Test 1 Flashcards
Major themes (7)
Divine relation, creation,covenant relationship, movement of God, Decalogue, Prophecy, and development of faith
3500 B.C.
non Biblical writings
1000 B.C.
1st Biblical writings
Self revelation
God revealing himself
Covenant/ mark of the covenant
a Promise, circumcision in Hebrew times and baptism now
Impure Jews
Jews who married a person who wasn’t of the Jewish race. i.e Babylonian. these people later became the Samaritans
Hebrew canonization of O.T.
Thought that there were only 24 books. 4 stages of the books
JDEP theory
A therory that proposes that the first 5 books were really 4 writings made into 5. and they believe that moses did not write them
Bara
Hebrew term for create. it has: perfection, design, harmony. was used when God created the world
Theodicy
The doctrine of evil. 3 proposed ideas: humans introduced it, there is no evil, and God created evil.
Lucifer was cast out of heaven down to earth and was evil
Doublet
Dual telling of a single story. two different accounts or interpretations
Torah
The Law
Monotheism
belief of 1 God or deity
Reason to study the O.T.
for theology, the law, and literature
A living book
The Bible is still revealing to us today
Major divisions
formative period, period of prophets, period of priests
Greatest error of the hebrews
they misunderstood why God chose them
Sacred history
the Bible isnt just history, but has divine elements