Unit 1 Flashcards
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Jewish Bible
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Tanakh
- Torah: “The Law” or “instruction”
- Nevi’im: Former and Latter “Prophets”
- Khetuvim: “Writings”, Latest writings
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Christian Bible
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- Pentateuch (similar to Torah)
- History (Former Prophets)
- Prophets (Latter prophets)
- Wisdom Literature (Khetuvim)
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Dei Verbum
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- Latin= “word of God”
- 1965 Vatican 2 reform movement
- Stewardship of revelation: direct lineage from Christ–> apostles–> bishops–> us
- Role of sacred tradition, scripture, and authority of Church: Sacred scripture and tradition= two pillars of biblical interpretation
- Bible= product of God’s will and human intellect (look at clues in human context to interpret bible)
- Attention to context and literary form
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Diachronic
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-Studying text through time
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Exegete
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-Someone who studies scripture
6
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Redaction
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-Edit (discuss more later)
7
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Genre criticism
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- Also known as form criticism
- Studies genre of text
- Style of text matters for interpretation
8
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Source Criticism
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-Find source for Bible and writers
9
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Julius Wellhausen
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- 19th century German scholar
- Father of source criticism (documentary hypothesis)
- Prologue to ancient history
- States that Pentateuch is traced as 4 sources, redacted to form biblical sources
10
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Anthropomorphic
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-Gods have human characteristics
11
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Enuma Elish
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- Akkadian= language
- Bible written 600 years l8r
- Read during Akitu festival (Babylonian new year, celebrates Marduk)
- Starts w/ Apsu and Tiamat, waters mingle–> Gods and Ea
- Tiamat and Apsu wanna kill their kids (too loud), hire Mummu to kill them, Ea warned by Tiamat, Ea kills Apsu
- Ea and wife–> Marduk
- Tiamat plots revenge, wants to kill all Gods, marries Qingu
- Marduk appointed leader, kills Tiamat violently
- Split her in half (Heavens/sky and earth)
- Makes humans do work for Gods (kill Qingu to make them)
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Gilgamesh
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- One of the oldest texts ever
- Gilgamesh and Enkidu go on adventures, he dies, Gilgamesh wants to bring him back to life
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Tiamat
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- Supreme Goddess in Enuma Elish
- Plots revenge on all gods after her husband is killed
- Marduk kills her, he turns her body into sky and earth
14
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Synchronic
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-Concerned with something, especially a language, as it exists at one point in time
15
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Hermann Gunkel
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- Father of form criticism
- Gave us the four sagens
