Section 11 Flashcards
a form of worship not practiced anywhere in the world today.
Ancient Israelite religion
the ancient Israelites’ close neighbors
Canaanites
the ancient Israelites’ close neighbors in the land of
Canaan
of those few critical junctures, one clearly stands out, both in terms of its ferocity and its timing, a trauma that later came to be known as the
Babylonian Captivity
the Hebrews incurred the wrath of the powerful King of Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
When the Jews betrayed him as he was leading his army through Judea into Egypt, the Babylonian monarch turned back in fury on them and ordered the siege of their capital city
Jerusalem
During the sack, the city was despoiled and its holy precinct razed, spelling the end of the
First Temple
the first five books of the Bible, the so-called
Pentateuch
its components were originally composed as separate works whose authors did not necessarily intend them to be read together
Composite Texts
The name given today to one such “author” of the Bible, that is, one of the voices or, better, schools of thought visible in the Pentateuch, is
J
o called because this text refers to God as
Jahweh (JHWH)
J also stands for “Judean,” since its author looks at life and culture from the perspective of the southern half of the Holy Lands,
Judea (Judah)
the Hebrews will someday triumph in glory over all other peoples, clear evidence that the author of J did not know about the
(Fall of) Israel
also called the “Elohist,” has a voice quite distinct from J but equal in clarity and probably close in age, too
E
E stands for _______, the name for God most often used by this author
Elohim
