Exam 1 Pages 1-76

Question 1

What are the canons of the Bible?

Answer 1

Greek word kanon, for measuring or keeping straight, is a metaphorical sense. It’s the normative list of authoritative texts.

Question 2

What is the term scripture?

Answer 2

writings that function authoritatively for the faith and practice of a religious group

Question 3

How are the Old Testament and the Hebrew bible similar?

Answer 3

They are practically identical because Christianity was a Jewish movement.

Question 4

Who are the former prophets?

Answer 4

Joshua-2Kings

Question 5

Who are the latter prophets?

Answer 5

Isaiah and Malachi

Question 6

What is the Septuagint?

Answer 6

Greek translations of Hebrew scriptures, the Pentateuch into Greek.

Question 7

What is Torah in the Hebrew bible?

Answer 7

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy

Question 8

Prophets in the Hebrew Bible

Answer 8

Former: Judges, Joshua, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings

Question 9

Pentateuch in Protestant Old Testament

Answer 9

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy

Question 10

Historical Books(Prophets) in the Protestant Old Testament

Answer 10

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-1 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

Question 11

New Testament Canon

Answer 11

How the new testament originated in the early second century,

Question 12

Muratorian Canon

Answer 12

3rd and 4th century, Matthew, mark, luke, and john, acts of the apostles. Pauline Letters1-2 Corinthians Ephesians, Philippians

Question 13

Claramontanus Catalog

Answer 13

4th century, four gospels Matthew, john mark, and luke and Pauline Letters

Question 14

What are the discrepancies?

Answer 14

variant readings

Question 15

Old Testament Textual Criticism

Answer 15

Masoretic Text, Codex, Dead Sea Scrolls

Question 16

New Testament Textual Criticism

Answer 16

Different ancient translations such as; Syriac, Coptic, Latin, Armenian, and Georgian

Question 17

What is Mesopotamia?

Answer 17

“midst of rivers”, or between rivers

Question 18

Who were the Akkadians?

Answer 18

They came through their descendants the Assyrians, and Babylonians.

Question 19

What are Enuma and Epic Gilgamesh?

Answer 19

Flood story

Question 20

Land Bridge called Canaan or Syria-Palestine

Answer 20

Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan

Question 21

what are the 2 major roads in Damascus(Syria) and Egypt?

Answer 21

Via Maris, King’s Highway

Question 22

Tohu

Answer 22

Day one: Naming night and day
Day two: Naming of heaven, and lower waters from upper
Day three: Division of land and sea, earth and seas, vegetation

Question 23

Bohu

Answer 23

Day four: Light appears, execution, making the lights
Day five: Producing fish and birds, and the blessing of them
Day Six: Earth’s creatures, humanity, vegetation as food

Question 24

Garden of Eden

Answer 24

portrays God as a human, and narrates the creation of land, and in the style of potter

Question 25

Punishments in Genesis

Answer 25

Expulsion, Ostracism, Flood, Dispersion

Question 26

Who were Abraham and Sarah?

Answer 26

Abram is a wealthy man, who puts his wife in danger. Tells people it is his sister. Abram's wife Sara cannot conceive children, so he has one with her servant Hagar. Sara was okay at first and ultimately disliked the idea once Isaac was born.

Question 27

Who were Isaac and Rebekah/Leah?

Answer 27

Isaac son of Hagar and Abram, was a transition from Abram and Sara.

Question 28

Who were Jacob, Rachel, and Leah?

Answer 28

Next-generation, where the twins Jacob and Esau were born to Isaac and Rebekah. There was a conflict between the twins. Although Esau was older Jacob received the blessing.

Question 29

Who was Moses?

Answer 29

Was similar to Noah, and assisted the people of Egypt away from their awful Pharoah

Question 30

J (Yahwist)

Answer 30

YHWH for god, concrete, hopeful, Mount Sinai for mosaic covenant.

Question 31

E (Elohist)

Answer 31

Elohim for god, more abstract, Horeb for covenant mountain, starts with Abram, prophetic tone

Question 32

D (Deuteronomist)

Answer 32

Reflects literary style, religious attitudes, only one central sanctuary to YHWH

Question 33

P (Priestly)

Answer 33

Priestly concerns, law, and worship, precise style, list census

Question 34

Covenant in Sinai

Answer 34

Mount Sinai, leads the people of Egypt to encounter YHWH and present the 10 commandments, which central the shape of Old Testament faith

Question 35

Covenant Code

Answer 35

follows the decalogue where it expands the basic statements and applies them to daily life

Question 36

Apodictic Law

Answer 36

given on the authority of the lawgiver and a basic universal statement

Question 37

Casuistic Law

Answer 37

case law applying basic principles to various contexts in community's life

Question 38

What are the two themes in the Book of Numbers?

Answer 38

First is the right ordering of life as covenant people of YHWH. Second is wilderness rebbelions.

Question 39

A lesson in the book of Deuteronomy

Answer 39

Disobedience deserves destruction

Question 40

The Judges Cycle

Answer 40

Israelites do evil in the sight of YHWH They suffer oppression Israel cries out to YHWH YHWH arises and delivers a judge (Moses, Joshua)