Unit Quiz 4 Flashcards
Nineveh
- North of Tirgris river
- Where Jonah delivers prophecies
- Capital of Assyrian empire
Samaria
-Capital of northern kingdom of Israel
Jersalem
-Capital of southern kingdom of Judah
Shalmaneser V
- 1st Assyrian king
- Captures Samaria
- Deports all Israelites back to Assyria and Judah during King Hosea’s reign
Sennacherib
- 2nd Assyrian king
- Fought rebellions
- Destroys Babylon
- Invades Judah and sets up army right outside of Jerusalem during King Hezekiah and 1st Isaiah’s prophet era
Esarhaddon
- 3rd Assyrian king
- Vasal treaties of Esarhaddon, basis of Deuteronomy
- Rebuilt Babylon, defeated Scythia and Egypt
8th Century BCE prophets
- Amos
- Hosea
- Micah
- First Isaiah
Divisions of Book of Isaiah
- Isa 1-39: Isaiah of Jerusalem/ First Isaiah (8 c BCE)
- Isa 40-55: Isaiah of Babylon/ Second or Deutero- Isaiah (6th c BCE)
- Isa 56-66: Third Isaiah during Persian empire (late 6th–? 5th c BCE)
Manasseh
- The epitome of evil Judahite king
- Becomes reason for ultimate demise of Judah
Josiah
- Model of Judanhite king
- Does everything God wants
- Book of law= similar to book of Deuteronomy
End of Judah through Babylonian Conquest
- March 14th 587 BCE
- Temple destroyed same day 586 BCE
Jehoiachin
- End of Judean Monarchy (their last king)
- Deported to Babylon
Hoshea
-Last king of Israel
F. Rachel Magadelene
- “On the Scales of Justice- Neobabylonian Trial Laws and Book of Job”
- Book of Job reads like a basic trial narrative
Neo-Assyrian Empire/Era
-1st Isaiah
Edict of Cyrus
- Cyrus the Great
- Monotheism
1. 1st time he claims there is no other God but him
2. He (God) creates weal and woe (good and evil)
586 BCE
-Jerusalem and its temple (Judah) destroyed by Babylon
70 CE
-2nd Temple of Jerusalem destroyed by a seige (Nero and Romans)
Hevel
- “Vanity”
- Something that is hard to grasp= vapor
- Mentioned in Ecclesiates/ Qoheleth
Four-Source Hypothesis
- How the synoptic gospels were written
- Mark and Q (Quelle)= independent sources that Luke and Matthew use
- M source= Matthews private source
- L source= Luke’s private source
Eschatology
- The study of final or last things
- How does the world end?
- How can we be ready when the end comes?
Ekklesia
- “Church” in Greek
- Local congregation or assembly
Neo-Babylonian Empire/Era
-2nd Isaiah
Messiah/Christos
-Peter= first person to confess Jesus is Messiah/Christ
538 BCE
-Year Cyrus the Great becomes the new Persian king
The Satan
-Job= Satan isn’t evil, prosecuting attourney of God’s court
Cannon
- Defined set of sacred texts
- Each part helps you understand whole
Christology
-Who is Jesus, and why doe he matter
Parousia
-Christ’s Second Coming
Theophany
-The visual manifestation of God to humankind
Persian Era
- 3rd Isaiah
- Late 6th century
- Resetting of Judah/ Yehud
Cyrus the Great
- Send Judeans back to homeland
- Gives Judeans instructions and resources to rebuilt temple
- Persian King, also known as Cyrus the Messiah
- **1st non-Israelite to be called this
- Edict of Cyrus
Gomer
- Prostitute wife of prophet Hosea
- Children= prophetic signs they will be attacked
- Family= metaphor for betrayal
Syro-Ephraimite War
- Immanuel will protect Jerusalem
- Between Assyria, Israel, Judah, and Syria (Assyria defeated all)
- Isaiah 7
520-515 BCE
-2nd temple of Jerusalem is rebuilt
Hellenistic Era
- 300-200 BCE
- Began Alexander the Great
- 4th century conquers new world
- Brings greek influences into ANE
Synoptic Gospels
- See the life of Jesus similiarly (seen together)
- Mark (1st), Matthew (2nd), Luke (3rd)
Ecclesiology
- The study of the church
- Who belongs to the community of Jesus’ followers, how does one gain membership, and what separates this community from others
