Exam 1 - Introduction Material

Question 1

MIDRASH

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biblical interpretation

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Well known Rabbi / Jewish Philospher

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Abraham Heschel

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Biblical prophecy is ________ and ________

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multifaceted and complex reality

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Earliest manifestation of Biblical Prophecy are found in the ____________ _______ of _________ ____ in the Bible

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mythopoeic accounts, eponymous texts

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mythopoeic means

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of or relating to the making of myths

serving to create or engender myths

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Etymology of mythopoeic

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from Greek ‘mythopoios’ = composer of fiction

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Myth has a variety of uses:

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1. originally a story about the gods and usually taught a moral lesson
2. story of ultimate signifiace that reats the origin, purpose and end of creatures and creation

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Eponym

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founding hero or personage in the history of mythology of a people

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Eponymous texts

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texts about the founding members of a people, tribe or nation

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The Balaam cycle is where?

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Numbers 22-24

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Balamm cycle is about

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a foreign prophet asked to curse Israel

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“Religious Specialists” found in the bible where?

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Jeremiah 27: 1-5

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Three types of LITERARY prophets

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Writing, Classical and Canonical prophets

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Three types of NON LITERARY prophets

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Non-Writing or Oral, Pre-Classical and Non-Canonical

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Neviim ha Rishonim =

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Former Prophets

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From the Conquest of the Promised Lan to the Babylonian Exile dates

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1200 - 550 BCE

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Fall of Israel date

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722 BCE

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From the Fall of Israel to the End of teh Persian Period dates

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750-350 BCE

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Neviim ha Acharomim =

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latter prophets

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Major Prophets

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Isiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel

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Minor Prophets also called the =

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dodecapropheton

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Dodecapropheton =

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minor prophets

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Name the Minor Prophets

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Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, Malachi

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Number of MInor Prophets

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12

Question 25

Neviim contains the ____ and ______ prophets

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former and later

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The Former Prophets are in what books

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Joshua, Judges, 1 Sam, 2 Sam, 1 Kings, 2 Kings

Question 27

SEPTUAGINT is the

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Greek Transation of the Hebrew Old Testament

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Who Translated the Septuagint

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72 Rabbis = equal representation from all tribes

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The official text used in synagogues from the Hellenistic Period forward was the

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Septuagint

Question 30

| When was the Temple and City destroyed

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| 70 AD

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When was the Meeting of Jamnia

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90-100 CE

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Jamnia did 2 things:

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1. Ketuvim was Canonized | 2. Jewish CHRISTIANS are expelled

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Why were the Jewish Christians expelled

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No longer considered Jews b/c they believe that Christ is the Messiah

Question 34

The Jewish Christians use the ______ translation

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Greek

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The Orthodox Jews use the _______ translation

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Hebrew

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Difference between Hebrew and Greek

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7 texts called Aprocryphal or Deuterocanocical

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Apocryphal means

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hidden or obscure

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Deuterocanonical means

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second canon