ID terms

Question 1

Critical and Confessional approaches to biblical literature

Answer 1

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Question 2

Three Worlds (Journey)

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Canon

Answer 3

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Question 4

Tanakh

Answer 4

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Question 5

New Testament

Answer 5

A

Question 6

Apocrypha

Answer 6

A

Question 7

Manuscript

Answer 7

A

Question 8

Garden of Eden story

Answer 8

A

Question 9

Torah

Answer 9

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Question 10

Pre History

Answer 10

The prehistory refers to Genesis 1-11. It is impossible to demonstrate one way or another whether the events in these chapters took place, rather stories relay large biblical and religious truths; ex: Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Flood, Tower of Babel.
Significance: The stories of the prehistory are designed to show the difference between humans and God and render comprehensible the Israelite understanding of nature and history. The prehistory includes etiological stories that help show why things are the way they are.

Question 11

Myth

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Question 12

Etiological Legend

Answer 12

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Question 13

Documentary Hypothesis

Answer 13

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Question 14

P Creation Account

Answer 14

• The P source was created around 500 B.C.E
• The P (Priestly) source depicts an all powerful God who speaks the Earth into existence with humans last in the order of creation (Gen. 1)
• Significance: The P creation account depicts a more aloof and impersonal God that helps to create the multifaceted God of the Torah

Question 15

J Creation Account

Answer 15

-The J (Yahwist) source depicts a personal Lord God who molds people with his own hands (Gen. 2)

Question 16

Tetragrammaton

Answer 16

The tetragrammaton from the greek meaning “four letters” represents the name of the Lord, YHWH. The tetragrammaton is revealed to Moses in Ex. 3 in the Theophany of the Name and it is how the J Source gets its name.
Significance: The name of the Lord is incredibly sacred and holy to Jews, so much so that they will not say it aloud instead replacing it with Adonai. After the Theophany of the Name all the sources of the Documentary Hypothesis use the name YHWH.

Question 17

Abrahamic Covenant

Answer 17

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Question 18

Ancient Near East

Answer 18

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Question 19

Circumcision

Answer 19

A

Question 20

Aqedah

Answer 20

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Question 21

Merneptah Stele

Answer 21

A

Question 22

Passover

Answer 22

The Passover (Pesach) is a Jewish holiday commemorating the Exodus from Egypt. The 10th Plague of Egypt was that the Angel of Death would come to kill all of the firstborn sons, so the Israelites were instructed to put lambs blood on their door posts so that the Angel would "pass over" their homes. (Ex. 11-12) 
Significance: The plagues, and especially passover, were designed to show the Israelites the might of the Lord, and also to demonstrate that he would protect them because they were his chosen people. Passover is a celebration of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery under the pharaohs.

Question 23

Case Law

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Question 24

Shema

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Question 25

Sinai Covenant

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Question 26

Decalogue

Answer 26

The Decalogue is another name for the 10 Commandments. The commandments are given to Moses by the Lord on Mount Sinai. Their importance is demonstrated by the fact that they appear twice in the Pentateuch, first in Ex. 20 and then again in Deut. 5. Significance: The Decalogue is the initial set of rules for the Israelites to live by to maintain the Mosaic Covenant with God and their interpretations form the basis for most Jewish case law.

Question 27

Apodictic Law

Answer 27

A

Question 28

Ritual Purity Law

Answer 28

A