Who am i 3 Flashcards
violent war goddess
Anat
The land of Canaan was devoted to the worship of ______. He was an ancient Canaanite and Mesopotamian deity associated with agriculture. He was believed to be the “giver of life” and mankind was dependant upon him for providing what was necessary to sustain the farms, flocks and herds.
Baal
was a 12th-century BC ruler and Judge of Ancient Israel. As military commander in the biblical Book of Judges, _______ with Deborah the prophetess, defeated the Canaanite armies led by Sisera.
Barak
were six Levitical towns in the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah in which the perpetrators of manslaughter could claim the right of asylum; outside of these cities, blood vengeance against such perpetrators was allowed by law
City of refuge
was a prophet of the God of the Israelites, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel, counselor, warrior, and the wife of Lapidoth according to the Book of Judges chapters 4 and 5. The only female judge mentioned in the Bible, ______ led a successful counterattack against the forces of Jabin king of Canaan and his military commander Sisera;
Deborah
“woman in the valley of Sorek” whom Samson loved, and who was his downfall. Her figure, one of several dangerous temptresses in the Hebrew Bible, has become emblematic: “Samson loved ______, she betrayed him, and, what is worse, she did it for money,” The story of Samson in Judges 13-16 portrays a man who was given great strength by God but who ultimately loses his strength when _____ allows the Philistines to shave his hair during his slumber
Delilah
The _________is a modern theoretical construct holding that behind the present forms of the books of Deuteronomy and Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings (the Former Prophets in the Hebrew canon) there was a single literary work.
Deuteronomistic History (DH)
Chieftain or king of one of the Moabite tribes ( Judges 3:12-14 ). Having entered into an alliance with Ammon and Amalek, he overran the trans-Jordanic region, and then crossing the Jordan, seized on Jericho, the “city of palm trees,” which had been by this time rebuilt, but not as a fortress. He made this city his capital, and kept Israel in subjection for eighteen years. The people at length “cried unto the Lord” in their distress, and he “raised them up a deliverer”
Eglon
a name for god
El
______was sent to the Moabite King Eglon on the pretext of delivering the Israelites’ annual tribute. He made a double-edged shortsword about eighteen inches long, useful for a stabbing thrust. Being left-handed, he could conceal the sword on his right thigh, where it was not expected.
Ehud
a hill or hill-town, “of Benjamin” It was here that the terrible outrage was committed on the Levite’s concubine which led to the almost utter extirpation of the tribe of Benjamin (Judg. 19; 20), only six hundred men surviving after a succession of disastrous battles. This was the birthplace of Saul, and continued to be his residence after he became king
Gibeah
means ‘devote’ or ‘destroy’.
herem
Mountain of God, also known as mount sanai
horeb
Battle of ______ was the first battle of the Israelites in their conquest of Canaan. According to Joshua 6:1-27, the walls fell after Joshua’s Israelite army marched around the city blowing their trumpets.
Jericho
were 48 cities in ancient Israel set aside for the tribe of Levi, who were not allocated their own territorial land when the Israelites entered the Promised Land.
Levitical cities