Gematria
-Numerical significance of letters provide insight to text
Theodicy
-How do you explain the existence of evil if God is both all good and all powerful
Matthew Bible
- Order of temptations: bread, jump, kingdom
- Magi
- Moses related to Jesus- “Sermon on the mount” (follow Torah)
- “Church”
- Disciples bury John then tell Jesus, Jesus goes on boat by himself
- Carry your cross, the son of man is coming
- Pharisees come to baptism
Mark Bible
- No temptations
- John ressurected, put in prison, Johns Head decapitated, disciples bury body and morn death
- Everyone is brother and sister
- “This is my beloved son”
Luke Bible
- Order of temptations: Bread, kingdoms, jump
- Devil waits until oppertune time
- Jesus as child (in temple), Simeon and Anna
- Shepards
- John imprisonment b4 baptism, Heaven is opened where Jesus and others are baptized
- “Don’t be ashamed”
- Baptism= public event, Jesus prays
Luke’s Sermon on the Plain
- Blessed are the poor
- Rich=bad
- Jesus= one of us
Good Samaritan
- Luke
- Lawyers= negative
- Priest and Levite do not stop to save dying man, Samaritan stops and saves him
- Samaritan= hero, although deemed inferior
- Critiquing religious leaders
Prodigal Son
- Luke
- Son (Recipients of Kingdom of God) asks for his inheritance early, spends it all
- Very poor and hungry, returns to father
- Father (God) throws party in his return, older brother= jealous
- God shown as loving Father
Lazarus and Rich Man
- Luke
- Lazarus suffered whole life, goes to Bosom of Abraham (Heaven)
- Rich man goes to hell (reversal of fortune)
Mark Passion Narrative
- Passover
- Jewish leaders and roman officials responsible for death
- Shorter ending= people fear for lives
- Longer ending= commision of disciples and ascension of Jesus
Simon of Cyrene
- Carries Jesus’ cross for Jesus
- Sons Alexander and Rufus= proof
Matthew Passion Narrative
- Earthquake and souls of dead rising
- Angel at tomb for ressurection
- Conspiracy theory= Disciples stole body
- Trinity
- Teach and Baptize all nations
Luke’s Passions Narrative
- Satan in Judas’ betrayal
- Only asks for cup to pass once, not 3 times
- Centurion declares him innocent
- Comfort women on route
- Grants bandit into kingdom
- “Father, into your hand I commit my spirit”
Mors Philosophi
- Noble death of philosopher
- Applied to Jesus’ death by Luke
Hosea Unique Elements
- Gomer= prostitute wife
- God loves Israel like child (father)
1st Isaiah Unique Elements
- Sees angel and God on throne, touches mouth w/ coal
- Syro-Ephramite war
- “Rod of assyria”
2nd Isaiah Unique Elements
- Israel didn’t get what they deserve
- “Voice of one crying in the wilderness”
- Description similar to Jesus
- Cyrus
- Redemptive suffering
3rd Isaiah Unique Elements
- Expands requirements of living in new community
- *Confessional and behavioral
- Eunuchs
- No need for temple
- Inaugural sermon
- Rejects sacrificial system
Habakkuk
- God’s actions reverse creation
- Lawsuit
- Held acountable at time
- “Righteous live by their faith”
Jeremiah
- Called out by God at beginning of life
- Resists cuz too young
- God touches him on mouth to purify him
- Deuteronomic Law
- Shiloh
- Exiles should integrate
- Transformation of heart
Ezekiel
- Vision of angels, wheels turning, loud
- Bones to flesh
- List of reasons why nation will be destroyed
- Mountain of Olives
Job
- Fighting with friends
- Gods long speech on creation (Leviathan, Behemoth)
- Daughters gain inheritance
Ecclesiastes
- Hevel (Vanity)
- “Nothing New under the sun”
- Life= cyclical
- No garuntee of afterlife
- “Fear god and obey commandments”
