Test 2 - Concepts Flashcards
“The Poor Man’s Ewe Lamb” (2 Samuel 12)
Parable told by Nathan to David to convict him of his sin by taking the only thing Uriah held dear - his wife Bathsheba;
Result: Trouble will come against David from inside his family (turning point)
1 Samuel 10/11 and the Dead Sea Scrolls
An extra section found in the CEB giving more detail into a story about Saul
100 foreskins
Saul wanted David dead; offered his daughter Michal in exchange for the foreskins of 100 Philistines;
David completes his end of bargain, Saul’s plan didn’t work
Ark of the Covenant
Was believed to hold the tablets with the 10 Commandments; Equaled the presence of Yahweh; Israelites go before the ark for “divination” - asking questions of Yahweh
Blood Sacrifice
to kill for a sacred reason; women do NOT perform blood sacrifices; the medium performed the sacrifice which shows that she is a special woman
Blood Vengeance
Someone goes and kills the person who killed their family member;
never ending cycle of bloodshed
Bloodguilt
Not kill in times of peace
Central Intermediary
part of the court/temple; someone in central administration; calls on Yahweh or main god; trained to be who they are; usually men
David’s protection racket
David goes to Nabal and says I’ve been protecting you and give me food; threatened him, but Nabal was an idiot (his name means fool)
Divination
Using objects to receive an answer from Yahweh (i.e. ark of the covenant; Urim and Tummim)
Elohim
“divine being”
medium at En-Dor calls Samuel elohim when he comes to her in the ‘vision’
Ephod
linen priestly vest
1 Samuel 16:14
Heart-shaped cakes
Tamar makes heart shaped cakes for Amnon according to Jonadab’s plan;
Amnon then rapes Tamar
Incubation
Ritual where a person goes to sleep in a holy place in order to get an answer from Yahweh;
Saul tries this when Yahweh is no longer speaking to him;
It still doesn’t work so he goes to visit a medium
Intermediary
Someone who communicates with the upper world or the lower world (with the divine or with dead people); prophets, priests, diviners, and mediums
Male vs. Masculine
Male: a biological reality (sex)
Masculine: is socially constructed (gender)
Masculinity as “performed”
how you express your gender; men-strong; more rational; male potency (David kills 100 Philistines and gives their foreskins to Saul)
Masculinity as Socially Constructed
What men should be according to someone/something vs. what they are; Changes over space and time, gender performance
Masculinity as Unmarked
the assumption that masculinity is “natural.” Masculinity is only noticed by the lack or excess of. By marking masculinities where they are assumed, we find the source of its power, how it’s constructed and legitimized
Medium
Someone who communicates with the dead;
Saul banned all mediums to prevent people from being able to contact powerful leaders that have died
Monarchy
Saul is the first king, then David, then his son Solomon
Peripheral Characters in General
live far from central administration; they don’t follow the norms of the central monarchy
Peripheral Intermediary
usually women; are made sick and have to become a medium to be healed; considered unreliable;
Medium at En-Dor: doesn’t comply with gender roles when Saul needs her to tell him the outcome of the war and when she performs the blood sacrifice
Queen mother
a political position in the central monarchy head by a woman in the king’s life; Bathsheba gains this position after her and Nathan scheme and trick David into appointing Solomon as heir-apparent
