Exam 1 Flashcards
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Anachronism
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Something that is out of place pertaining to the time period it is referred to
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Exodus 15
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God is seen as a warrior
Song of the sea near 1200 BCE
Destructive, overthrowing, establishing community of steadfast love
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Hosea 11:1-9
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Holy One, Most High, Fatherly- God not as parent but also as mother
Leading, healing, loving, compassionate
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Bible is written in multiple languages
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Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic
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Canon
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Official texts of a religious community
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TaNaKh
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Jewish name for the Bible
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Torah
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The first five books of the Jewish Bible, these are central texts for the Jewish community
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Nebi’im
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Writings of the prophets, placed in the middle, prophets are best interpreters of the Torah
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Kethubi’im
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Writings (historical or poetic)
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Hermeneutics
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rules, skills, tools, and methods for interpretation
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Diachronic methods
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how texts have developed over time
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Synchronic methods
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looking at the final result/final text and then interpreting or evaluating the meaning
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Fundamentalism
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talks about the diversity of methods but discusses negativity and how texts can only be evaluated in one way
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Pentateuch
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First five books central to the Greek tradition
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Exodus
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Central text for Jewish tradition
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Genesis 1:1
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In the beginning WHEN God created the heavens
dependent clause
Not a creation from nothing
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What did earth look like in Genesis 1:1
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The earth was a formless void, water, darkness, deep = CHAOS - Tohu Wabohu - Deep/Tahom/Tiamat
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Psalm 74
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Creation through violence, crushed the heads, divided
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Babylonian Creation Myth
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Tiamat: ruling goddess of saltwater was viewed as too violent by other gods; Marduk god of storm sent to be warrior and fight Tiamat
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Countervision
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All texts are in dialogue with one another, but speak through different lenses
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Creatio ex nihilo
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Creation out of nothing
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Creatio ex chaos
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Creation out of chaos in Genesis
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Genesis 1:3-5
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CREATION Begins
God brings in light and SEPARATES it from darkness
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Genesis 1:6-8
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Waters above and waters below - dome
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Genesis 1:9-13
Creation of earth and water as well as vegetation
| God said that it was good
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Genesis 1:14-19
Creation of greater and lesser lights
| Sun and moon were avoided due to polytheistic association
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Genesis 1:14-19
Creation of greater and lesser lights
| Sun and moon were avoided due to polytheistic association
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demythologization
remove divine status from something
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Genesis 1:20-23
Sea animals and birds
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Genesis 1:24-28
Land animals and humans
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Genesis 1:29-31
Humans and animals should eat plants for food
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Genesis 1:26
Humans created at the same time;
Created in OUR image;
Let us- remaining polytheistic language, royal we/rhetorical device, later christians the trinity
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Dominion
Genesis 1:26 - to rule over, control or have power over, to do with things as we please, to act with responsibility, to act as God acts
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Image of God - Genesis 1
Humankind: male AND female, all that God has created is very good
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Genesis 2:4-9
Earth is Lifeless, arid desert; LORD God, holy Name of God YHWH in Hebrew; no days are designated in this story; Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
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God Actions - Genesis 2
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Claymaker
Gardener
Matchmaker
Surgeon
Anesthesiologist
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Genesis 2:15-17
Adam is the caretaker of the garden - work; There is no sense of morality in the beginning
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Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
If rules are not adhered to, there will be inevitable consequences
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Genesis 2:18-24
Man is lonely = Evil
Man needs a helper; Hebrew only used for God
Partner, rescuer, trial and error process
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Woman is created from the side
Man and woman are created from one flesh
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Tradition of Genesis 1
Priestly Tradition
Name of God (Elohim): God
Chaos, creation by separation, repetition - order and distinction
Creation by speech = God is transcendent/far away
Important for worship communities
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Tradition of Genesis 2
J Tradition
Name of God (YHWH): LORD God
God is immanent, present, and close to man
Specific details and rules
Story like
Trial and error of God: animals, then woman
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Tradition of Genesis 2
J Tradition
Name of God (YHWH): LORD God
God is immanent, present, and close to man
Specific details and rules
Story like
Trial and error of God: animals, then woman
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Humans in P TRADITION
Image of God: elevates status of all humans as equals of kings as made in the image of God
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Humans in J TRADITION
Created from dust, Work as farmer, mortality
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World in P TRADITION
World is ordered by God, beginning is chaotic, water, Goodness is declared each day, be fruitful and multiply
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World in J TRADITION
Humans can experience all that is available except for two trees
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Evil in P TRADITION
Chaos is present before creation
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Evil in J TRADITION
Loneliness is evil: represents that relationships matter
| Disobedience: Represented by the fruit and the trees
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God in P TRADITION
Says that creation is good, has power to separate what exists from new creation
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God in J TRADITION
Limited, God is Learning and Growing with humans
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Genesis 3:1-7
Talking serpent/crafty/sneaky
Suggests that God is not present, framing Eve with certain questions, promises that she will be like God knowing good and evil
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Woman vs Serpent
God commanded that you shall not eat nor TOUCH the fruit; different than initial commandment, but she was not created yet when the command was given.
Good for food, gives wisdom, appealing to the eyes, thinking and questioning, making assumptions about the fruit
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Woman vs Serpent
God commanded that you shall not eat nor TOUCH the fruit; different than initial commandment, but she was not created yet when the command was given.
