midterm Flashcards
leviticus
-religious law
numbers
-war
-God provides
deuteronomy
-restatement of jewish history and law
first kings
-davids reign
second kings
-solomon’s reign
first and second chronicles
-echo first and second kings
esther
-purim
-celebrated because esther saved the israelites from extinction by an order haimon brought to the king
pharisees
-asocciated with the synagouge
-placed high value on faithfulness to the law
sadducees
-ruling class of religious leaders
hasmoneans
-family name of jewish rebels ho led a successful revolt against syrians in 167 bce
maccabees
-“hammers”
-nicname givne to the hasmoneans
essenes
-copied dead sea scrolls
persia
-large area of meopotamia
-ruled portions of ancient near east and conquered babylon and assyria
-cyrus the great let the israelites go back
assyrians
-conquered northern kingdom
babylon
-conquered souther kingdom
aram
-ancestors of armeans
-refers to city-state where armeans lived
henotheism
-multiple gods
-one rules over them all
monolatry
-one god
-don’t deny existence of others
day 1 of creation
-day and night
day 2 of creation
-sky and sea
day 3 of creation
-plants and dry ground
day 4 of creation
-sun moon and stars
day 5 of creation
-fish and birds
day 6 of creation
-land animals and humans
day 7 of creation
-day of rest
nevi’im
-prophets
-TNK
-jew’s relationship with God
ketuvim
-writings
10 commandments
-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
septuagint
-greek version of the old testament
-includes apocrypha
talmud
-63 jewish books based on interpretations of scripture
apocrypha
-books with varying degrees of scriptural statues and authority
-included in the septuagint but not hebrew bible
mishnah
-rabbinic discussions regarding law of moses
-big part of the talmud
vulgate
-latin translation of the bible
-only translation for over a thousand years in western christianity
deterocanonical writings
-11/15 of the books that protestants call the apocrypha
-catholics think they are “secondary canon”
dueteronomisticc history
-academic term for narrative unit from deuteronomy through kings
ptolomies
-egyptian dynastic family
-ruled palestine
selucid
-syrina dynastic family that ruled palestine after ptolomies
antiochus IV epiphanes
-second century bce king of selecuid empire
-responsible for religiously persecuting jews
-influenced later chapters of daniel
iron age
-period of human culture where israel developed from a loose confederation to a real kingdom
purity codes
-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
revalation
-disclosure of things that could not otherwise be known
creed
-confessional statement summarizing key articles of faith
social location
-a person’s social identity
-in terms of age, gender, race, nationality, social status, martial statues
transjordan
-geographical area of israel east of the jordan
qumran
-where the dss were found
-where essenes lived
-close to dead sea
dan and bethel
-places of worhip in the northern kingdom
capernum
-town on sea of galilee
-became Jesus’ home during galilean minsitry
mount moriah
-mount where sacrifice of isaac took place
-became site of the temple
mount sinai
-10 commanments
mount horeb
-“mountain of God”
-burning bush
-another name for mount sinai
12 tribes of israel
-asher
-naphtali
-zebulun
-issachar
-manessah
-gad
-ephraim
-benjamin
-dan
-reuben
-judah
-simeon
shem, ham, and japheth
-noah’s sons
elohim
-hebrew word for God as creator
rebekah
-mother of jacob and esau
jacob
-younger
-tricked into giving birthright and blessing
esau
-older
-gave up birthright for soup
simeon
-holy man
-recognized jesus when he was presented at the temple
yaweh
-“I am who I am”
zipporah
-wife of moses
sin offering
-salvation
-atonement of individual unintentional sins
guilt offering
-required payment of restitution
-required reparations adn 1/5 penalty
grain offering
-acompained burnt offering
-four elements; flour, olive oil, frankincense, salt
well being offering
-express gladness and gratitude
-regulations on how meat is consumed
rosh hashanah
-jwish high holy days
-in the fall
-10 day festival that ends in yom kippur
sukkos
-booths
-israelites sat in them when they left egypt
-eat and sleep in sukkah that they build
hannukkah
-8 days
-commemorates rededication of temple
-menorah
purim
-early spring
-jews being saved by esther
-recieve gifts
passover
-plauges when he passed over firstborn sons of israelites with blood on doors
-feast
-don’t eat leavened bread
inner court
-contains stone altar
-brazen sea
-only jews who were pure could go in
outer court
-any israelite could enter
altar of incense
-in tabernacles
-incense burned in morning and evening
table of showbread
-daily display of fresh loaves
-“i am the bread of life”
menorah
-7 candles
-oldest symbol of judaism
