quiz 1

Question 1

meaning of name jacob

Answer 1

trickster

Question 2

jacob lineage

Answer 2

Abraham -> Isaac -> Jacob

Question 3

Esau

Answer 3

Jacob’s older, more rugged, twin brother

was scammed out of his birthright by Jacob because Jacob does not feed food to Esau when he needs it, so he trades off his birthright to get food

Question 4

What is important in oral culture, and why

Answer 4

Naming:

gives authority, identity, insight, and power

Question 5

what was the new name granted to jacob

Answer 5

israel

Question 6

what was the name of the river where jacob had his struggle with god

Answer 6

peniel

Question 7

babylonian creation story and its backgroun

Answer 7

Enuma Elish

• 7-day creation as in bible
• tells us that the world is a terrible place of pain and suffering

Question 8

what is the name adam derived from

Answer 8

Adamah– “earthy one”

Question 9

Potential outcomes for Adam

Answer 9

Plan A: be alone on earth with the animals
Plan B: create a person from Adam’s rib during his sleep

Question 10

Hebrew words for man and woman

Answer 10

Man– Ish
Woman– Isshah

Question 11

How did God punish women due to Eve eating the apple?

Answer 11

• pain during childbirth
• “he shall rule over you”

Question 12

How did God punish all people

Answer 12

created enmity between humankind and evils

Question 13

historical context of ephesians

Answer 13

• emphasized the church because it was trying to survive
• patriarch
• arranged marriage
• men must be able to sustain a family
• women must be able to have children

Question 14

Ephesians on husbands and wives

Answer 14

• wives, be subject to husbands as you are to Christ
• husbands, be subject to Christ and love your wife as you do your own body

Question 15

4 tools discipline

Answer 15

• Balance
• Acceptance of responsibility
• dedication to the Truth
• Delayed gratification

BAT-D

Question 16

discipline

Answer 16

basic set of tools required to solve one’s life problems

Question 17

what happens to children with consistent parental love and care through childhood

Answer 17

they are able to delay gratification, feel secure, and feel self-worth

Question 18

Things to know about marriage

Answer 18

1. what marriage is
2. who you are
3. who the other person is

Question 19

Marriage is a mystery. What is being compared?

Answer 19

compares marriage to being one with christ and the church

Question 20

Wallerstein and 6 people in the marriage bed

Answer 20

the parents and other social issues / values / attitudes of the couple are too involved in the relationship (theyre also in the bed)

Question 21

which couples did Wallerstein exclude from her study and why

Answer 21

couples without children

because they are psychologically and socially very different

Question 22

commitments for character vs neurotic disordered people

Answer 22

• character-disordered: form only shallow commitments or none at all; they do not understand commitments
• neurotic- disordered: paralyzed by the fear of commitment

Question 23

greatest risk of love

Answer 23

exercising power with humility and the act of confrontation

Question 24

What happened after Jacob wrestled with god

Answer 24

he became limpw

Question 25

was wrestling with god fair?

Answer 25

yes and no not fair because god is almighty, but fair because god never puts you through something you cannot handle

Question 26

meaning of religion

Answer 26

to tie / bind together

Question 27

meaning of theology

Answer 27

the study / understanding of god

Question 28

When jacob wrestles god, he asks for something, but does not get it, what does he get instead?

Answer 28

1. asks for his opponent's name-- does not get it 2. instead, receives a blessing, a dislocated hip, and a name change

Question 29

neurosis is a substitute for _____

Answer 29

avoiding pain

Question 30

what contexts do we use to read

Answer 30

context of the whole passage and historical / cultural context

Question 31

Who is cursed in the genesis

Answer 31

the serpent

Question 32

what is told in ephesians about parenting

Answer 32

dads-- dont bring kids up in anger, but train them moms-- yall already doing great, do as you want overall, dont piss your kids off

Question 33

emotions in song of songs

Answer 33

vulnerability, nakedness, sexuality

Question 34

responsibility for character vs neurotic disordered people

Answer 34

character-- do not take on enough responsibility neurotic-- take on too much responsibility

Question 35

what does a change in the maps we create do?

Answer 35

create pain