Who am I Flashcards by Courtney Baker

Ham

son of noah. saw his fathers nakedness.

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Seth

the 3rd son of Adam and Eve and brother to cain and abel. Eve believed he was abel’s replacement

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Japeth and shem were

sons of noah

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father of prophetic religion; 1850 BCE; name changed from Abram when he was 99 to signify transformation of his life into one of fidelity to the promise

Abraham

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Wife ofAbraham. They do not believe God when Abraham is told that he will be made thefather of a great nation since she is too old to bear children. She doesconceive though, and gives birth to Isaac. Gets jealous of Hagar/Ismael andtells Abraham to make them leave.

Sarah

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he first king of Israel divinely appointed with Samuel-tragic figure begins successful military leader, God then rejects for David-even children side against-choice military leader also popular but as David’s popularity increase, Saul paranoid against danger to his ambition becomes obsessive then negative image of Saul-no natural explanation needed- God reject-fail b/c nable to deal with Philistine? died on battlefield

Saul

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Abraham’s nephew, and a frequent ‘thorn-in-his-side.’ He is saved from the destruction of Sodom. Lot, while drunk, sleeps with his daughters.

Lot

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Born under special circumstance
son of Abraham and father to Jacob and Esau.
Husband of rebekah.
Esau was his favorite

Isaac

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son of Abe and Hagar, Abe’s first son

Ismael

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Wicked city destroyed by God

sodom

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Sarah’s maid–concubine with with Abraham had a child, Ishmael

hagar

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God and Abraham set up a covenant between the two

- promised that he would circumcise himself as a symbol to God and he would have many descendants

sign of the covenant

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The younger of Isaac and Rebekah’s twin sons. He fooled his father into giving him the first born’s blessing becoming Isaac’s heir. Through him God renewed the covenant with Abraham’s descendants

Jacob

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-Her father made her wait 14 years to marry her true love Jacob. Second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph, died in childbirth of second son, Benjamin

Rachel

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Brother of Moses
Made golden calf :O
Died before entering Israel
"Does the talking" for Moses on his journey
Escapee from Egypt

aaron

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Concubine to Jacob; servant to Rachel

Bilhah

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father of Rachel and Leah who used trickery to have his oldest daughter married

Laban

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The older daughter of Laban, by Laban’s deception on the wedding night became Jacob’s fist wife in place of her sister, Rachel.

Leah

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Servant of Laban
Jacob’s wife
Mother of Asher and Gad
Leah’s maidservant

Ziplah

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City of Jacob; dreamt and heard God repeat covenant; “House of God”

Bethel

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the name used for the southern of the two kingdoms into which israel was divided after solomon. judah kept jerusalem as its capital and remained loyal to david’s line

Judah

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Zipporah’s father, Moses’ father in law

Jethro

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Ruled the Israelites after King Saul from 1004-965
He ended the threat posed by the Philistines
He established a capital at Jerusalem
He created ties with the Phoenicians

King David

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Son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest. When Israel had joined in sexual immorality with Midianite women and turned to Baal worship, Phinehas drove a spear through an Israelite (Zimri) and the Midianite woman (Cozbi) he took before the whole assembly. The plague ended. The Lord told Moses that Phinehas and his family line would be a lasting priesthood (Numbers 25).

Phineas

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Went to Bethel; saw rampant social injustices | Preached about the enemies' destruction

Amos

- God has blesses David - Promise of a great name - Promise of a Land - Promise of a forever- King from his house

Gods covenant with David

Capital city of the UK during Davids reign. Davidic theology holds Jerusalem as the holy city.

Jerusalem

a powerful nation that invaded Canaan from the sea and became the most hated enemies of Israel

Philistines

1st king of Northern Kingdom

Jeraboam

Good King of Judah - 41 year rule - Cleanses Judah of Idolatry (even his grandma) - 14th year, Ethiopia attacks, prays to Yahweh and Judah is spared. - Israel attacks north of Jerusalem, Asa bargains with Syria to become allies. - Collected money and fortified Jerusalem - God not pleased with Asa's turn to Syria. Disease in foot.

