Hebrews Flashcards
The theory that the first five books of the bible weren’t written completely by Moses.
Documentary Hypothesis
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 ______.
exile, Babylon
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.
Hebrew Bible
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 _______.
why, how, Jerusalem
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.
true, moral
The lack of archaeological evidence does not prove that __________ was not a person.
Abraham
It was Abraham who questioned his father’s ______ and embraced _______, arguing it was _____ who had created the heavens and earth.
polytheism, monotheism, God
The Hebrew God is _____, so the _____ is worshipped rather than the _________.
transcendent, creator, creation
God’s covenant with Abraham is established in _______in the Bible.
Genesis 12 & 17
Abraham’s faith is tested when he is ordered to ______his son _______.
sacrifice, Isaac
The story of Abraham illustrates key features of Judaism: turning away from _______ and the notion that we are all _____ and ______.
idolatry, brothers, sisters
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 ____.
extinction, wrong
God appeared to _______ in a burning bush and was told he would lead the _________ out of _________ slavery.
Moses, Hebrews, Egyptian
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 __________.
blood, first born sons, Passover
Moses leads the Hebrews in their ______ out of Egypt.
exodus.
_____ in the Bible, has Moses on ________, receiving the ______ directly from God.
Exodus 19 & 20, Mount Sanai, Ten Commandments
The ________ extended the Covenant, shifting the emphasis from doing things to _____God to how we ________ other ________.
Ten Commandments, please, treat, people
Some contemporary scholars argue that the Hebrews were really _______ Canaanites; the ________ of that society who lived on the fringe.
indigenous, underdogs
David is depicted as a _________ character at the head of a dysfunctional family.
flawed
_______ was the Hebrew King who had replaced ______, despite warnings from God that the Hebrews should not adopt a ________.
Saul, Samuel, monarachy
David’s confrontation with _____ stresses the idea that there is something more important then ____power.
Goliath, physical
David’s affair with ____ leads to a bungled _____ and murder of ________.
Bathsheba, cover-up, Uriah
________ in the Bible details David’s confession after being confronted by _____.
Psalm 51, Nathan
David’s story conveys the lesson that no individual is above the ________ and helps to explain why Israel had ______.
law, suffered
n 720 BC the ________ conquered the __ Hebrew tribes of the north and they were assimilated into the dominant culture; now only _________ remained.
Asyrians, 10, Judah
In 640 BC, King ____ of Judah and the priests in Jerusalem decided to crack down on the ______ in the country side.
Josiah, idolatry
Some Hebrews worshipped various gods, including a possible female counterpart to Yahweh known as ______.
Asherah
Some modern day scholars argue that the book of _____ was written and _____ in the temple only to be _____ and reassert _____.
Deuteronomy, planted found monotheism
After the discovery of ______, _____ could only be worshipped in _______.
Deuteronomy, Yahweh, Jerusalem
After King ______ launched an attack on ______ & _______ that _______, the worship of ______, especially ______, reappears
Josiah, Assyria & Egypt, failed, idols, Ashera
The prophet ______, inspired by __________, claims that God was so angry with Judean _______ the he decided to send them into __________.
Jeremiah, Deuteronomy, idolatry
In 589 BC, __________ attacks and the __________ begins.
Nebuchadnezzar, Babylonian Captivity
While in Babylon, the Judeans start living by the ______ which gives them ______ that they will ____ to _________.
Covenant, hope, return, Jerusalem
Hebrew beliefs are transformed into the world religion called ________.
Judaism
In 550 BC, _______ conquers the _________ and the Jews were allowed to return to ________.
Cyrus, Assyrians, Jerusalem.
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.
Far-reaching
Although they were politically unimportant, the ________ created a new form of ________, a __________ .
Hebrews, religious belief, monotheism,
The Hebrews worshipped a god they called _________.
Yahweh
The Hebrew’ religious ideas were written down in the Hebrew ________; Christians now call it the _______.
Bible, Old Testament
Early letters and gospels written by Christians became known as the _______.
