carefully as an ______ source, it also points out that ______ evidence supports many of its _______.

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Historical, archaeological, details.

43
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The Hebrews were enslaved by the ______, but _____ led them out of Egypt in the _____ century BCE

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Egyptians, Moses, 13th

44
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The Jews settled in the area between the _________ and _________ river known as _________.

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Mediterranean and Jordan, Canaan.

45
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At times, the Jews worship and ancient Semitic ______ god known as _____, represented as a ___________.

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fertility, Baal, golden calf

46
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It was ______ who fought the ___ and established a ____ over the Hebrew tribes around _____ BCE

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Saul, Philistines, monarchy, 1025

47
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_____ of Bethlehem captured the city of ___ and his son, ____ launched a building program the included the _____ of _____ which contained the ___ of the ___.

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David, Jerusalem, Solomon, Temple of Jerusalem, Ark, Covenant

48
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In ______ BCE, Judah was crushed by the _____, and many Hebrew were sent in to exile, known as the _____.

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587, Babylonians, Babylonian Captivity

49
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The _____ king named ________ allowed around 40,000 thousand Hebrew exiles to return to _________.

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Persian, Cyrus the Great, Jerusalem

50
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The textbook claims that during and after the captivity, the most important Hebrew _____ were edited and brought together in the ________.

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texts, Torah

51
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The first five books of the bible are known as the _____

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Torah

52
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The primary motivation of the Torah was to explain ________ they had been sent to _____.

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why, exile.

53
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The most fundamental concept is the ______, an agreement that people believed to exist between themselves and ________.

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Covenant, Yahweh

54
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____ appeared to the tribal leader _______ promising him that he would be ____ as would his descendants, if they followed _______.

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Yahweh, Abraham, blessed Yahweh

55
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From the book ______ we learned the the sign of the ______ was ______.

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Genesis 17, covenant, male circumscision

56
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Since Judaism, Christianity and Islam all regard this event as ______, they are referred to as the ________ religions.

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fundamental, Abrahamic

57
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Yahweh appeared to _ as he was leading the Hebrews out of _ and added an _to the ___.

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Moses, Egypt, extension, covenant

58
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An extension to the covenant with the Hebrews was if they worshipped __ as their only god, he would consider them his __ people and protect them from their ___.

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Yahweh, chosen, enemies

59
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As Abraham and Moses acted as ____ between Yahweh and the Hebrew people they became known as ______.

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intermediaries, phophets

60
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The __ required certain kinds of religious ___ and created a system of ___.

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Ten Commandments, observances, ethical absolutes

61
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Jews engaged in ____ through which they showed their devotion, and it was increasingly understood that they worshiped Yahweh__.

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rituals, alone

62
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A form of _____ monotheism emerges in which goodness comes from a single ______ god.

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ethical, transcendent

63
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The Hebrews religious obligations included _ and _ behavior toward other _.

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fair, just, people

64
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The religion of the Hebrews was addressed to not only the __, bu also the __. And so the rise and fall of the kingdom was not crucial to the religion’s __

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elites, individuals, continued existence

65
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The Assyrians created and empire through brutal military __. Their capital city was __ on the __ River.

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conquest, Nineveh, Tigris

66
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When the Assyrians were conquered, the Biblical prophet __ wrote “Nineveh is laid: __who will __her?”

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Nahum, waste, bemoan

67
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The Persian ____ was centered in modern day __, and this area was always a highway between western and eastern _______.

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Empire, Iran, Asia

68
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In __ BCE, ____ the Great was King of the ______.

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550, Cyrus Persians.

69
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Cyrus conquered the __ and then won control of the shore of the ____ sea.

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Medes, Mediterranean

70
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Unlike the Assyrians, Cyrus was more of a __, and he allowed the Hebrews to return from ___ to ___.

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statesman, Babylon, Jerusalem

71
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Cyrus paid for the rebuilding of the ______ for the Hebrews.

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Jewish Temple

72
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Cyrus’s successors continued the Persian conquest, creating the __ empire.

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largest

73
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_____, the successor of Cyrus, began to call himself the ____.

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Darius, King of Kings

74
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The Persian Empire lasted another ______ years until it became part of the empire of ____.

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200, Alexander the Great

75
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In the realm of Persian religion, around 600 BCE a prophet named _____ authored a collection of sacred texts called the ______. The religion was known as __.

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Zoroaster, Avesta, zoroastrianism

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