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Midterm Flashcards

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1
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what is the definition of parallelism in Hebrew poetry?

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the Correspondence of one thing with another.

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what are the three main divisions of the Old Testament?

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Law (Torah), Writings (Nevi’im), Prophets (Ketuvim)

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what are the poetic books?

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Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Songs / Solomon, Ecclesiastes

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what is the two-fold theological method in the book of Job?

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” Who is wise” and retribution theology.

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what is the meaning of Psalms?

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“To sing”

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what are the five divisions of Psalms?

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Book 1 (1-41), Book 2 (42-73), Book 3 (73-89), Book 4 (89- 106), Book 5 (107-150)

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who are the authors of Psalms?

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David, Asaph, The sons of Korah, other authors

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what is the concept of human-divine encounter in the Psalms.

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the relationship between God and his people

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what is the theme of Proverbs?

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The fear of Yahweh

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What is the meaning of fear the Lord?

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Israels Covenant document in Deuteronomy (forsake the way of darkness, evil, and death 2:11-15)

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What Proverbs are attributed to Solomon?

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10-29

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what does qohelet mean?

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one who gathers or collects/ a preacher.

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what is the philosophy in the book of Ecclesiastes?

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not only enjoy life under the sun, but enjoy life with the fear of God.

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who is seen as the traditional author of Song of songs?

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Solomon.

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what are the two approaches to the literary style of Song of Songs?

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Drama and love poems

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what is the Hebrew term for Prophet?

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Nabi, Hozeh, Roeh

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17
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what is the development of prophetic institution?

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Premonarchy, Pre-classical, Classical.

18
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what is the role of a prophet?

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the function of a prophet is to speak on behalf of someone else.

19
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what is the meaning of the name Isaiah?

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The Lord is salvation.

20
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In what chapter did God give Isaiah the vision and mission?

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Chapter 6

21
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What are the names of the three suffering servants of Isaiah?

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Zephaniah, Nahum, and Jeremiah

22
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what is the meaning of the name Jeremiah?

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The Lord will loosen or the Lord establishes.

23
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who was the king at the time of the fall of Jerusalem?

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King Josiah

24
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who helped hide Jeremiah?

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King Zedekiah

25
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where was Jeremiah born?

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Anathoth, 3 miles northeast of Jerusalem

26
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Where did Jeremiah minister?

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Jeremiah ministered in Jerusalem until the fall. He likely ministered in Egypt proceeding the fall.

27
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who were the kings that ruled during Jeremiahs time?

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Josiah, Jahoihaz, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, Jehoachin

28
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what are the three major themes in Jeremiah?

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God’s policy with the nations (18:7-11), The new covenant (31), False Prophets (14:11-16, 23:9-40, 28:1-17)

29
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what does the name lamentations mean?

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How!!

30
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what is the theological tone for lamentations?

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sorrow over God’s judgement and hope for his grace in response to repentance.

31
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what is the definition of dirge?

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a song or hymn of grief and lamination.

32
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what is the acrostic pattern in the book of lamentations?

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Chapters 1,2,4 have a letter of the Hebrew alphabet every line. Chapter three has one every three lines, and chapter 5 has no acrostics.

33
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what was Ezekiel’s place of ministry?

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with the exiled people of Jerusalem.

34
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Where did Ezekiel receive his visions from God?

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Kebar river.

35
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what is an issue with Ezekiel’s inclusion in the canon?

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the mystery of who the author is.

36
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what is the literal meaning of Ezekiel 40-48?

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eschatological

37
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what is the figurative meaning of Ezekiel 40-48?

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Refers to the NT church, the spiritual Jerusalem

38
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when was the fall of Jerusalem?

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586 BC

39
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When was the fall of Israel?

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722 BC

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