New Testament
The writings in the _______ became the core of the Hebrew’s religion ________; The ______ & _______ revere them and the ________ respect them.
Old Testament, Judaism, Jews and Christians, Muslims
The textbook claims that the Bible must be used carefully as an ______ source, it also points out that ______ evidence supports many of its _______.
Historical, archaeological, details.
The Hebrews were enslaved by the ______, but _____ led them out of Egypt in the _____ century BCE
Egyptians, Moses, 13th
The Jews settled in the area between the _________ and _________ river known as _________.
Mediterranean and Jordan, Canaan.
At times, the Jews worship and ancient Semitic ______ god known as _____, represented as a ___________.
fertility, Baal, golden calf
It was ______ who fought the ___ and established a ____ over the Hebrew tribes around _____ BCE
Saul, Philistines, monarchy, 1025
_____ of Bethlehem captured the city of ___ and his son, ____ launched a building program the included the _____ of _____ which contained the ___ of the ___.
David, Jerusalem, Solomon, Temple of Jerusalem, Ark, Covenant
In ______ BCE, Judah was crushed by the _____, and many Hebrew were sent in to exile, known as the _____.
587, Babylonians, Babylonian Captivity
The _____ king named ________ allowed around 40,000 thousand Hebrew exiles to return to _________.
Persian, Cyrus the Great, Jerusalem
The textbook claims that during and after the captivity, the most important Hebrew _____ were edited and brought together in the ________.
texts, Torah
The first five books of the bible are known as the _____
Torah
The primary motivation of the Torah was to explain ________ they had been sent to _____.
why, exile.
The most fundamental concept is the ______, an agreement that people believed to exist between themselves and ________.
Covenant, Yahweh
____ appeared to the tribal leader _______ promising him that he would be ____ as would his descendants, if they followed _______.
Yahweh, Abraham, blessed Yahweh
From the book ______ we learned the the sign of the ______ was ______.
Genesis 17, covenant, male circumscision
Since Judaism, Christianity and Islam all regard this event as ______, they are referred to as the ________ religions.
fundamental, Abrahamic
Yahweh appeared to _ as he was leading the Hebrews out of _ and added an _to the ___.
Moses, Egypt, extension, covenant
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 ___.
Yahweh, chosen, enemies
As Abraham and Moses acted as ____ between Yahweh and the Hebrew people they became known as ______.
intermediaries, phophets
The __ required certain kinds of religious ___ and created a system of ___.
Ten Commandments, observances, ethical absolutes
Jews engaged in ____ through which they showed their devotion, and it was increasingly understood that they worshiped Yahweh__.
rituals, alone
A form of _____ monotheism emerges in which goodness comes from a single ______ god.
ethical, transcendent
The Hebrews religious obligations included _ and _ behavior toward other _.
fair, just, people
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 __
elites, individuals, continued existence
The Assyrians created and empire through brutal military __. Their capital city was __ on the __ River.
conquest, Nineveh, Tigris
When the Assyrians were conquered, the Biblical prophet __ wrote “Nineveh is laid: __who will __her?”
Nahum, waste, bemoan
The Persian ____ was centered in modern day __, and this area was always a highway between western and eastern _______.
Empire, Iran, Asia
In __ BCE, ____ the Great was King of the ______.
550, Cyrus Persians.
Cyrus conquered the __ and then won control of the shore of the ____ sea.
Medes, Mediterranean
Unlike the Assyrians, Cyrus was more of a __, and he allowed the Hebrews to return from ___ to ___.
statesman, Babylon, Jerusalem
Cyrus paid for the rebuilding of the ______ for the Hebrews.
Jewish Temple
Cyrus’s successors continued the Persian conquest, creating the __ empire.
largest
_____, the successor of Cyrus, began to call himself the ____.
Darius, King of Kings
The Persian Empire lasted another ______ years until it became part of the empire of ____.
200, Alexander the Great
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 __.
Zoroaster, Avesta, zoroastrianism
