Sanhedrin
How many judges comprised the Beit Din?
3
What is the Hebrew word for statute?
Chukah
Who was in charge of playing the silver trumpets?
The Aaronic priests
What are the two types of covenants?
What are the terms for each type?
Can you gue examples of each one?
Obligatory & Promissory; Royal Treaty & Royal Grant
In Obligatory Covenants, the vassals are obliged to obey the rules laid out by the suzerain.
In Promissory Covenants, the suzerain is obliged to protect the vassal based on promises or grants made by the suzerain.
Obligatory Covenant: The Torah
Promissory Covenants: Abraham's Land Grant; The Aaronic Priesthood, & the Davidic Dynasty.
What could a NOT Nazarite do?
- Eat or drink anything with grapes
How many judges comprised the Sanhedrin Ktanah?
23
Give 3 hypothetical examples of encroachment in the context of the Temple
- Anyone playing silver trumpets
- Pretending to be a priest
- A regular person going into the holy of holies
Communal daily burnt offerings (tamid)
Musaf offerings
In war
In the Royal Treaty, what was the purpose of the historical prologue?
To remind the vassals of all the Suzerain did for them and why they should be faithful.
Why couldn't men do a year-long vow without periodically going to the Temple every 30 days.
Men could not grow their hair long because that is what the pagans did for occult worship.
How many judges comprised the Great Sanhedrin, how many were priests, how many were Levites, and how many were regular judges?
23 Kohanim
23 Levites
23 Judges of Israel
“I have taken the Levites in place of all the _______ sons of Israel”
firstborn
“All _____ are _____ but not all _____ are _____”
“All priests are levites but not all levites are priests”
The nations also had years of release, name some similarities and differences to the Yovel (Jubilee).
Similarites: Release of Debt, release of slaves, rebuilding of temple(s), return of exiles
Differences: The Yovel was every 50 years, while the nations held one at the first year of a new king's reign.
Release in Israel applied to everyone, while in the nations is applied to certain groups.
What was the default period for the Nazarite Vow?
30 days
Who was the Av Beit Din and what was his job?
VP, part of the voting process
Which of Levi's sons did Aaron and Moses descend from?
Kohath
What's a Musaf offering? Give 3 examples when they would have been brought.
The additional festive offerings.
Pesach, Unleavened bread, Rosh chodesh, Shavuot, Sukkot, Shabbat
What does New Creation mean?
Can you give examples?
New Creation is a pattern that follows the creation pattern in Genesis. It's also where a person may achieve a new status.
Noah & the Flood, Abraham's Journey, the Israelites Journey to Mount Sinai, & the Temple are all examples.
Who could do a Nazarite vow
Israelite men or women
Where in the temple was the Great Sanhedrin located?
Lishkat Hagazit, The Chamber of Hewn-Stone
Name Levi's three sons
Gershon, Kohath, Merari
What is the Tamid offering, what kind of offering was it, when was it brought and what did it consist of?
The daily offering, an Olah (burnt offerings), was brought twice a day, was a lamb
Name all 12 of the Apostles
Who was Acts written to?
Theophilus, a high priest