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Test #5 Flashcards

1
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Cosmic humanism

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Evolutionary godhood,

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Islam

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Jihad, historical determinism

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3
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Postmodernism

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Historicism, Historical revisionism

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Marxism

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Historical materialism, Economic determinism

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5
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Secular humanism

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historical evolution

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Christianity

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Creation/fall/redemption

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p 395 tb purpose in history`

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God started it and will end it. He started it, something happened, and then He restores it. God has a plan through the beginning, middle, and end

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Historical Determinism

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The Islamic belief that history is not made up of a series of chance happenings, but that Allah superintends history throughout time

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What is the end goal for the future (Islam)?

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Historical Determinism and Jihad

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Jihad

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Making all the world Islam- even if they have to go to war

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Historical Evolution

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History is to be understood in terms of unguided evolution and the guidance of human ingenuity and intelligence

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economic determinism

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the belief that economics is the major driving force in history

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13
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historical materialism

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the study of society, economics, and history that looks for the causes of developments and changes in human societies through economic analysis

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Why are marxists confident that communism is inevitable?

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They believe that there are laws that point to communism. If you practice the economic laws then it is inevitable

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Historicism

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the view that past beliefs, morals, and truths can only be understood in relation to the cultural/historical periods in which they arose

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16
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what is History according to postmodernists?

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is fiction

17
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P288 wb the reliability of scripture

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The scribes: took the job seriously,- they had to be very educated, they counted every letter, word, and line to make sure it was the right amount, they had someone else check the work, didn’t acknowledge anyone until they were done writing, had to start over again if they messed up, didn’t copy God’s name fully

Dead sea scrolls: 95% + accuracy of the Bible

18
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Tell

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A city built on a city

19
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Tell Dan p288-89 wb

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In northern Galilee- found the remains of a stone slab that talked about David being king of Israel

20
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How would you say the king David is a real person?

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His name was on a tablet in Tell Dan- saying the king of Israel the house of David

21
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How would you say the king David is a real person?

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His name was on a tablet in Tell Dan- saying the king of Israel the house of David

22
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Examples of prophecies Christ fulfilled

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Born of the seed of the woman 
Line of Abraham
Line of Jacob
Line of Judah
Line of Jesse
Line of David 
Virgin birth
Birthplace
Sold for 30 shekels
Forsaken by disciples 
 Silent before accusers
Crucified with thieves
No broken bones
Scourging and death
Rich man's tomb
Resurrection
Ascension
23
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What if the prophecies were manufactured after the fact

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That’s why God created a gap between the OT and NT of 400 years. So dating them is a lot easier

24
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Is oral tradition reliable?

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yes.

  1. It was held in the highest regard
  2. Jewish children were taught to remember oral tradition accurately
  3. It was handed down to an entire community
25
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How do we answer the objection of the Bible was written by men?

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  1. Writers were inspired by God - God breathed, when the Holy Spirit is involved.
    2 Cor 2:13, 2 Peter 1:21
26
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examples of Credibility of the scriptures

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Apostles had little to gain and everything to lose
NT writers gave up their lives in defense of what they
saw
They kept in embarrassing details about themselves - Peter denying Christ 3 times, Peter addressed as Satin, Disciples scattering when Christ was arrested, Thomas’s doubt about the resurrection, Woman’s testimony of the resurrection, Jewish people’s unfaithfulness to God

27
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Tell es-safi

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Found small ceramic shard that mentions two names remarkably similar to the name of goliath `

28
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Ebla tablets

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Written 1,000 years before moses

Shows that they were smart enough to write(that writing was well developed)

29
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New Testament compared to other documents of antiquity

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Date written: 1st century A.D.
Earliest copy: 2nd century A.D.
Number of copies: 5,000+
Accuracy of copies: 99%+

30
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Non-Christian accounts

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Tacitus: Roman historian, Annals
Suetonius: Roman historian, life of Claudius
Josephus:Jewish historian, antiquities
Pliny the younger: Roman governor, Epistles X
Jewish Talmud: Commentary on Jewish law
Lucian:Greek satirist

Understanding the Times pt 2 (5 decks)

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