UCBF 6a

Question 1

Aaron

Answer 1

The first high priest, brother of Moses and Levite (Ex 4.14); he is inaugurated in Ex chs 28-29. Although it is unclear how, or whether, —– was supposed to be the progenitor of later priests, he is regarded as the prototype.

Question 2

Levites

Answer 2

The priests of Israel were deemed to be descendants of Levi, therefore members of the tribe of —-, or ——- (sometimes ——-). There is little evidence for this tribe, but the religious authorities in early Israel claimed descent from Aaron the first high priest. Perhaps during the reform of Josiah, however, the ——- were demoted to Temple assistants, probably when their local shrines were suppressed, and the Jerusalem priesthood, claiming descent from Zadok (see Zadokites) gained greater power and wealth.

Question 3

Adonai

Answer 3

A divine title and the word generally substituted for YHWH when the Bible is read aloud

Question 4

Tetragrammaton

Answer 4

The four letters of YHWH are a ———— of Yaweh.

Question 5

YHWH (Yahweh)

Answer 5

The name of God, which in Jewish tradition is conventionally unpronounced; modern scholars use the conventional pronunciation “——.” The name is represented in the Masoretic text by the Hebrew letters yod-he-vav-he and the vowels for the title Adonai, “my Lord.” In most English translations, following an ancient substitution, —- is represented by the word Lord written in capital and small capital letters. The original vocalization and meaning of the name —- is uncertain, though it is connected to the verb h-y-h, “be” or “become,” most likely in a causative sense, “he who causes to be.”

Question 6

passover

Answer 6

The festival that commemorates the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

Question 7

paschal

Answer 7

Pertaining to the Passover

Question 8

election (to elect)

Answer 8

——– those whom God has chosen (Matt 24.22,24; Rom 8.33) or the process of God’s having chosen a group (Rom 9.11); these terms do not imply the later (Calvinist) teaching of predestination.

Question 9

elohim

Answer 9

The Hebrew word usually translated “God,” though its plural form is sometimes also translated “gods.” It is originally a common noun (a god), though it is often used as a proper noun for the God of Israel, even though it is a plural form.