Asa

- princess of Sidon who married Ahab - led northern nation of Israel into practicing Baal worship - tried to kill of faithful prophets of the Lord like Elijah - ordered murder of Naboth to seize his vineyard - killed by Jehu

Jezebel

-Elijah and the prophets of Baal faced off

Mount Carmel

the great prophet who challenged the pagan rulers of Israel. He was taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot

Elijah

name means salvation - northern prophet - commanded to marry a wife of whoredom and have children - his life is parable of gods love and faithfulness towards faithless isael

Hosea

prophet who reassured the people of Judah that a Davidic king and possession of the Temple would protect them from harm

Isaiah

``` Multiplying widow’s oil (2 Kings 4) - Raising Shunammite’s son from the dead - Purification of poison of food - Multiplies food - Cleansing Naaman from leprosy - Axe head floats - Blinding Aramian Army Elisha’s ministry foreshadows jesus ```

Elisha

trusted God -Yahweh gave victory, recapitulation of Israel's captivity by Shalmanesar, Yahweh delivered Jeruselem, Yahweh granted him 15 years of life, received the prophecy of Judah's exile

hezekiah

shrines or platforms where the people worshipped and made sacrifices. They were in place before the construction of the First Temple. The “high places” were significant, because after the construction of the temple, they were considered illegitimate, but were still in use in Judah, and many times to worship deities other than Yahweh. King Hezekiah destroyed the high places during his reign. (more significance??)

high place

King of Persia, sent exiles home

Cyrus

640-609 BCE, reforms to old times, "Deuteronomic Reform" doesn't return to old practices, just returns to old methods of power & politics elimination of foreign culture installed as kind at 8 yrs old by "the people of the land" (grandson of Manasseh, son of murdered Amon) Josiah's book orthodoxy becomes the "blueprint" for Judaism

Josiah

was cupbearer to the king, sent to be governor of Judah and rebuild the wall

Nehemiah

It represents the promise of restoration of Israel, the bringing back to life of the exilic community.

vision of the valley of dry bones

wife of Issac and mother to Esau and Jacob. Helped Jacob steal Esau's inheritance

Rebekah

Moses’ wife, from Midian. Father is the Midianite priest, Jethro (adds to the idea that Moses is so foreign from the Israelites) · Saves Moses’ life by tricking God when God attacks him in the night for not being circumcised. She takes their son’s bloody skin and makes it look like Moses was circumcised – woman saves the day! (popular in the story of Moses w/ midwives, mother, sister, and wife)

Zipporah

Tribe in the Northern kingdom of Israel took this name after Israel was divided in two. Named after the youngest son of Joseph.

Ephraim

The High Priest, high priest Eli was in charge of worship and sacrifice in the tabernacle at Shiloh. It was to him that the Israelites looked for guidance and leadership in religious and civil affairs.

Eli

last judge prophet anointer of kings warns israelites that their king will only take from them

Samuel

Eli's evil son; took ark into battle; killed in battle with Philistines;

Hophni

Son & heir of King Saul & famous for his unselfish devotion to young David. Along w/ his father, Jonathon was killed by the Philistines at the Battle of Gilboa, a loss David lamented in 1 of his most moving psalms.

Jonathan

the wicked king of Israel. Led by his Phoenician wife Jezebel, he established the cult of Baal and persecuted the worshipers of the True God

Ahab

- represented by a wooden pole | - Mother of Baal and wife of El

Asherah

Babylonian god used in a wide variety of lit, translated as Lord storm god that lives on Mt Sephon/Zaphon, "rides on clouds" often pictured as a bull many parallels between Baal and El

Baal

syrian commander with leprosy, got help from Elisha

namaan

He succeeded Pekah, whom he slew in a successful conspiracy, thereby fulfilling a prophecy of Isaiah.

hoshea

___ and Jacob were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah. Of the twins, he was the first to be born with Jacob following, holding his heel

Esau

Brother of moses and went with him to egypt to talk for him.

aaron

became the leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses.

joshua

was the elder sister of Moses and Aaron, and the only daughter of Amram and Jochebed. She was a prophet and first appears in the Book of Exodus. Looked over moses in the basket.

Miriam

is the mountain at which the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God.

Mount sinai

