Prophets
The initial mutual partnership between God and Israel is called
What is Covenant?
The percentage of the Bible that is in prose & discourse
What is 24%?
The number of letters written by Paul
What is 13 letters?
One example of a character, the meaning of their name and a key trait
Who is Abraham - father of many nation/ faith & doubt
David - Beloved/ humble, shepherded, adulterer
Moses - Drawn out/ murderer, speak impediment?
the two areas that design patterns focus on
What are key words and images?
What is turning away from evil and towards God?
Explain the reason to why the majority of the Bible is in Narrative style
What is we can connect and relate to the characters in the story, helping us remember what God has done?
Meaning of TaNak
What is
Law - TORAH,
Prophets - NEVI'IM, and
Writings - KETUVIM?
Characters introductions significance is
What is little detail given, if details are given it's important to the context of the story and actions?
Name all three examples for the OT that were used as examples
Who are Aaron, Abraham, Saul, David?
What is speaking on behalf of God?
List the categories the Bible is divided into with a Book as a example to each.
What is Narrative - Genesis
Poetry - Psalm
Prose Discourse - Letter from the Apostles?
The original language the Old Testament and New Testament were written in
What is OT - Hebrew, NT - Greek?
Name the significance of the character of Moses
What is reluctant leader who demonstrated God's power through weakness?
Name the pattern + the three areas of brokenness shown over and over again in the OT
What is the temptation pattern - we see, take, which creates suffering?
Explain the difference between covenant and allegiance
What is covenant is making a promise both parties will agree in keeping - allegiance is being loyal/faithful to a promise?
List as many reasons to why it is importance for the reader to understand the different literacy styles in the Bible
What is it helps us understand the different details the author is telling us?
What is it emphasizes different lessons God is teaching us?
What is it provides a variety to attract all readers?
What is Macabees, Esdras, Jubilees, ect
The reason Biblical characters are rarely 'purely' good
What is to show that every human is sinful BUT God's power is greater and uses use in our flaws?
Describe how Jesus brake the pattern of brokenness
What is Not my desire but Your desire? He doesn't take and His suffering provides life?
The main message of the prophets in one sentence
What is the prophets did weird things for attend to share what God had revealed to them about the people of Israel?
List two ways Narrative style, Poetry style and Prose Discourse style are all different from each other
What is Narrative has plot lines, characters, conflict & resolution, setting, driven by events?
Poetry has dense language, deep imagery, metaphors, parallelism?
Prose Discourse has logical arguments, linear sequence of thoughts, formal structure?
What is the Second Temple Period Writings?
The Bible focuses it's stories on characters who fail over and over again explain why
What is to teach and show us that as human we will fail and only Jesus is the one who lived perfectly?
What is ...authors have unified 100s of stories?