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midterm Flashcards

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leviticus

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-religious law

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numbers

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-war
-God provides

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deuteronomy

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-restatement of jewish history and law

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first kings

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-davids reign

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second kings

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-solomon’s reign

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first and second chronicles

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-echo first and second kings

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esther

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-purim
-celebrated because esther saved the israelites from extinction by an order haimon brought to the king

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pharisees

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-asocciated with the synagouge
-placed high value on faithfulness to the law

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sadducees

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-ruling class of religious leaders

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hasmoneans

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-family name of jewish rebels ho led a successful revolt against syrians in 167 bce

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maccabees

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-“hammers”
-nicname givne to the hasmoneans

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essenes

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-copied dead sea scrolls

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persia

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-large area of meopotamia
-ruled portions of ancient near east and conquered babylon and assyria
-cyrus the great let the israelites go back

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assyrians

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-conquered northern kingdom

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babylon

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-conquered souther kingdom

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aram

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-ancestors of armeans
-refers to city-state where armeans lived

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henotheism

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-multiple gods
-one rules over them all

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monolatry

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-one god
-don’t deny existence of others

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day 1 of creation

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-day and night

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day 2 of creation

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-sky and sea

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day 3 of creation

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-plants and dry ground

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day 4 of creation

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-sun moon and stars

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day 5 of creation

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-fish and birds

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day 6 of creation

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-land animals and humans

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day 7 of creation

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-day of rest

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nevi’im

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-prophets
-TNK
-jew’s relationship with God

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ketuvim

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-writings

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28
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10 commandments

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-only 1 god
-cut out false idols
-don’t take the lords name in vain
-remember the sabath
-honor your father and mother
-don’t kill
-don’t commit adultery
-don’t steal
-don’t bear false witness
-don’t covet

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29
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septuagint

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-greek version of the old testament
-includes apocrypha

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talmud

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-63 jewish books based on interpretations of scripture

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apocrypha

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-books with varying degrees of scriptural statues and authority
-included in the septuagint but not hebrew bible

32
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mishnah

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-rabbinic discussions regarding law of moses
-big part of the talmud

33
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vulgate

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-latin translation of the bible
-only translation for over a thousand years in western christianity

34
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deterocanonical writings

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-11/15 of the books that protestants call the apocrypha
-catholics think they are “secondary canon”

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dueteronomisticc history

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-academic term for narrative unit from deuteronomy through kings

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ptolomies

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-egyptian dynastic family
-ruled palestine

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selucid

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-syrina dynastic family that ruled palestine after ptolomies

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antiochus IV epiphanes

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-second century bce king of selecuid empire
-responsible for religiously persecuting jews
-influenced later chapters of daniel

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iron age

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-period of human culture where israel developed from a loose confederation to a real kingdom

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purity codes

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-regulations derived from the torah that specify what is clean and unclean for the jews
-enabled them to live in the presence of a holy God in a distinct way from their neighbors

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revalation

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-disclosure of things that could not otherwise be known

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creed

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-confessional statement summarizing key articles of faith

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social location

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-a person’s social identity
-in terms of age, gender, race, nationality, social status, martial statues

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transjordan

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-geographical area of israel east of the jordan

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qumran

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-where the dss were found
-where essenes lived
-close to dead sea

46
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dan and bethel

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-places of worhip in the northern kingdom

47
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capernum

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-town on sea of galilee
-became Jesus’ home during galilean minsitry

48
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mount moriah

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-mount where sacrifice of isaac took place
-became site of the temple

49
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mount sinai

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-10 commanments

50
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mount horeb

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-“mountain of God”
-burning bush
-another name for mount sinai

51
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12 tribes of israel

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-asher
-naphtali
-zebulun
-issachar
-manessah
-gad
-ephraim
-benjamin
-dan
-reuben
-judah
-simeon

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shem, ham, and japheth

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-noah’s sons

53
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elohim

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-hebrew word for God as creator

54
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rebekah

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-mother of jacob and esau

55
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jacob

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-younger
-tricked into giving birthright and blessing

56
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esau

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-older
-gave up birthright for soup

57
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simeon

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-holy man
-recognized jesus when he was presented at the temple

58
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yaweh

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-“I am who I am”

59
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zipporah

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-wife of moses

60
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sin offering

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-salvation
-atonement of individual unintentional sins

61
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guilt offering

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-required payment of restitution
-required reparations adn 1/5 penalty

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grain offering

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-acompained burnt offering
-four elements; flour, olive oil, frankincense, salt

63
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well being offering

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-express gladness and gratitude
-regulations on how meat is consumed

64
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rosh hashanah

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-jwish high holy days
-in the fall
-10 day festival that ends in yom kippur

65
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sukkos

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-booths
-israelites sat in them when they left egypt
-eat and sleep in sukkah that they build

66
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hannukkah

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-8 days
-commemorates rededication of temple
-menorah

67
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purim

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-early spring
-jews being saved by esther
-recieve gifts

68
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passover

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-plauges when he passed over firstborn sons of israelites with blood on doors
-feast
-don’t eat leavened bread

69
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inner court

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-contains stone altar
-brazen sea
-only jews who were pure could go in

70
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outer court

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-any israelite could enter

71
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altar of incense

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-in tabernacles
-incense burned in morning and evening

72
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table of showbread

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-daily display of fresh loaves
-“i am the bread of life”

73
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menorah

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-7 candles
-oldest symbol of judaism

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