test 1 qt 2 Flashcards
how many book are in the ot
46
what is the ot
inspired record of salvation history before the coming of jesus christ
what is salvation history
stories of god saving his people
whats another name fore the pentateuch
torah
how many books are in the torah
five
what is part one of the torah
historical, wisdom, and prophetic
what does torah mean
law
what does nebiim mean
prophets
what does ketubim mean
writings
what do the jews call the entire ot
TaNaK
what was it like before king Solomon’s reign
oral tradition, stories, songs, experiences, celebrations of sacred events
what are scribes
modern day lawyers
who decided to start writing things in the ot
king solomon
what are scribes
people who write things
when did the written stories occur
950 bc, during Solomon’s reign
what are compilations
work of several writers and editors
how long did it take to form the ot
900 yrs
what does canon mean
list of books recognized as the genuine and inspired holy scripture (they are accepted)
where does the word canon come from and what does it mean
hebrew word “kaneh”, means standard
what was most of the ot written in
hebrew
how many books did the protestants accept
39
whats another name than protestant
king james bible
how many books do catholics accept
46
how many books weren’t accepted by the protestants
7
what are discrepancies
differences
why were there discrepancies between the 7 books
because there were 2 different references
what happened in the babylon invasion
babylon conquered the south and then deported women and children back to babylon. After that, Greece conquered babylon and let all the people go back to their “homeland”. there was nothing left so they moved to athens, corinith, and rome. that then caused them to start speaking greek
why did the septuagint occur
because no one spoke hebrew anymore, they spoke greek
what is the septuagint
greek translation of the ot in egypt (3rd CBC) (catholic)
where did people meet to discuss the books? who?
Egypt, the jewish scholars met to consolidate their sacred books 90AD, dropped 7 books
what happened at the meeting in egypt
they dropped 7 books
what were the 7 books they dropped
1&2 maccabees, judith, tobit, baruch, sirach, and wisdom
what is deuterocanonical
“second canon”- catholic term for the 7 books accepted in the catholic bible (mixed in)
what is apocryphal
protestant term for the 7 books that aren’t accepted in the king james bible (in the back or not there at all)
where did the protestant ot take place
jamnia, palestine
what is the first book of the ot
Genesis
what is the most important book in the torah to jews
exodus
what does genesis mean
beginning
brief description of genesis
first book of the bible, chapters 1-11, earths creation, adam and eve, the flood, patriarchs
name the patriarchs
abraham, issac, esau, jacob
why did the flood occure
god wanted to start over
how long was the flood
40 days and nights
name the matriarchs
sarah and rebecca
who is sarah
Abraham’s wife
who is rebecca
issacs wife
who were rebecca and issacs sons
jacob and esau
who did rebecca favor
jacob
who did issac favor
essau
what is the central book of the ot
exodus
explain exodus
most important to jews, central book, Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptian pharaoh, ten plagues, passover, wandering in the desert, sinai covenant
what does moses name mean
to draw
what is a theophany
an unusual appearance of god
what was moses theophany
the burning bush
what was moses problem
he stuttered
what were the ten plagues
bad things that happened, sent by god to free the jews
what was the tenth plague
1st born Egyptian male born (son) was killed
what did the Israelites have to do at passover
kill an unblemished lamb, smear the blood over their doors, cook it w/ bitter herbs, eat fast, serve w/ unlevened bread
what made the bread unlevened
no yeast
why unlevened bread
because they needed to get out quick
why was it called passover
because the death angle passed over their homes
how long did the Israelites wander
40 yrs
what food did the Israelites eat while wandering for 40 yrs
manna< flattened bread
what was the sinai covenant
when moses received the 10 commandment on mt.sinai
what did they build for the 10 commandments
arc of the covenant
what is the arc of the covenant
a box to protect the 10 commandments
where does leviticus get its name
the priest of the tribe of levi
describe leviticus
a book of laws, gets its name from the tribe of levi, theme is respect and love, women discriminated against
how many laws are in leviticus?
247
what does leviticus deal with
pubic worships, animal sacrifices, and ritual offerings
what is the theme of leviticus
love and respect
what kind of respect is in leviticus
for the sacredness of life and gods presence
describe the book of numbers
murmurings of the Israelites in the desert
what is Leviticus
constant murmurings if the Israelites in the desert
what are murmurings
complaining
what is the theme of numbers
gods faithfulness to the Israelites even tho they complained a lot
describe deuteronomy
sermons by moses, joshua as succesor
what is deuteronomy
“second law” sermons by moses
what is the theme of deutoronomy
obedience and loyalty VS consequences and death
what does joshua mean
savior
who is joshua
successor to moses
who is moses
greatest jewish prophet
how many years do the historical books cover
900
describe the historical books
Joshua led the Israelites into the promised land
how many tribes are there
12
where is the promised land
canaan
what are judges
local tribal leaders
what was the period of judges
apostasy, god disciplines them, they fall, god takes pitty, saves, wins, repeats
who is deborah
prophetess who instructed barrack into a successful holy war
what did god give gideon
woolen fleec, blanket
what did gideons blanket do
boost his self confidence
who is sampson
fought the philistines, carries jawbone of donkey, has strength in hair, martyr
what does Samson carry
jawbone of donkey
where is samsons strength
his hair
who seduces samson
delilah
how did delilah seduce samson
flirting and food, (wine and grapes)
who is samuel
priest and prophet, last and most significant judge
who is samuels mother
hannah
what is wrong with hannah
she is barren
what does barren mean
cant have kids
who is chosen as king by samuel and how
saul, by lot
why should samuel be king
because he has jealousy issues, depression, and is very insecure
who is david
second and greatest of all Israels kings, skilled harpist
what were davids 2 biggest accomplishment
uniting the tribes into one nation
establishing jerusalem as capital
what was davids biggest sin
having and affair with bethsheba, sending her husband into the front line of battle, got her pregnant
who is bethshebas son
solomon
who was solomon
davids successor
what was solomons biggest accomplishment
building the temple
why is the temple so important
because it is the center of jews lives, it has everything there
