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leviticus

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-religious law

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numbers

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-war
-God provides

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deuteronomy

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-restatement of jewish history and law

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first kings

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-davids reign

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second kings

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-solomon’s reign

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first and second chronicles

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-echo first and second kings

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esther

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-purim
-celebrated because esther saved the israelites from extinction by an order haimon brought to the king

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pharisees

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-asocciated with the synagouge
-placed high value on faithfulness to the law

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sadducees

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-ruling class of religious leaders

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hasmoneans

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-family name of jewish rebels ho led a successful revolt against syrians in 167 bce

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maccabees

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-“hammers”
-nicname givne to the hasmoneans

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essenes

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-copied dead sea scrolls

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persia

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-large area of meopotamia
-ruled portions of ancient near east and conquered babylon and assyria
-cyrus the great let the israelites go back

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assyrians

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-conquered northern kingdom

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babylon

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-conquered souther kingdom

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aram

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-ancestors of armeans
-refers to city-state where armeans lived

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henotheism

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-multiple gods
-one rules over them all

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monolatry

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-one god
-don’t deny existence of others

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day 1 of creation

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-day and night

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day 2 of creation

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-sky and sea

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day 3 of creation

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-plants and dry ground

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day 4 of creation

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-sun moon and stars

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day 5 of creation

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-fish and birds

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day 6 of creation

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-land animals and humans

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day 7 of creation
-day of rest
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nevi'im
-prophets -TNK -jew's relationship with God
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ketuvim
-writings
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10 commandments
-only 1 god -cut out false idols -don't take the lords name in vain -remember the sabath -honor your father and mother -don't kill -don't commit adultery -don't steal -don't bear false witness -don't covet
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septuagint
-greek version of the old testament -includes apocrypha
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talmud
-63 jewish books based on interpretations of scripture
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apocrypha
-books with varying degrees of scriptural statues and authority -included in the septuagint but not hebrew bible
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mishnah
-rabbinic discussions regarding law of moses -big part of the talmud
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vulgate
-latin translation of the bible -only translation for over a thousand years in western christianity
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deterocanonical writings
-11/15 of the books that protestants call the apocrypha -catholics think they are "secondary canon"
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dueteronomisticc history
-academic term for narrative unit from deuteronomy through kings
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ptolomies
-egyptian dynastic family -ruled palestine
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selucid
-syrina dynastic family that ruled palestine after ptolomies
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antiochus IV epiphanes
-second century bce king of selecuid empire -responsible for religiously persecuting jews -influenced later chapters of daniel
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iron age
-period of human culture where israel developed from a loose confederation to a real kingdom
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purity codes
-regulations derived from the torah that specify what is clean and unclean for the jews -enabled them to live in the presence of a holy God in a distinct way from their neighbors
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revalation
-disclosure of things that could not otherwise be known
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creed
-confessional statement summarizing key articles of faith
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social location
-a person's social identity -in terms of age, gender, race, nationality, social status, martial statues
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transjordan
-geographical area of israel east of the jordan
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qumran
-where the dss were found -where essenes lived -close to dead sea
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dan and bethel
-places of worhip in the northern kingdom
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capernum
-town on sea of galilee -became Jesus' home during galilean minsitry
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mount moriah
-mount where sacrifice of isaac took place -became site of the temple
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mount sinai
-10 commanments
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mount horeb
-"mountain of God" -burning bush -another name for mount sinai
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12 tribes of israel
-asher -naphtali -zebulun -issachar -manessah -gad -ephraim -benjamin -dan -reuben -judah -simeon
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shem, ham, and japheth
-noah's sons
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elohim
-hebrew word for God as creator
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rebekah
-mother of jacob and esau
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jacob
-younger -tricked into giving birthright and blessing
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esau
-older -gave up birthright for soup
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simeon
-holy man -recognized jesus when he was presented at the temple
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yaweh
-"I am who I am"
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zipporah
-wife of moses
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sin offering
-salvation -atonement of individual unintentional sins
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guilt offering
-required payment of restitution -required reparations adn 1/5 penalty
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grain offering
-acompained burnt offering -four elements; flour, olive oil, frankincense, salt
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well being offering
-express gladness and gratitude -regulations on how meat is consumed
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rosh hashanah
-jwish high holy days -in the fall -10 day festival that ends in yom kippur
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sukkos
-booths -israelites sat in them when they left egypt -eat and sleep in sukkah that they build
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hannukkah
-8 days -commemorates rededication of temple -menorah
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purim
-early spring -jews being saved by esther -recieve gifts
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passover
-plauges when he passed over firstborn sons of israelites with blood on doors -feast -don't eat leavened bread
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inner court
-contains stone altar -brazen sea -only jews who were pure could go in
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outer court
-any israelite could enter
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altar of incense
-in tabernacles -incense burned in morning and evening
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table of showbread
-daily display of fresh loaves -"i am the bread of life"
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menorah
-7 candles -oldest symbol of judaism
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