Beginning Flashcards
(37 cards)
Books that contain the redemption story
Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers 10:10
Exodus event is a result of _____ because of _____
chaos, human freedom
Battle fought on 3 levels
1) Between the Gods
2) Human Plane
3) Hearts and Minds of the people
Which two battles represent ownership of the people of Israel
Gods and Human Plane
Am Sagula
Chosen People
Berit Olam
Eternally Binding Covenant
The foundational acts that creates Israel as a nation is based on _____ more than _____
FAITH, blood
5 requirements for a people to be regnoized as a nation
Land Law Leader God Temple
Exodus begins with
Israel being in bondage
What are the 2 competing claims of ownership of the people of Israel
Pharo’s claim
Yahweh’s claim
Yom Suf
Sea of Reeds
What is the center of the redemptive act
Covenant at Mt Sinai
Theophanies
Encounters with God
The Law is a ______ to the people
Gift
Why create rituals?
symbolizing the covenant, reliving, reactualizing. Anamnesis
The story of Exodus begins with the Call of ____
Moses
The bible is not a ______ book
history
Bible written to present ________
Israel’s faith experience
Hyperbole
exaggeration for emphasis
Eponomous texts
stories about founding fathers, heros
Mythopoeic texts
myths used to explain
Discuss the story of the midwives
- ordered by Pharaoh to kill all boys, let girsl live
- Midwives don’t - lie and say that the Israelites are vigourous, already give birth before they arrive
Moshe
Moses
Moses, as an adult, witnesses a ______ and does what _______
fight, kills an egyptian