Reading Quiz 2 Flashcards
1
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The Tower of Babel
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- Explanation for linguistic diversity
- Gen 11:1-9
- Because we don’t speak the same language, we cannot overstep boundaries
- Cursed humans because they moved and built a tower to Heaven
2
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Central Themes of Patriarchs/ Ancestral History
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- Land of your own
- Descendants
- Privileged status (distinctive relationship w/ deity)
3
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Joseph Novella
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- Own short story, redacted into Genesis
- Reuben or Judah heroes
4
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Lawrence Wills
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- Jews in the Court of the Foreign King- Ancient Jewish Court Legends
- All Jewish Heroes follow basic model of Joseph
5
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Common Elements of Hero Typology
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- Have God’s presence (successful/ prosperous)
- Good looking
- Physical adversity or trial
- Divine gift
6
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Merneptah Stele
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-Merneptah stele- tablet 13th century, In land of Canaan, Israelites had taken it over
7
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Legend of Sargon the Great
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-ANE parallel of Moses and Exodus
8
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Israelites compared to..
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Military group Hysksos
9
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Frank Moore Cross
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- Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic
- Descriptions of Ba’al and El reflect descriptions of Yahweh
- Ba’al=Canaanite Marduk, hero, brings life, storm god, god of war
- El= father god, chief
10
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Ten Commandments/Decalogue
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- Apodictic law- Simple prohibitions
- Sabbath= day of rest, thing we guard and celebrate most
11
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Covenant Code
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- Casuistic law- If, then
- Connection to laws of Eshaunna and Hammurabi Code
12
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Eye for an eye
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Talio punishment- punishment proportional to crime
13
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Rolf Rendtorft
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- The problem of the process of transmission of the Pentateuch
- Rejects Wellhausen
- Penta= series of traditions, collections of stories gathered around themes
- Dominant in Europe
14
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“Elohim Acherim”
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- other foreign gods
- God is a jealous god, wants to protect us
15
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Martin Noth
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- Deuteronomistic History
- Deuteronomy+ Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Kings, Samuel)= DH
- Common themes (love, foreign gods)
- Syntax (word order is particular)
- locutions (word choice is narrow)
