Ancestral History
What motivated Abraham to leave?
Death of his father Tera
What are the two literary forms of Gen 1-11?
Genealogy and Etiology
What is the 3 old division of the OT?
Pentateuch (law), Prophets, Writings
What historical story is Moses' similar to?
Sargon of Akkad
What is the name for the Tower of Babel?
Ziggurat
What geographical area is Abraham in?
Mesopotamia-Ur
What is the name of an ancient Babylon creation account?
Enuma-Elish
To which wide geographical context did ancient Israel belong?
ANE (Ancient Near East)
What is an ironic quote from the Israelite's to Moses before he fled?
"Did God make you our King?"
What are the literary motifs in Gen 12:50?
Blessing at risk played out in two parts
1) Wife-sister motif
2) Barren wife syndrome
What are the 2 major parts of the covenant ?
Descendants and Land
What are the two primary options for translating Gen 1:1?
1) God created out of nothing
2) When God began creating something (darkness) was already present
What are the 3 major areas of the ANE?
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel/Palestine
What is a major motif in Moses encounter with God?
Sees burning bush and God speaks
What are the two types of stipulations?
Apodictic: Unconditional (Ten Commandments)
Case/Conditional: Circumstantial
What is a theophany?
It is an appearance of God on earth in some form
What is the difference in God's name for each of the creation accounts?
Gen 1: Elohim, Gen 2: Yahweh
What are the two primary rivers surrounding Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What does the splitting of the Red Sea represent?
Defeat of the Egyptian god yam
What are the 3 parts of the Vassal treaty?
1) Preamble : His name
2) Historical prologue: What he has done
3) Stipulation: What you will do
What is Joseph's final request before he dies?
That his bones be taken out of Egypt
What are the curses in Adam and Eve?
Women cursed with labor pains, humanity cursed with toiling the soil and ground, and being sentenced away from the garden to die
What are some major empires of the ANE?
Babylon (Central), Assyria (Northern), and Egypt
What are the 5 main features of a prophetic call narrative?
1) Divine confrontation (flame)
2) Introductory word (Moses)
3) Commission (sent to Pharaoh)
4) Objection (Inarticulate)
5) Reassurance (Staff, Aaron)
Mesopotamia: Tigris and Euphrates
Egypt: Nile
Syro-palestine: Jordan and Orontes