Patriarchs
Who are the three Patriarchs?
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
Define 'manna'
a breadlike substance provided for the Israelites in the wilderness
Who did David kill, which led to him marrying one of Saul's daughters and become wealthy?
Goliath
define 'sinai covenant' and '10 commandments'
renewal of God's covenant to Abraham to all of Israel
ten rules for the Israelites to uphold during this covenant
define prophecy and herald
a message communicated by prophets on behalf of the divine
a messenger
Define 'Promise Land' (including its name) and define 'Yahweh'
Canaan (land promised to Abraham and his descendants)
meaning 'I am/I am who I am' (a name for God)
how many plagues were there in Egypt? and what is 'passover'?
10
the final plague, death of first born, ... it is a feast celebrating when the Angel of Death passed over the houses of Israel (if they marked their doors with the blood of a student who got an A on this test)
What was the name of the first king of Israel? Who appointed him king?
Saul... Samuel
Define Near East and Semitic
modern day middle east
an inhabitant of the near east (modern day middle east)
define 'fidelity' and who was the last king of the united kingdom of Israel?
faithfulness to obligation/duty
Solomon
Who does Jacob think he wrestles with by the river?
and, answer me this question. There are six sons of a guy named Jeremiah. Once Jeremiah dies, what fraction of his wealth will the oldest son receive?
God
2/7
In the Hebrew Bible, what caused the Egyptians to put the Israelites into slavery?
they were growing too large in number
Who is Jonathan?
The son of Saul and a close friend of David
who was 'Elijah' and 'Hananiah' and 'Ahab'?
prophet who faced the other prophets of Ba'al
false prophet who opposed Jeremiah
king of Israel during Elijah's time
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]
Which Patriarch was married to Sarah and almost sacrificed his son? and which Patriarch was married to Leah and Rachel... and fled from his brother? and Which Patriarch was married to Rebekah?
Abraham
Jacob
Isaac
who were the two men that worked together to free the Israelites from captivity? define 'Pharaoh' ; and what was the name of Jacob's brother?
Moses and Aaron; ruler of ancient Egypt; Esau
What are the two circumstances under which David met king Saul?
Saul was being tormented, so he enlisted David's help has a lyre player and singer
Goliath and the Philistines were threatening Israel, so he got David to help defeat them
Who are the two brothers that say people shouldn't sell Joseph into slavery?
What was the name of the northern kingdom? name of the southern kingdom?
AND
What nation conquered the Northern Kingdom? What nation conquered the Southern Kingdom?
Israel and Judah
Assyria; Babylon
What are the two things that Jacob took from Esau? How did he do this?
Birthright and Blessing
bargaining soup
stealing it while dressing up as him
Barak asked which judge to follow him into battle? With that judge's response being that God will allow a 'woman' to have the glory...
which judge was famously a Nazarene, obtaining his strength through his long hair? He also killed a lot of Philistines
Which judge tested God multiple times to make sure that God would save Israel through him (tested with a fleece)? And also tore down a lot of Idols to Baal?
Deborah
Samson
Gideon
What are the two things that Saul did to cause the Lord to lose favor with him?
- made a sacrifice that Samuel was supposed to make
- not kill all the Amalekites
Over the past 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)