Unit 1

Question 1

Canon

Answer 1

> list of books someone has evaluated and stated they belong
Hebrew (3)
Catholics/Protestants (4)
Orthodox (4)

Question 2

Pentateuch

Answer 2

> first five books in Bible

Question 3

TaNak

Answer 3

> name of Jewish Bible

Question 4

Vulgate

Answer 4

> earliest Latin translation

>language of common people

Question 5

Deuterocanonical/Apocryphal

Answer 5

> 1546: Catholic Church included these extra 7 books

Question 6

Revelation

Answer 6

> the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence or the world

Question 7

Torah

Answer 7

> first five books in Hebrew Bible

Question 8

Targum

Answer 8

> an ancient Aramaic paraphrase or interpretation of the Hebrew Bible

Question 9

Inspiration

Answer 9

> advisement on scriptures from God

Question 10

Septuagint

Answer 10

> early Greek translation

>longer than Jewish canon

Question 11

Tradition

Answer 11

> the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way

Question 12

Part One: What is the Bible?

Answer 12

> different writers impose their own perspective
originally mostly in Hebrew
historical/scientific errors
limited by human speech

Question 13

What is the Bible?

Answer 13

> God’s self revelation
desire for deeper relationship
read to counter God

Question 14

Hebrew Bible

Answer 14

> Torah, Nevi ‘em, Ketubim
Jewish Bible called TaNak
Excluded books they thought were not originally in Hebrew or written too late

Question 15

Christian Bible

Answer 15

> Pentateuch, Prophets, Wisdom, Writings, History (from Nevi ‘em and Ketubim)
Wisdom writings before Prophets

Question 16

Hebrew Names vs. Christian Names

Answer 16

(A) Torah (first five)- Pentateuch - Law - instructions
History - History - Historical Narrative
(B) Nevi ‘em - Prophets - Prophets
(C) Ketubim - Wisdom Writings - Writing
(c) Proverbs predict consequence of an act because of order

Question 17

The Old Testament

Answer 17

> “ANE” means “Ancient Near East”
Israel- buffer land and trade routes (taxes)
Old Testament - Hebrew
New Testament - Greek

Question 18

Formal Equivalence

Kinds of Translations

Answer 18

> word for word

sounds choppy

Question 19

Dynamic Equivalence

Kinds of Translations

Answer 19

> meaning for meaning

sounds nice to read

Question 20

Paraphrases

Kinds of Translations

Answer 20

> adds thoughts not directly in Bible

Question 21

Hebrew Language

Answer 21

>different alphabet
>reads right to left
>not like modern Hebrew
>no vowels
>no verb tenses

Question 22

Mazeridic Text

Answer 22

> uses dots under to note vowels

Question 23

Divisions in the Canon

Answer 23

> books didn’t come about at same time
people scattered, Hebrew forgotten, translated to Greek
Torah and Prophets are same in all
Writings includes books not in all versions

Question 24

AD - BC

Answer 24

BCE - CE

Question 25

Translations Chart

Answer 25

Hebrew - Greek (NEW) - Latin (OLD) - English (Roman Catholic) Hebrew - German (Protestant)

Question 26

Disapora

Answer 26

>Jewish scattering outside Holy Land (Israel)

Question 27

Divine Revelation

Answer 27

>God showing himself to humanity | >enter into deeper relationship

Question 28

Event | Canon Chart

Answer 28

>happens in history >communal event >reveals God >ex. Exodus

Question 29

Story of Event | Canon Chart

Answer 29

>oral culture >gathers community >people re-experience event >community carefully guards stories

Question 30

Written Tradition | Canon Chart

Answer 30

>thought to be around King David | >1000 BC

Question 31

Edited Tradition | Canon Chart

Answer 31

>sometimes reinterpreted when new knowledge arrives

Question 32

Canonical Account | Canon Chart

Answer 32

>sets books into stone

Question 33

Fertile Crescent

Answer 33

>desert causes dependency on rain

Question 34

Yahweh

Answer 34

>"J" >favors David >prefers South

Question 35

Elohim

Answer 35

>"E" >doesn't favor David >prefers North

Question 36

Editors of Old Testament | Specifically Torah

Answer 36

``` Documentary Hypothesis > J = Yahwist >E = Elohist >J-E = combined >D = Deuteronomist >P = Priestly ```

Question 37

Loose Federation

Answer 37

>12 tribes >unified idea about God >no king

Question 38

Saul

Answer 38

>mostly a general instead of kingly role

Question 39

Solomon's Reign

Answer 39

>expanded >not popular >projects = taxes

Question 40

North and South Split

Answer 40

>North is later wiped out by Assyrians | >South has stories from North included in their text

Question 41

Deuteronomists

Answer 41

>realize being in Holy Land was dependent on obedience to God

Question 42

Priestly

Answer 42

>writes Preface >ritualistic >priestly rules >justification