Creation
Genesis 1 was directly responding to a Babylonian creation story titled...
The Enuma Elish
Define covenant
A formal way to make someone a part of your family
Name a similarity between Isaac and Jesus
-Beloved sons
-Willingly sacrifice themselves
-Carry wood up mountain
-Trust in their father
-Lamb/Ram is sacrificed (and provided for by God)
Name that God reveals to Moses
What David's name means
"Beloved one"
Name one literary goal of Genesis 1
- Show us who God is (all powerful, all knowing, wise, free, loving)
- Show us that there is one God
-Show us that we are free and beloved creatures of God
-explain why God made the world (freely and out of love)
- Correct the Enuma Elish
Describe the first covenant ceremony with Abraham
God asked Abraham to split a bunch of animals in half, wherein he passed in the form of a fire pot so as to say: "If I break my covenant with you, let me be broken like these animals"
What was the covenant ceremony which God asked ABRAHAM to perform?
Circumcision
Bread that God gave the Israelites in the desert
Manna
David's liturgical power moves
Psalms, moving tabernacle (tent of God's presence) to Jerusalem
What were the Israelites doing when Genesis 1 was written?
In exile by the Babylonians
What three things does God promise Abraham?
Land, Kids, Blessing
Name of Abraham's first son
Ishmael
Mountain where Moses received the 10 commandments
Sinai
David's political power move
Making Jerusalem capital, uniting northern and southern tribes
Name one way in which the Enuma Elish was different from Genesis 1
- Many creator gods at war
-World made out of violence/domination
-Humans are slaves to gods needs
How do Abraham and Sarah act on distrust in God's promise to them?
Sarah tells Abraham to go sleep with the servant, Hagar
Explain how the Sacrifice of Isaac "tests" Abraham's faith
Abraham needed to see that he was capable of this kind of trust, and needed to see that God was trustworthy and good even when it made no sense
Idol which Aaron and the Israelites created
Golden Calf
Ways David Foreshadowed Jesus
Anointed like Jesus, a suffering king (on the run from Saul who wanted to kill him, forced out of Kingship from his son). Many psalms became prophesies of how Jesus suffered.
The Original State of harmony Adam and Eve enjoyed was called...
Original Holiness/Justice
Explain how the Flood is an act of God's mercy
Person who actually led Israelites to the promised land
Joshua
Promises God made to David
Son will be an heir to build God's kingdom and build God's temple, David's son will be adopted as God's son, and a son who will rule over Israel forever