Reading the Bible
Torah
Primeval
Ancestors
Themes
100
The Author, the Referent and this item make up the Hermeneutical Triangle
What is the reader
100
Another name for the Torah
What is The five Books of Moses or the Penteteuch
100
In the beginning God created this...
What is the heavens and the earth
100
He was the first ancestor, with whom God made a covenant
Who is Abraham
100
These items suggest a theme of divine-human relationship
What are promise, covenant, "God of the fathers"
200
Another name for the Old Testament, one used by Jews
What is The Hebrew Bible
200
This theory explains the many variants and contradictions in the Torah
What is the documentary Hypothesis
200
This creation story was concerned with creating order and establishing the Sabbath
What is the first creation story
200
This is the sign of the covenant God made with Abraham
What is circumcision
200
This recurring theme usurps the common understanding about inheritance.
What is the younger son gaining favor
300
The Old Testament contains these three sections.
What are the Torah, The Prophets, and the Writings
300
This writer is known for using Yahweh for God, which in German is Jahweh
What is the J author
300
This creation story was interested in exploring the complicated relationship between human beings and God.
What is the second (J) creation story
300
A story of bad blood between brothers
What is Jacob and Esau/Joseph and his brothers/
300
This theme recurs in Sarah and then in Rachel
What is barrenness
400
Long before they were written down, the stories of the Old Testament were passed on this way
What is oral tradition
400
This writer wrote his version from the northern Kingdom of Israel
What is the "E" writer
400
This man survived the destruction of the world, and was rewarded with a rainbow covenant
Who was Noah
400
This patriarch seems to have great character flaws
Who is pretty much all of them
400
God promised Abraham this as part of his blessing, an ongoing theme in the Bible
What is Land
500
The Old Testament narrative tells a story that covers these seven periods
What are primeval, ancestral, birth of Israel, Promised land, Kingdoms, Exile, Restoration
500
This writer was the last to add his touch to the Biblical record
What is the "P" writer
500
This word refers to a culture's way of coming to grips with fundamental realities and a worldview.
What is a Myth
500
This word means "generation" and is used to bridge the stories of Genesis.
What is Toledot
500
This happy note generally comes between times of crisis
What is reconciliation
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