(“hear”) is the Hebrew word that begins the most important prayer in Judaism. It is found in Deuteronomy 6:4, which begins with the command to “Hear.”

Shema

hebrew word translated into "the ban", used to command total destruction in a battle.

Harem

was, according to the Books of Samuel, the husband of Hannah, and the father of her children including her first, Samuel.

Elhanah

king of israel and son of David

solomon

was the wife of the prophet Hosea,

gomer

a short speech unit prophets use to convey the lords word to people

oracle

often, a person who conveys messages from God to select persons

prophet

retained its dignity as the capital of the ten tribes (northern israel), and the name is given to the northern kingdom as well as to the city. Ahab built a temple to Baal there.

samaria

exhibits blending of two or more religious belief systems

syncretism

A kingdom in southern mesopotamia that became a mighty empire for a brief time near the middle of the first millenium bce, conquering south judah and sending the people into exile; fell to persia

babylon

A kingdom in northern mesopotamia that became a mighty empire for a brief time near the middle of the first millenium bce, conquering north Israel and sending the people into exile; fell to Babylon

Assyria

was a king of Judah, and the sole surviving son of Ahaziah after the massacre of the royal family ordered by his grandmother, Athaliah. Did what was right in the eyes of the lord and restored the temple.

Joash

daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, married Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah and introduced into that kingdom the worship of Baal

athaliah

prophesied the future destruction of Jerusalem and Samaria, the destruction and then future restoration of the Judean state, and he rebuked the people of Judah for dishonesty and idolatry.

micah

The last king of Judah and Jerusalem. When Nebuchadnezzar took Jerusalem, he carried Jeconiah to Babylon, with his wives, children, officers, and the best artificers in Judea, and put in his place his uncle Mattaniah, whose name he changed to_____, and made him promise with an oath that he would maintain fidelity to him. He was twenty-one years old when he began to reign at Jerusalem, and he reigned there eleven years. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, committing the same crimes as Jehoiakim,

Zedekiah

he second king of Babylon of that name, is best known as the king who conquered Judah, destroyed Jerusalem, and carried the people of the Jews captive to Babylon.

Nebuchanezzer

He was a priest and was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar. Prophesy of the two sticks, valley of dry bones

Ezekiel

is a character in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Job. According to the Book of Job, ___is one of Job's friends,

Elihu

in his first reply to Job's complaints, he argues that those who are truly good are never entirely forsaken by Providence, but that punishment may justly be inflicted for secret sins. He denies that any man is innocent and censures Job for asserting his freedom from guilt. Eliphaz exhorts Job to confess any concealed iniquities to alleviate his punishment.

Eliphaz

a form of prayer in which the person appeals to god regarding their troubles and asks for God's help

lament

the scattering of the jewish population outside its homeland in canaan

diaspora

Cyrus sends him to erusalem to teach the laws of God to any who did not know them. He teaches the Law, but has problems with intermarriage and addresses the pagan women who brought their religious practices with them.

Ezra

a term for the religion and culture of israelites after the babylonian exile; a movement of people who are devoted to following the teachings of Yahweh in the hebrew bible.

judaism

A kingdom east of babylon that established a cast empire stretching from modern day iran to western turkey and into parts of greece and egypt.

persia

persian province roughly equivalent to the land of the former nation of judah

province of yehud

the head of the tribe of Judah at the time of the return from the Babylonish captivity in the first year of Cyrus. His great work, which he set about immediately, was the rebuilding of the temple. In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, he led the first band of Jews, numbering 42,360 (Ezra 2:64), exclusive of a large number of servants, who returned from captivity at the close of the seventy years. In the second year after the Return, he erected an altar and laid the foundation of the temple on the ruins of that which had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar

zerubbabel

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