EXAM 1 Flashcards

1
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Pentateuch

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First 5 books of the Bible

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2
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Alternate name for Pentateuch

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Torah

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3
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Books in the Pentateuch

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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Dueteronomy

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4
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Tribes of Israel at time of Bible

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Israel and Judah

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5
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Israel

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North

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6
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Judah

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South

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7
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Elohim

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word meaning god

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8
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YHWH

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God’s name

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9
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How many creation stories?

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2

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10
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Differences: man and women

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1st- both created in God’s image, more equality

2nd- Eve is Adam’s companion came from him, heirarchy

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11
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Reasoning for two sources of Bible

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2 tribes=2 kings=2 priests=2 temples

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12
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Differences: setting/scope

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1st- shows all of creation, all seeing perspective

2nd- close up, in garden of eden

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13
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Differences: time

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1st- methodical, number of days

2nd- just kind of happens

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14
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Differences: Sabbath/rest

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1st- he rests on 7th

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15
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Where does the 1st story come from? (source)

A

p

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16
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What is the 1st story part of?

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part of ritual celebration of temple

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17
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J

A

Yahwist

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18
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E

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Elohist

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19
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D

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Deuteronomist

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20
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P

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Priestly

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21
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Northern Sources

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Elohist and Dueteronomist

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22
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Southern Sources

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Yahwist and Priestly

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23
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Narrative Sources

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Elohist and Yahwist

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24
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Legislative

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Dueteronomist and Priestly

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25
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What lead to the varieties in the bible?

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Kingdoms want to talk about themselves

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26
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David

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united the kingdom- J

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27
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How many years was the kingdom of Israel split

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200

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28
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Who did the north fall to?

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assyrians

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29
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Who did the south fall to?

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babylonians

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30
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What did the babylonians like?

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Science- imposed their culture on israeli elites

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31
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What happened after the Persians sent the Israeli elites back?

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They collected their texts and made the bible

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32
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Historical consciousness

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people think differently at different times

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33
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Historical criticism

A

applying of critical thinking

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34
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Hermeneutics

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the study of interpretation of texts

35
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World of the reader

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contextual/reader-centered- “reader hears” based on individual and community experiences

36
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World of the text

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Literary- story, explore the text itself

37
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World behind the text

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Historical- concerned with the world behind the text, what was going on

38
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When/Why did the world of the reader change?

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1859 when Darwin published origen of species

39
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2 ways of knowing god

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nature, scripture/traditions

40
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2 aspects of all religions

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worldview, morality/ethics, (there are also rituals, communities, and practice)

41
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Guy who critiqued Christianity

A

Lynn White

42
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3 Problems Lynn White saw

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  1. Desacralization of Nature
  2. Domination of Nature
  3. Degradation of Nature and Matter
43
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  1. Desacralization of Nature
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Nature was historically seen as a place where spirits dwell by pagans
Christianity did not have this, nature is just nature, no spirit or soul

44
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  1. Domination of Nature
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anthropocentric view

nature created for humans to dominate over

45
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  1. Degradation of Matter
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Our ultimate goal is heaven

this world doesn’t matter

46
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How can theology change?

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Tradition is changing, people used to be more vulnerable than nature

47
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Laudato Si

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encyclical by Pope Francis

48
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Who did Pope name himself after

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Francis of Assiss- cared for poor and nature

49
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What did Pope say about domination?

A

shouldn’t read the words that way

50
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What did Pope say about desacralization?

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All things have value through their relationship with god

51
Q

What centric is Buddhism

A

Biocentric

52
Q

What is its interest

A

spreading the message of Buddhism

53
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Name of Buddh

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Prince Siddharta Guatama

54
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Where/when was buddha born

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India/563 BCE

55
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Rejected what Hindu staple?

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Caste system

56
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Three kinds of Buddhism

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Sri Lanka (Theraveda), Mahayana, Tibetan (Vajrayana)

57
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Central Idea of Buddhism

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end of suffering (enlightenment/nirvana)

58
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Life is

A

suffering

59
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3 causes of suffering

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Desire, Hatred, Ignorance

60
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Reincarnation means

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rebirth

61
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samsara

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cycle of rebirth

62
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reincarnation

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rebirth

63
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karma

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moral retribution

64
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Buddhists don’t believe in what

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a creator, god who is in charge of everything

65
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3 important ideals/ 3 jewels

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Buddha, His teachings, followers

66
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Interdependence of buddhism

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all species depend on one another, part of a larger network

67
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Counterculture of buddhism

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antimaterialist, be able to live with less

68
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Where does exodus story start

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Egypt

69
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Who/why came to Egypt

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Jacob people came to escape drought, also human trafficking element

70
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What are the israelites originally

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slaves in egypt

71
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Who led the people out of Egypt?

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Moses

72
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How was moses inspired

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forced to flee egypt, encounters burning bush, god reveals himself as yhwh

73
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What did god send to help the israelites escape?

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plagues

74
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last plague

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death of firstborn

75
Q

how long did the trip from egypt to israel take

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40 years- god punished them for worshiping false gods

76
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problem with the promise land

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canaanites already living there

77
Q

reasoning for killing of canaanites

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they worship the wrong god

78
Q

what does israel mean

A

god rules

79
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3 stories of birth of israel

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  1. book of joshua- violent conquest
  2. book of judges- social growth
  3. exodus- social revolution
80
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who was important to the ancient god

A

the elites

81
Q

palestinian problems

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text is against you and inspires others against you

82
Q

palestinian inspiration

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historically jews and palestinians are the same

through jesus, we can see that god sides with the oppressed

83
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native american problems

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parallels with canaanites, land is overtaken

84
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native american inspiration

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acknowledging the wrongs, makes it less against them

liberation means oppression