OT exam 1 Flashcards
Documentary Hypothesis
Identification: The theory classically formulated by Julius Wellhausen in 1878
Significance: explains the repetitions and inconsistencies in the first five books of the Bible, the Pentateuch, as the result of originally independent sources or documents having been combined over several centuries. The principal hypothetical sources are J, E,D, and P
Julius Wellhausen
Identification: German Scholar
Significance: Wrote History of Israel, which is the classis formulation of the Documentary Hypothesis
Hermann Gunkel
Identification: German Biblical Scholar
Significance: Father of Form Criticism, which is a system used to figure out the function of a form or genre in its original context
Source criticism
Identification: The theory classically formulated by Julius Wellhausen in 1878.
Significance: explains the repetitions and inconsistencies in the first five books of the Bible, the Pentateuch, as the result of originally independent sources or documents having been combined over several centuries.
Enuma Elish
Identification: Babylonian creation epic
Significance: A Work on seven tablets in praise of the patron god of Babylon
Tanak
Identification: An acronym used for the Hebrew Bible
Significance: Torah , Neviim (prophets), Ketuvim (the writings)
The Hebrew Bible
Identification: the canonical scriptures of Judaism
Significance: All of them comprise the Old testament in protestant canon and most of the Old testament in Roman catholic and eastern orthodox canons
Ten Commandments
Identification: ten laws
significance: The Text of the contract or covenant between God and Israel made on MT. Sinai
Etiology
Identification: Study of causation
significance: a narrative that explains the origin of a custom, ritual , geographical feature, name, or other phenomenon
Gilgamesh
Identification: Hero of Mesopotamian epic named for him
Significance : travel widely with Enkidu and ultimately meets Utnapishtim.
Noah
Identification : Hero of biblical flood story
Significance : Walked favorably with God; chosen to build arc.
Abraham
Identification: Israel
Significance: God promised him many descendants and the land of Canaan and required that he and all of his male offspring be circumcised
Sargon
Identification : late third-millennium Mesopotamian king
Significance: Birth account parallels that of Moses
Pharaoh
Identification: Egyptian King in the story of Moses
significance: Not much is know historically about him
Apodicitic Law
Identification: A language characterized by absolute or general commands or prohibitions, as in the ten commandments
Significance : It is often contrasted with casuistic law
