Ruth/Jonah
who is 'Boaz'?
a wealthy side character in the Book of Ruth, ended up 'marrying' Ruth -- distant relative of the family
in Genesis, what creature entices the 'man' and 'woman' to eat the fruit?
snake/serpent
Who is Hagar?
slave woman of Sarai/Sarah
Define 'Prophecy'
a message communicated by prophets on behalf of the Divine
who was 'Elijah' ? who was 'ahab'?
prophet who battled other prophets of Baal and Asherah
the king that opposed Elijah
what city was Jonah supposed to go to?
Nineveh
define 'Hebrew Bible' and 'Literary Forms'
another term for the Old Testament
different types of literature (poetry, history, narrative, etc.)
what was the final test of faith that God required of Abram? and what was the name of the son who the covenant went through?
Sacrifice his son Isaac
Isaac
Define 'Babylonian Exile' and 'Herald'
refers to period of history when Judah fell to Babylon and was put into captivity
a messenger
define 'fidelity' and who was 'Hananiah'?
faithfulness to obligation/duty/commitment
prophet that opposed Jeremiah (broke his yoke)
who are Elimilech and Orpah?
the *dead* husband of Naomi
the 'daughter-in-law' of Naomi
Define 'primeval history' and 'redact'
History before writing (Gen 1-11)
to edit or change something
what lie does Abram tell his wife to say when they were in Egypt?
that she was Abram's sister
monotheism - belief in one god and worship of one god
polytheism - belief in many gods and worship of many gods
henotheism - belief in many gods and worship of one god
Who was the last king of the united kingdom of Israel? What were the names of the two kingdoms that the original got split into?
Saul
Israel (north) and Judah (south)
In the book of Ruth, what does Naomi want others to call her? what does her new name mean?
mara - bitter
what is the meaning of 'Adam' and 'Eve' ?
human being / earthling
life
What did Abram/Abraham do to the animals that the LORD had him bring for the making of the covenant?
AND
What was the physical act Abraham (and all men in household) was asked to make to show he was in covenant with God?
cut them in half
circumcision
What are the two different approaches to reading the Bible that we went over in class? What do they mean?
fundamentalist - reading very literally (i.e., 6 literal 24 hr days)
contextualist - taking the 'context' and history and genre and other literary/interpretive features into account when reading a text. [just saying 'context' on the test is not sufficient]
What nation conquered the northern Kingdom? What nation conquered the southern Kingdom?
Assyria
Babylon
in the book of Jonah, how do sailors figure out that Jonah is guilty? and what does that mean?
they draw straws / cast lots
In Genesis, on what day of creation was the 'Adam' created?
what were the Hebrew meanings of 'Cain' and 'Abel' ?
Day 6
Spear / Fleeting Breath
Abraham is an important character heralded for his faith in Genesis. However, he also does some things that could be considered problematic. Name 2 things he did that could be considered problematic, and answer whether or not that means we should not honor him for his faith.
- lie
- mistreat a slave
- 'rape' Hagar
- almost sacrifice his son
- cast out slave and son to die in wilderness
Over the pas week, we discussed whether or not God lied. Why did we discuss whether or not God lied (i.e., what thing was promised, and to whom, but didn't seem to come to pass)?
[possible explanations?]
promised to David that he would always have a descendant on the throne
2 possible explanations: straight lie, or something came up?
We have discussed a few different stories in the Bible that make us think that two traditions have been spliced together. Name two of those stories and then explain what story details that make scholars think that two different traditions have been smushed together. (so choose 2 total stories, and then 2 total traditions per story)
Joseph (sold into slavery two occasions)
David and Saul (David meets Saul under two different occasions)
Jacob name change (Jacob gets his name changed to Israel)