Old Testament Flashcards
What is Ancient Jewish Literature unique for
lack of details
What is unwritten, memorized versions of Israel’s history and laws
Oral Tradition
The first written documents of the Old Testament were likely the histories of what
the kings
Who are people who spoke for God
prophets
Who are people who taught about human and divine wisdom
sages
What is humanity’s oldest form of storytelling
Mytholgy
what way should Mythology be read
literarily
What is an ancient Mesopotamian city in which the Israelites originate from
Babylon
What literature is the creation/flood stories likely borrowed from
Mesopotamian
Genesis’ creation-flood stories are meant to provide answers about Who
God and human beings
Who is the Tiller of soil
Cain
Who is the Keeper of flocks
Abel
Why did God favor Abel’s offering more than Cain’s offering
Because Abel offered his best flockling
Where was Cain banished from
Home and Work
God saw how lawless the world became, an his heart grieved so much that he decided to do what
flood the earth
What did God tell Noah to build
An Ark
Why did God ask Noah to build an Ark
to save him and his family from the flood
What did God ask Noah to gather
Seven pairs of every clean animal and one pair of every unclean animal
How many days passed until the flood begins
7
What did Noah first release after the flood
a raven
What did Noah release 2nd after the flood
a dove
What did the Dove come back with the 2nd time
Olive Branch
What happened the third time Noah released the Dove
It never came back
What are the first five books of the Old Testament
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
