Canaanites/Religion
Polytheistic: several gods
Ex. Baal, El, Elohim
Amphictynoy
Israel’s organization before the monarchy as a confederation of twelve clans
Cherem
Ban, destroy utterly, exterminate
Corporate personality
By wheeler Robinson
A certain individual is considered indistinguishable from the group to which they belong
Baalism
Every year has life and death struggle with god of death, Mot. Baal dies every year in summer. Comes back in winter
Deuteronomic History Theme
Theory that the Hebrew canon was once all just one book
Fertility cult
Baal and Ashtoreth gods of fertility
Had sexual activity to please gods
Holy war
Jihad
Levite
Descendant of Levi
Nazarite
One chosen or set apart
Prophetess
Prophet women: Miriam, Deborah, Huldah and Hannah
Achan
Means trouble
Man duo eyes and took good from Jericho
Gilgal
Wheel, rolling, heap
Site of Israel camp west of Jordan R.
Samuel was judge and Saul made King
Baal
Canaanite god
Deborah
A prophetess “mother in Israel”
Commanded Barak to organize an army and attack Jabin’s army
Gibeonites
Fooled Israelites into thinking they were not from Canaan and made a treaty with them
Gideon
Destroyer
Called by Angel, makes excuses, lord makes promises to him, he destroys Baal alter makes one for God, had 70 sons,
Midianites
Called ishmaelites
Buy Joseph and sell him
Five of their kings killed
Defeated be Gibeon
Rahab
Prostitute helps Israel spies
Family is spared due to her “faith”
Samson
Judge
Nazirite from Dan
Amazing strength
Ehud
Second judge (deliverer)
Tribe of Benjamin
Killed Eglon
Left handed
Book of Jashar
The book of upright
Book of the righteous one
Sea Peoples
Hudor
Jericho
First city conquered by Israel
Ai
Second city taken by Israel
Conquest Theory
Albright and wright
Joshua 1-12 source
Judges 1 retelling and retaking
Trouble: city of Ai, Jericho walls, bethel not mentioned,
Peaceful Infiltration
Alt and Noth Heterogeneous groups of people No problem with Canaanites Alt-tribes come from diff ppl Noth: Israel came from indigenous pop
Peasant revolt
Mendenhall and Gottwald
Socio-economic uprising against Canaan
Triggered by YHWH faith from exodus group
Four phases theme in Judges
Disobedience
Punishment
Repentance
Forgiveness
Three cities of David
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Zion
Caleb’s daughter
Acsah
Given to marriage to Othniel
Asked for the springs of water
Inherited Negev
Hazor
Was burned to the forums by Joshua and army
Shechem
Covenant renewed
Joseph’s burial
Where Abimelech killed his brothers
Bethel
House of God
Philistia
Sea coast in the west of the territories of the tribes of Dan and Simeon
Jephthah
Made rash vow to God
Sacrificed daughter for God
Ninth judge
Abimelech
Father of the King
Ruled 3 years
Killed all brothers except one Jotham
Killed by a mill stone thrown by a woman
Micah
Prophesies the Jews captivity and restoration
Levite’s concubine
Taped and killed when thrown out by levite
Cute into 12 pieces each piece sent to each tribe
Danites
Descendants from the Dan tribe
Took Micah’s gods
Wanted more land
The Lord’s Anointed
David
Clairvoyant
Person who claims to have supernatural ability to perceive events in future or beyond normal time period
Court History of David
Succession narrative
Struggle between sons to succeed his throne
Chps 9-20
Ecstatic prophet
Prophet is completely overtaken by Holy Spirit
Messiah
Promised deliverer of the Jewish nation
Seer
Another name for prophet
Saw visions pics or scenes I. The mind’s eye dreams or natural eyes
David
Killed Goliath
Anointed by God to be King
Pursued by Saul for years
Eli
Took in Samuel, Hannah’s son
Elkanah
Samuel’s father
Gave son to Eli as their offering to God blessed with 3 sons and 2 daughters later
Goliath
The giant of Gath
Defeated by David
Over 11 ft
Hannah
Mother of Samuel
Prays to God for a son
After she receives Samuel dedicates him to Christ
Achish
King of the philistines
David escapes an seeks refuge
Mount gilboa
Fight against the philistines where Jonathan, abinadab, and Saul were killed
Shiloh
We’re ark resided until taken by philistines
Place of rest
Delilah
Philistine woman whom was married to Samson and was payed to find his weakness
Cut his hair
Gaza
One of the chief cities
Strength
Gath
Wine press
Ashdod
Stronghold
One of 5 confederate cities of the philistines
Eglon
Royal Canaanite city where King Moabite King killed by Ehud
Gideon
Major judge….destroyed Baal alter and made one for God
Jebus
early name for Jerusalem
Jael
Wife of Heber…killed Sisera with a hammer and nail
Levite from Ephraim
First destroyer of religion
Barak
Commander under Deborah against Jabin
Women in a tower
Killed Abimelech with a mill stone
