THEO 231: test Flashcards
Sacred
-set apart for the divine
-sacrifice
-ritual purity
profane
-everyday objects etc.
-no special link to god
-ritual impurity
ritual purity/impurity
ritual purity:
-something being in an appropriate state for encountering the divine
-sacrifice
-not sinful in itself
ritual impurity
- substances that communicate a contagion which places one in a state that is inappropriate for encountering the divine.
-reproductive fluids, death/corpses/ skin diseases
moral impurity
-results of acts so unimaginable and heinous that they confer defilement on people and places.
-consequence of grave sin
-not contagious
-does not exclude one from the sanctuary
tabernacle
-earthly place where ancient Israelites can communicate with YHWH
-portable
-all sacrifices of slaughtered animals should be done at the tabernacle
ark of the covenant
-most sacred relic of the Israelites
-has the ten commandments and Aaron’s rod
-chest covered in gold
whole burnt offering
-tribute to god
-whole animal is to be burned in the tabernacle
-the blood of the animal is sprinkled around the alter
-forgave sins around Israel and kept it pure
Aaron (high priest)
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levites
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holiness code
- Leviticus 17-26
-dramatic emphasis put on the Holiness of Israel and the promised land
-assumes the rules about purity, sacrifice and the holiness of the sanctuary articulated in Exodus25, and Leviticus takes it further
Land: whole land of Israel is holy; YHWH will remove Israel from the land if enough moral impurities accumulate.
all slaughtered animals need to be offered as sacrifice at the temple/tabernacle
Ethics: laws that have to do with the poor, disability, foreigners, economic integrity, divination, inappropriate mixtures, and treatment of daughters.
Laws about sexual relations and homosexual intercourse
centralization of the cult (sacrifice)
Deuteronomy only authorizes sacrificial worship at the central sanctuary (“the place where YHWH your God will choose to set his name”). Other worship sites are associated with Indigenous Canaanite worship and condemned.
Joshua
-the story of the Israelite possession of Canaan
-The lord tells Joshua to go to the promised land
-three parts: Conquest of Canaan, distribution of land among the Israelite tribes, and Joshua’s farewell address and death
Jericho
-conquest of Jericho
-showpiece of the conquest in Joshua
-all the Israelites were circumcised before proceeding to attack Jericho
-Joshua had a vision before the attack on Jericho from a figure identified as “commander of the army of the Lord”
-Israelites marched around the city for 6 days, with seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. on the seventh day, the priests make a blast on the ram’s horns and all the people shout and then the walls fall down.
Judge/Chieftan (role)
-“then the lord raised up chieftains who delivered them from those who plundered them.”
-primarily military leaders chosen for the task of dealing with a crisis because their abilities are recognized.
-after crisis has passed, the judge will continue to rule Israel for the rest of his life
-might be called upon to act in a judicial capacity by judging cases
Ehud
-second judge
-Benjaminite
-freedom fighter/rebel leader
-kills king Eglon of Moab, runs way after killing the king
-kills the king through deception, pretends he has a message from God and then kills him.
-left handed: “sinister”
Deborah
-prophetess but acts as a judge
-accompanies the warrior judge Barak into battle where she tells him “For the lord will give Sisera [enemy] into the hand of a woman”
Yael
-kills Sisera by luring him into her tent and killing him while he slept
- woman, not an Israelite
-helped bring victory against Jabin
Sisera
-general under Jabin
-led siege against Israel
-fled and sought refuge in Yael’s tent where he was killed
-caused the loss of Jabin’s forces against Barak
Eli
-one of the last judges
-high priest
-called a judge but is not a charismatic warlord like the others,
Samuel (person)
-one of the last judges
-not a charismatic warlord
-has a prophetic call and is given prophecy against his predecessor, the high priest Eli
-described a as man of integrity
-negative view of kingship, described as rejection of the kingship of YHWH
-steps aside for the king Saul but they don’t get along
-Saul doesn’t listen to Samuel’s instructions about sacrifices connected to battle preparations; doesn’t slaughter who Samuel says to slaughter
-Samuel prophecies the shift in power from Saul’s family to another family
-anoints new king, David.
David
-unexpected champion against the Philistine Goliath.
-military success
- after securing his accession to the throne, David wants to build God a temple.
-YHWH tells a prophet (Nathan) he cannot.
-God will give David a dynasty instead.
-basis for the idea of the promise of a Davidic dynasty
-basic idea is an unconditional covenant of grant
-David is called God’s son.
-Demise
-David sleeps with Bathsheba; puts a hit out on her husband
-his children are messed up.
-one son SA’s his half-sister. Her brother takes vengeance on him, but David does not act. Later rebels and causes a civil war
-conflict between two possible heirs after he dies.
Saul
-anoints himself as king
-chosen by a lot
Saul doesn’t listen to Samuel’s instructions about sacrifices connected to battle preparations; doesn’t slaughter who Samuel says to slaughter
-eventually dies in battle
Jonathan
- son of the King Saul
-hero in the battle against the Philistines
-breaks oath against father (not to eat before battle) but he was rescued instead of executed
-friends with David
-dies alongside his father
Amnon
-crown prince (son of David)
-rapes his half-sister and then dismisses her after what he did.
-fakes being sick and asks for his half-sister to take care of him. When she appears before him, he held her down and raped her.
-coached by Jonadab (his cousin)
-advised him on how to get his half-sister at his mercy.
