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
inerrant
without error
infallible
incapable of error
Divine inspiration
God holding sway over the author, “telling them what to write/ inspiring them.
Authority of the Christian religion
The Bible
Biblos
Hebrew for “little writings”
Hieroglyphics
the egyptians pictoral writings
Eastern culture vs. Western
The bible was created in eastern
Chronos
Keeping orderly time
Chronos
Keeping orderly time
Kairos
taking a measurement of time
Core concept of OT/ Bible
The covenant
Oral transmissions
stories told by mouth
Pentateuch
First 5 books of the Bible
Eretz
a geographical territory
Adamah
Hebrew for ‘ground’
Genesis
A comprehensive introduction
Shabat
Hebrew for ‘rest’
First reference to suffering servant
Genesis 3:15
Babel
A tower built to reach God, but God punished them by making them speak different languages
Major religions developed from Hebrews (3)
Islam, Christianity, Judaism
Orgin of Evil
3 theories, God created it, humans introduced it, and there is no evil
Passover
Jewish holiday that originated from when God killed the egyptians first born sons and passed over the Israelite
10 Plagues of Egypt
for enslaving Gods people. Water to blood, Frogs, lice, flies, livestock, boils,hail, locusts, darkness, and killing of the firstborn
Tabernacle
a mobile church that was made of 3 parts; the outer court, the holy place and the holy of holies
Cuneiform writings
the early writings by the Samaritans
Evangelical scholarship
the belief that the Bible is the divine word of God
2 camps in Biblical scholarships
liberal; leaving the Bible open to interpretation by an individual
conservative; strictly following what the Bible says
