test 1 qt 2 Flashcards
(108 cards)
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how many book are in the ot
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46
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what is the ot
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inspired record of salvation history before the coming of jesus christ
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what is salvation history
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stories of god saving his people
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whats another name fore the pentateuch
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torah
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how many books are in the torah
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five
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what is part one of the torah
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historical, wisdom, and prophetic
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what does torah mean
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law
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what does nebiim mean
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prophets
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what does ketubim mean
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writings
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what do the jews call the entire ot
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TaNaK
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what was it like before king Solomon’s reign
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oral tradition, stories, songs, experiences, celebrations of sacred events
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what are scribes
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modern day lawyers
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who decided to start writing things in the ot
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king solomon
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what are scribes
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people who write things
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when did the written stories occur
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950 bc, during Solomon’s reign
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what are compilations
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work of several writers and editors
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how long did it take to form the ot
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900 yrs
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what does canon mean
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list of books recognized as the genuine and inspired holy scripture (they are accepted)
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where does the word canon come from and what does it mean
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hebrew word “kaneh”, means standard
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what was most of the ot written in
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hebrew
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how many books did the protestants accept
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39
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whats another name than protestant
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king james bible
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how many books do catholics accept
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46
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how many books weren’t accepted by the protestants
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7
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what are discrepancies
differences
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why were there discrepancies between the 7 books
because there were 2 different references
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what happened in the babylon invasion
babylon conquered the south and then deported women and children back to babylon. After that, Greece conquered babylon and let all the people go back to their "homeland". there was nothing left so they moved to athens, corinith, and rome. that then caused them to start speaking greek
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why did the septuagint occur
because no one spoke hebrew anymore, they spoke greek
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what is the septuagint
greek translation of the ot in egypt (3rd CBC) (catholic)
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where did people meet to discuss the books? who?
Egypt, the jewish scholars met to consolidate their sacred books 90AD, dropped 7 books
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what happened at the meeting in egypt
they dropped 7 books
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what were the 7 books they dropped
1&2 maccabees, judith, tobit, baruch, sirach, and wisdom
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what is deuterocanonical
"second canon"- catholic term for the 7 books accepted in the catholic bible (mixed in)
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what is apocryphal
protestant term for the 7 books that aren't accepted in the king james bible (in the back or not there at all)
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where did the protestant ot take place
jamnia, palestine
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what is the first book of the ot
Genesis
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what is the most important book in the torah to jews
exodus
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what does genesis mean
beginning
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brief description of genesis
first book of the bible, chapters 1-11, earths creation, adam and eve, the flood, patriarchs
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name the patriarchs
abraham, issac, esau, jacob
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why did the flood occure
god wanted to start over
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how long was the flood
40 days and nights
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name the matriarchs
sarah and rebecca
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who is sarah
Abraham's wife
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who is rebecca
issacs wife
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who were rebecca and issacs sons
jacob and esau
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who did rebecca favor
jacob
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who did issac favor
essau
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what is the central book of the ot
exodus
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explain exodus
most important to jews, central book, Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptian pharaoh, ten plagues, passover, wandering in the desert, sinai covenant
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what does moses name mean
to draw
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what is a theophany
an unusual appearance of god
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what was moses theophany
the burning bush
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what was moses problem
he stuttered
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what were the ten plagues
bad things that happened, sent by god to free the jews
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what was the tenth plague
1st born Egyptian male born (son) was killed
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what did the Israelites have to do at passover
kill an unblemished lamb, smear the blood over their doors, cook it w/ bitter herbs, eat fast, serve w/ unlevened bread
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what made the bread unlevened
no yeast
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why unlevened bread
because they needed to get out quick
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why was it called passover
because the death angle passed over their homes
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how long did the Israelites wander
40 yrs
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what food did the Israelites eat while wandering for 40 yrs
manna< flattened bread
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what was the sinai covenant
when moses received the 10 commandment on mt.sinai
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what did they build for the 10 commandments
arc of the covenant
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what is the arc of the covenant
a box to protect the 10 commandments
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where does leviticus get its name
the priest of the tribe of levi
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describe leviticus
a book of laws, gets its name from the tribe of levi, theme is respect and love, women discriminated against
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how many laws are in leviticus?
247
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what does leviticus deal with
pubic worships, animal sacrifices, and ritual offerings
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what is the theme of leviticus
love and respect
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what kind of respect is in leviticus
for the sacredness of life and gods presence
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describe the book of numbers
murmurings of the Israelites in the desert
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what is Leviticus
constant murmurings if the Israelites in the desert
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what are murmurings
complaining
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what is the theme of numbers
gods faithfulness to the Israelites even tho they complained a lot
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describe deuteronomy
sermons by moses, joshua as succesor
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what is deuteronomy
"second law" sermons by moses
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what is the theme of deutoronomy
obedience and loyalty VS consequences and death
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what does joshua mean
savior
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who is joshua
successor to moses
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who is moses
greatest jewish prophet
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how many years do the historical books cover
900
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describe the historical books
Joshua led the Israelites into the promised land
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how many tribes are there
12
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where is the promised land
canaan
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what are judges
local tribal leaders
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what was the period of judges
apostasy, god disciplines them, they fall, god takes pitty, saves, wins, repeats
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who is deborah
prophetess who instructed barrack into a successful holy war
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what did god give gideon
woolen fleec, blanket
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what did gideons blanket do
boost his self confidence
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who is sampson
fought the philistines, carries jawbone of donkey, has strength in hair, martyr
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what does Samson carry
jawbone of donkey
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where is samsons strength
his hair
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who seduces samson
delilah
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how did delilah seduce samson
flirting and food, (wine and grapes)
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who is samuel
priest and prophet, last and most significant judge
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who is samuels mother
hannah
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what is wrong with hannah
she is barren
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what does barren mean
cant have kids
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who is chosen as king by samuel and how
saul, by lot
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why should samuel be king
because he has jealousy issues, depression, and is very insecure
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who is david
second and greatest of all Israels kings, skilled harpist
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what were davids 2 biggest accomplishment
uniting the tribes into one nation
| establishing jerusalem as capital
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what was davids biggest sin
having and affair with bethsheba, sending her husband into the front line of battle, got her pregnant
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who is bethshebas son
solomon
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who was solomon
davids successor
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what was solomons biggest accomplishment
building the temple
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why is the temple so important
because it is the center of jews lives, it has everything there
