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Unit Test (4) Flashcards

1
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Samson

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lost his special power when he revealed the secret of his strength

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Ehud

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left-handed judge who killed the Moabite king Eglon

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Jephthah

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sacrificed his own daughter after making a vow to YHWH

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Gideon

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refused to be king of the Israelites

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Deborah

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judge who fought (with Barak) against Sisera; a song named for this judge is one of the oldest parts of the Bible

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6
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Code of Hammurapi

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consisted of civil and criminal laws; example of ancient Near Eastern codes

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Covenant Code

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contained in Exodus; probably the oldest Israelite code

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Holiness Code

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contained in Leviticus 17-26

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Deuteronomic Code

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core of the book of Deuteronomy (chapters 12-26)

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Priestly Code

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found in last part of Exodus, entire book of Leviticus, and first part of Numbers

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tabernacle

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portable tent shrine that served as God’s place of residence among his people

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ban (cherem)

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idea that something should be “devoted to destruction,” i.e., separated for Yahweh as exclusively his

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Shema

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from Hebrew meaning “hear”; the Deut 6:4 text that became a kind of creed recited daily

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14
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Ritual Decalogue

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found in Exodus 34; concerned with worship practices

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15
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syncretism

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a blending of religions; for example, the Israelites were warned against blending Yahwism and Baalism

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Baal

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Canaanite god of the storm

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17
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Ritual Decalogue

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contained in Exodus 34

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Ethical Decalogue

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contained in Exodus 20; similar to Deuteronomy 5

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shalom

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according to Bandstra, “the Hebrew notion of complete blessing”

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20
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Primary History

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comprised of the Torah and Former Prophets together

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21
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Shechem

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site of covenant renewal under Joshua’s leadership

22
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anointed one

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designated to be king

23
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pesach

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Passover

24
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mashiach

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anointed one

25
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navi’

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prophet

26
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kashrut

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rules for determining what is clean and unclean

27
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515 BCE

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rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem dedicated

28
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538 BCE

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Cyrus allows captives in Babylon to return to their homeland

29
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612 BCE

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Nineveh destroyed by Babylonians

30
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597 BCE

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Jerusalem captured but not destroyed by Babylonians; first exile

31
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Chronicler’s History

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Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles

32
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Second Temple Judaism

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515 BCE - 70 CE

33
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Exile

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marks the beginning of Judaism

34
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Book of the Twelve

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spans an historical range of some 400 years, including the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian periods

35
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Josiah

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reformer king killed in battle against Egyptians in 609 BCE; known for his Deuteronomic reform

36
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Jehoiakim

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placed on the throne of Judah in 609 BCE by Pharaoh Neco of Egypt; died just before Jerusalem was captured in 597 by the Babylonians

37
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Zerubbabel

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grandson of Jehoiachin; led second group to return from exile; began rebuilding of temple; Haggai thought he might be the messiah who would restore the Davidic dynasty

38
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Cyrus

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allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem after the capture of Babylon

39
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Zedekiah

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placed on the throne of Judah by the Babylonians following the fall of Jerusalem in 597 BCE; later rebelled, resulting in Jerusalem’s destruction; was last king of Judah

40
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Jehoiachin

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called “Coniah” by Jeremiah; became king just before the fall of Jerusalem in 597 BCE; captured and taken into captivity

41
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Ezekiel

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illustrated his sermons by doing things such as making a clay model of Jerusalem, laying on his side for an extended period, eating a scroll, and shaving his head

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Hosea

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told to “take for yourself a promiscuous woman and have children of promiscuity”

43
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Who is the king rebuked by Isaiah in the last chapter of First Isaiah?

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Hezekiah

44
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What is the name of a priest taken to Babylon in the first deportation of 597 BCE, who received his call to be a prophet in Babylon and exercised his entire prophetic ministry while in exile in Babylon?

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Ezekiel

45
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Which book does Bandstra say has 3 distinguishable characters: a male lover, a female lover, and “an independent group of observers called the daughters of Jerusalem”?

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Song of Songs

46
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Bandstra says the Deuteronomic historian has a bias against the kings of:

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Israel

47
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Solomon had about 700 wives and 300 concubines.

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True

48
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Which book is an example of wisdom literature?

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Proverbs

49
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According to many scholars, Third Isaiah was probably written

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in Jerusalem, after the exile

50
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Who arranged for Naboth’s execution on false charges, and was later thrown out of a window in a subsequent revolt?

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Jezebel

Intro to the Old Testament Ch 1 (7 decks)

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