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Midterm Review Flashcards

Flashcards for midterm. Currently not complete. Some terms are included multiple times, both as questions and answers.

1
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Julius Welhausen

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Biblical scholar, wanted to prove the Torah was written by “R” in 500 BCE in Babylon

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Maximalist theory

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Tries to prove and find truth in as much of the Torah as is possible

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Minimalist theory

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Believes the Torah is not true

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4
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Gezer calendar

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Written by a student, agricultural calendar

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5
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What is a tel?

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Artificial hill made of layers of destroyed civilizations

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6
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2 major civilizations in ancient near east

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Egypt, Mesopotamia

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7
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Primary source

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source of information that was created at the time under study

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8
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Secondary source

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about an event or period of time, but was created later

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9
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Via Maris

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trade route

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10
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Shard

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Ancient piece of pottery

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11
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4 topographical areas of Israel- East to West

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Afro-Syrian Rift, Central Mountain Range, Shfela, Coastal plain

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12
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Furthest east topographical area of Israel

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Afro-Syrian rift

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13
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Furthest west topographical area of Israel

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Coastal plain

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14
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4 Ds for a town in ancient near east

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Defense
Dine (food)
Drink (water source)
Drive (trade routes)

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15
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Jericho

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First city conquered by Israelites in Canaan

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16
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First city conquered by Israelites in Canaan

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Jericho

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17
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Ruth

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First convert, but illegal

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18
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First convert, but illegal

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Ruth

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19
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Yehoshua

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Took over from Moshe, conquered Jericho

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20
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Took over from Moshe, conquered Jericho

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Yehoshua

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21
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Gilboa

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Mountain overlooking ancient battleground

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22
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Mountain overlooking ancient battleground

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Gilboa

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23
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Judges

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Military leaders who helped free Jews

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24
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Military leaders who helped free Jews

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Judges

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25
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Shaul

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First king, tall and timid

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26
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First king, tall and timid

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Shaul

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27
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Shmuel

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First prophet, kids incompetent

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28
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First prophet, kids incompetent

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Shmuel

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29
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First prophet

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Shmuel

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30
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Shilo

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First capital of Jews in Israel

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31
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First capital of Jews in Israel

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Shilo

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32
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Yevus

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Older name for Jerusalem

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33
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Who was descended from Tamar and her father-in-law

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Boaz

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34
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Who married Hagar and Sarah?

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Abraham

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35
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Who married Sarah?

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Abraham

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36
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Who married Hagar?

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Abraham

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37
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Who was the child of Hagar and Abraham?

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Yishmael

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38
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Who were Yishmael’s parents?

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Hagar and Abraham

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39
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Child of Abraham and Sarah, married Rivka

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Yitzhak

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40
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Who did Abraham almost sacrifice?

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Yitzhak (Isaac)

41
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Who were the children of Yitzhak and Rivka?

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Esav and Ya’kov (Esau and Jacob)

42
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Who did Leah and Rahel marry?

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Ya’kov (Jacob)

43
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Who was Haran’s child?

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Lot

44
Q

Sanctuary built in the desert

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Mishkan

45
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What was the Mishkan?

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Sanctuary built in the desert

46
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What period had increasing assimilation and periodic conquest at the hands of other nations?

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Judges

47
Q

As the period of the Judges continued, the quality of the population and the judges got better or worse

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worse

48
Q

Hesed

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kindness

49
Q

Peah and Leket are:

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Agricultural laws
Peah = not harvesting corners of fields
Leket = following behind harvester, picking up wheat dropped, they cannot pick up the wheat

50
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Best judge, friend of Barak, female

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D’vora

51
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Gid’on

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Night time commando, did not want to be king

52
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Long haired judge

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Shimshon

53
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Son of prostitute gang leader judge

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Yiftah (Jeftath)

54
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Mida k’neged mida

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What goes around comes around

55
Q

Biblical period dates

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1750 BCE-586 BCE

56
Q

Who destroyed the 1st temple in 586 BCE?

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Babylonians

57
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When did the Babylonians destroy the 1st temple?

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586 BCE

58
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Which temple did the Babylonians destroy in 586 BCE?

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First

59
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What was Kenneth Kitchen trying to prove, and how was he trying to prove it?

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Kitchen was trying to prove the Torah as a primary source by proving the truth of something that “R” in 500 BCE would not have known

60
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Pshat

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Simple meaning

61
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Remez

A

hints

62
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Drash

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Interpertations

63
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Sod

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Secret meanings

64
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Yetzer hatov

A

inclinations to do good

65
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Yetzer hara

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inclinations to do bad

66
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Myth

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stories about people or events, can be fact or fiction but are always true

67
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Who is the father of Moav and Ben Ami?

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Lot

68
Q

Who married 2 Hittite women>

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Esav

69
Q

Whose name was changed to Yisrael?

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Ya’kov

70
Q

Korban

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sacrifice

71
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Yibom

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If a woman is widowed and has no children, the brother of her dead husband is commanded to marry her

72
Q

King who slayed Goliath

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David

73
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King who conquered Yerushalayim

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David

74
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What tribe was David from?

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Yehuda

75
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Who was David’s uncle?

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Yoav

76
Q

Who was Batsheva?

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Uria’s wife, woman David saw bathing and got pregnant

77
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Who was David’s prophet?

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Nathan

78
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Approximate year of Exodus

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1250 BCE

79
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Approximate time period of Judges

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1200-1000 BCE

80
Q

3 Regalim

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Pesach, Shavout, Sukkot

81
Q

The overwhelming power of which civilization served as the reason for the kings of Yisrael and Aram to create a confederation?

A

Ashur

82
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Which civilization did not join the confederation with Aram and Yisrael?

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Yehuda

83
Q

King of Yehuda who had Yishayahu (Isaiah) as his prophet

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Ahaz

84
Q

How many “lost tribes” of North Israel are there- destroyed by Ashur in 721 BCE

A

10

85
Q

What does the word Messiah mean?

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Anointed

86
Q

Christian and Jewish interpretations of Messiah

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Christian- Non-human being who will defy the laws of nature
Jewish- real human leader

87
Q

Where do the names of the months in the Jewish calendar come from?

A

Babylonian gods

88
Q

Which prophet wrote the “dry bones” thing

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Ezekiel

89
Q

Who liberated the Jews in 538 BCE

A

Cyrus

90
Q

When did Cyrus liberate the Jews?

A

538 BCE

91
Q

Cyrus was king of —–

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Persia

92
Q

What was the war between the Hellenists and the Jews?

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Maccabean revolt

93
Q

Who did the sacrifices?

A

Cohenim

94
Q

4 sects of Judaism in second temple period

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Zealots, Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes

95
Q

Sinat Chinam

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Causeless hatred

96
Q

Mikveh

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Bath to become spiritually pure

97
Q

4 gospels

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Mark, Matthew, Luke, John

98
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Synoptics

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Mark, Matthew, Luke

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