Midterm Q's Flashcards
The Bible has __ OT books & __ NT books & tells…
39, 27 (66 total), a grand narrative or story
The Bible serves as a means of…
communicating and providing a framework endemic to being human (a story)
Metanarrative
overarching universal account of reality and human life to explain everything. answers big questions like why are we alive?
Worldview
grid through which humans perceive reality (impacted by background). things like gender, religion, and environment affect everyone’s worldview
Act 1
God Establishes His Kingdom: Creation
Act 2
Rebellion in the Kingdom: Fall
Act 2
Rebellion in the Kingdom: Fall
Act 3
Choosing of Israel: Redemption Initiated
Act 4
Coming of Jesus: Redemption Accomplished
Act 5
Spreading The Gospel (mission of the church)
Act 6
The Return of the King: Redemption Completed
T/F: The Bible lays out a meta narrative in chronological order?
False (Bible is not in chronological order)
When reading the Bible, we must ask…
What time is it?
What is the most popular gospel?
Matthew
What are the categories of error?
Unintentional and Intentional
What is a reason for an intentional error?
Theological reason or agenda or filling in omissions
How many manuscripts does the New Testament have?
approximately 5745
Most of the variance in translations of the Bible are due to
spelling
Transmission
texts copies/passed down in original language
Why do we need translations?
to make a text more accessible
T/F: All translation involves interpretation
True
Formal Equivalence
word-for-word translation of the text into the receptor language so it’s the accurate word of Christ
What is the problem with formal equivalence?
Expressions don’t always carry meaning in different languages
Dynamic Equivalence
thought-for-thought translation of the source text into the receptor language
What is the problem with dynamic equivalence?
may not preserve the true word of Christ (ex: “all she had to live on” vs “whole life”)
What is different about the TNIV?
It removes male-specific meaning in the original Greek texts. (ex: “man” to “human”)
What is different about the KJV?
It is the “majority text”, the copy with the most manuscripts, but they are skewed texts.
Genesis 1-2
Creation
Genesis 3
Fall
Genesis 4
Cain and Abel
Genesis 5
Adam to Noah “die”/separation from God
Genesis 6
Cosmic Breach
Genesis 6
“sons of God” vs. “angels of the Lord”
- angelic beings united sexually with human women
Key issue of Genesis 6
“took for themselves wives from whomever they chose” divine rape?
Genesis 7-9
Flood
Genesis 10-11
The table of the Nations and the Tower of Babel
What is significant about Abraham?
He is the “father of all nations”
Define covenant
an overlap with a contract and promise involving two parties with a stipulation or obligation and mutual commitment or ritual
Define ritual
a pattern of behavior (often with symbolic significance) having some perceived value
God appears as _____ to assume a character of holiness
Fire
God promises to give Abraham
the land of Canaan, descendants, through Abraham he will bless the nation
What was a sign of the covenant?
Circumcision
“I am who I am” can also be understood as…
Yahweh
Tetragrammaton
The 4 Hebrew consonants YHWH, representing the personal name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
LORD -
Yahweh
Lord -
Adonai
God -
Elohim
“I AM” reveals to his people that He…
is a God who is present
What is the single most important event in the Old Testament?
God commanding 10 Plagues onto the Egyptians whom were holding the Israelites captive
How is God’s power revealed?
10 plagues, miracles (ex: staff to snake), Passover, Feast of Unleavened bread
How is God’s holiness revealed?
The burning bush (fire): taking off sandals
10 Commandments: 1-4 deal with how humanity relates to God, 5-10 deal with humanity relating to humanity
Revelation of Humanity?
- Jewish people complained of wanting food that was not the divine mana (bread)
- Moses was a reluctant Jewish leader
- The golden calf was created (disobeyed God)
Cycle of Judges (1-5)
1) Israel unfaithful
2) Oppressed by foreign people
3) Israel cries out to God
4) God hears people and raises a judge
5) Israel delivered
What is Judges 6-8 about?
Midianites have been controlling Israel for the past 7 years. Lord delivered the Midianites bc His people were disobeying Him. Gideon, a weak man, wanted proof that the man asking him to go defeat the Israelites was really God. After making water appear/dry only on a small rag, Gideon was a believer and given strength and allies to push out the Midianites. Ultimately, the Lord makes the Midianites fight each other.
The sons of Eli are _____ and ______ and are guilty of a lack of respect for the Lord
Rebellious and sinful
Hannah’s nazarite vow
child’s hair will never be cut (like Samson)
Samuel
The last of the Judges, and the man chosen by God to anoint Saul and David as kings for Israel.
He is honest and faithful
Israel was called to be a nation of _____________.
priests, set apart
Saul
The first king of Israel, anointed by Samuel. Later rejected by God.
Tall, handsome, 40 yrs. reign
At Battle of Philistines, he took on the role of priest, which is forbidden
David
The second king of Israel, a “man after God’s own heart.” God made a new covenant with all the nations through David.
Sins in adultery with Bathsheba, didn’t go out to war (sent Joab)
What are David’s accomplishments?
- Defeated Goliath
- Reigns for 40 years
- Military conquest
- Davidic covenant (God will establish David’s kingdom from David’s line)
- Paradigmatic king (great king)
David’s name adds up to what number?
14 = 4 + 6 + 4 ; symbolizes 14 generations between Abraham and David
1 Kings 1-2
Transition to a new king, who is anointed and put on the throne.
After David’s passing, ____ becomes King and murders _____
Soloman, Adonijah
Solomon
- (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom
- He has any wish from God and he asks for wisdom
- Wrote Proverbs, book of Ecclesiastes, hymns
- Expert in natural world
Problems with Solomon
- consolidation of power: gluttonous/selfish
- forced Jewish into slave relationships
- Intermarriage (700 wives, 300 concubines)
- turns heart to other gods
- Palace much bigger than God’s temple
The story of Solomon demonstrates how we should not…
take God’s gifts for granted through lens of Mosaic Covenant
deuteronomic history
Rehoboam
- Solomon’s son and heir.
- Forces Jewish people to do lots of work
- Asks his father’s counsel for advice as well as his friends (listens to his friends) ‘my little finger is thicker than my father’s waist’
- Splits the kingdom in two
Northern kingdom of Israel
Israel
Southern kingdom of Israel
Judah
Who becomes king during Rehoboam’s reign?
Jeroboam
Why does Jeroboam set up golden calves?
He sets them up in Bethel to protect his power by keeping the Northern tribes from traveling to Judah to worship in Jerusalem
Israel was exiled by the _________ in 722
Assyrians
Judah was exiled by the _________ in 586
Babylonians
March 16, 597, ____________, king of Babylon, conquered Judah
Nebudchenezzar
What was the original goal of Nebudchenezzar?
to make Judea (Judah) a vassal state
Policy of deportation
best and brightest in Judea taken to Babylon
Who was appointed as puppet king over Judea?
Zedekiah
What does Cyrus do after conquering Babylon?
- Reverses policy of deportation, Jews allowed to return to homeland
- finances build of temple