Good for food, gives wisdom, appealing to the eyes, thinking and questioning, making assumptions about the fruit
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Genesis 3:8-24
Man and woman hide from God; serpents legs are taken away
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Consequences
God's justification of for humanity's disobedience
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God cares about humanity in Genesis 3
Clothes humans out of animal skins - SACRIFICE
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Genesis 4:1-16
First sin is murder: FRATRICIDE; Ground grieves with the death of Abel
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Genesis 6-9
Noah and his family were saved, rain for 40 days and nights, covenant of rainbow, 2x2 animals
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P Tradition Noah
God is violent; 150 days; 1 pair of animals; raven; God blowing wind; Genesis 1 - RECREATION
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J Tradition Noah
God is emotional; 40 days/nights, 7 pairs of clean, 1 pair of unclean animals, sacrifice, dove
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Genesis 9:8-17
Noachic Covenant: universal and encompasses all creation; promise from God's behalf/one-sided; everlasting promise no expiration date; rainbow sign of a broken weapon of war
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Etiology
Provides narratives of origins
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Primeval History
Origins not in historical time
Creation, Destruction, Re-Creation
Human actions were the cause: chaos from humans, destruction comes from the complete descent into chaos/undoing of creation
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Ancient value of the text
text shaped an individual/formation or transformation
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Present value of the text
information, facts, entertainment
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Genesis 12-50
Ancestral History: lifespan of roughly 100 years - historical time
1800-1600BCE
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God of the Bible
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
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Genesis 12
Covenant: God will make a great nation, land, descendants out of Abraham; beginning of human redemption;
Speaks of Sarai as sister - put wife in danger to protect himself
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Genesis 15
Abraham is doubting God, God speaks to Abraham after he falls asleep, call of Abraham to be a prophet, Covenant performed in a way with sacrifices split in half that Abraham will be cursed if he breaks it
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Genesis 16
Inability to have children, Abraham is good natured but Sarai gives Abraham the slave girl so that they can have a son because she is infertile
Hagar speaks with the Lord and gives him a name
Having children in ancient world is a blessing
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Genesis 17
New Covenant: third time - commitment to everlasting relationship, descendants, land
Abraham following through with the circumcision is a deeper commitment to the covenant to which he is expected to keep
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Genesis 18
Visit of strangers and the demonstration of hospitality
| Abraham has a discussion with God about if he will murder innocent people
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Genesis 19
Sodom: Lot provides hospitality to angelic messengers and offers his two daughters rather than guests; Daughters settle on a hillside and produce offspring with their father - children represent immorality in surrounding societies
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Genesis 20
Gives his wife over to a king
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Genesis 22
God calls Abraham - "HERE I AM"
Abraham demonstrates complete obedience to please God by sacrificing son by ending lineage;
Abraham tests Gods righteousness in 18 and in 22 God tests Abrahams righteousness;
Child sacrifice was practiced in ancient world and this account REJECTS IT;
Learns to trust God from 18 because God displays justice;
Sent Hagar and Ishmael into wilderness - the command to kill Isaac may be God's punishment for Abraham
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Endogamy
Marriage within limits of family, community, or tribe
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Exogamy
Marriage outside limits of family, community, or tribe
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Biblical Marriage
Endogamy: marriage within the extended family
Shared religious beliefs
Practices of the dowry
Entire family is a part of the engagement
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Genesis 24
The place to meet the partner is the well;
| Rebekah offers servant AND camels water, sign of strength and dedication
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Genesis 25:19-34
Isaac and Rebekah had twins: Jacob and Esau
Theme of Fertility
Genre of Tribe Heroes - one individual represents an entire nation
Sibling rivalry Esau is eldest and Jacob is supposed to support him
Jacob forces Esau to give up birthright for a meal
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Genesis 27
Rebekah encourages Jacob to act as Esau to gain the blessing of Isaac
Genre: Tribal heroes
Isaac favors Esau while Rebekah supports Jacob
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Genesis 29
Genre: Family saga
Jacob does not realize which wife he has been given
LEAH and RACHEL
Rivalry of having children - Portrayed with value of entertainment, yet instills values of having children
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Genesis 32
Genre: Theophanies
Jacob fights with God - Jacob limps away
Development of the 12 tribes of Israel
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Exodus
When a large group of people are leaving or fleeing
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Exodus 1
Pharaoh is viewed as a God - becomes fearful that the population is growing and that the foreigners will overtake the Egyptian community
Plan A: Assign more work to prevent procreation
Plan B: Order midwives to kill boys
Plan C: Throw all males into the Nile (home of the gods) - act of war (Hebrews are under control of the gods and Pharaoh)
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Exodus 3
God appears as a burning bush that does not burn
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Identity of God
God responds to suffering and oppression of the Israelites and takes them away from danger and leads them to safety
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God is Active
Declares that they will be led to a land of promise for the first time in Exodus 3
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Moses' Objections to God
What am I doing?
Who am I?
Who is God? - Moses requests God's name which is held closely - you are trusted when you know a name
God's response is elusive so that he can maintain the the upper hand
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I AM WHO I AM
I cause to be, I cause to fail, I will be/future oriented, God cannot be defined, God is not a static reality
