theo 231 Flashcards
Origen of Alexadria
-Jewish Philosopher c. 25 BCE
-used allegorical methods of interpretation to understand the Hebrew Bible
-Body: literal, plain sense meaning
-soul: allegorical sense
-spirit: moral sense of scripture
Novum Instrumentum (erasmus)
- written by Desiderius Erasmus
-new translation of the new testament based on Greek manuscripts
-1516
Baruch (benedict) Spinoza
-Spanish converso, 1632-1677
-enlightenment thinker that elaborated on IBN Ezra’s argument
Mekilta de Rabbi Ishmael
-collection of rules of Interpretation
-used to denote a compilation of scriptural exegesis
John Calvin’s Genesis Commentary
W. M. L. De Wette’s Dissertatio Critica
-1804
-assumption that the Pentateuch has multiple authors, none of which are Moses
-believes Deuteronomy has a different author
City of David
-Gilhon spring: water source for ancient Jerusalem
-small hilly spur to the south of the temple mount
gilhon spring
water source for ancient Jerusalem
agrarian
-jerusalem was an agrarian city
-the rhythms of life were set by agriculture
-based fundamentally on the health of the land and of living creatures
gezer calendar
-2 months of ingathering
-2 months of sowing
-2 months of planting
-a month for the cutting
-a month for the harvesting of barley
-a month of harvesting and measuring
-2 months of pruning
-a month of gathering the late summer fruit
four room house
-downstairs: storage, domestic animals, processing of agricultural produce, food preparation, metallurgy, or textile production
-every space devoted to agrarian needs
-sleeping upstairs
stepstone structure
-predates the 8th century BCE
-probably a support for a citadel like space for the jebusites and early israelite occupation
Adam
-“man”
-made from dust and the “breath of life”
-tend the garden
-first man
Sabbath
-God rests after creating the universe into six days
-day of rest
Atrahasis myth
-creation and flood
-high gods create lesser gods to do their labor
-lesser gods revolt causing the creation of humans (created by mixing a god’s blood with clay)
-humanity becomes too populous so Gods plan on eliminating humans
-one god taught Atrahasis how to avoid flood and plague
-Gods starve w/o sacrifices so Atrhasis offers a sacrifice
-revised form of population control