religion midterms

four divisions of the old testament

torah (pentateauch)

history

writings

prophets

pentateuch/torah

first five books in the old testament

genesis

exodus

leviticus

deuteronomy

numbers

genesis

man and women are created

the world is created in 7 (a number of creation) days

tanakh

the books of the old testament passed down through word

the “oral torah”

what was adam made out of

clay

reprosents protection physically

what was eve made out of

adam’s rib

represents protection emotionally

adam and eves children

cain (a farmer, supposed to sacrifice his first fruits to god)

abel (a shepherd)

seth

cain and abel conflict

cain is jealous god favors abel's gift (because apparently cain did not bring his best fruits) better so cain kills abel.

cain is forced to be an interloper, or a wanderer without a land

tree of knowledge of good and evil and what it represents

the concept of original sin is introduced as humanity disobeys god’s command to not eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil

the fruit was a symbol of ripeness and maturity

the serpent

tempted eve into eating that apple

not the actual devil, has beef w god

punishments for women/men/together

female - labor pangs 

male - labor (toil/work)

together - they realize they are nude and can die (and they are kicked out of eden)

law of hospitality

the belief that everyone is related

that is why you should provide hospitality

comes from adam and eve

semite

someone from the near east

jewish people today

patriarch

male head of the family/household

what does babel translate to

gate of god

anthropomorphic

something inhuman that has human like characteristics

tower of babel story

nimrod (the arrogant king) saw gods who were anthropomorphic, the exception being that they were in the heavens

nimrod thought that he could be a god

he wants to become god, failing to see that an all powerful god is much different than humans.

he built a temple (zigurat) which he attempted to use as a way to claim what he believed was his rightful place in heaven.

god disagreed with what nimrod was doing and sent a curse to make everyone speak different languages so that they couldn’t complete the temple. - this led to their entire society to crumble

why are noah and his family exempt from the flood made to wash away evil

they hold onto the ideal that everyone is family

what could noah bring on his arc

7 of each clean (eats plants) animals

a pair of unclean (consume blood)

what does antediluvian mean

pre flood (everything that happened before the flood (before noah's ark)

how many patriarchs were there before the flood

10

what is the dove a symbol for

life

what is the rainbow a symbol for

gods promise that he would never hurt humanity again from water

ur

abraham’s hometown

haran

rebeccas hometown

what is abraham’s covenant with god

god would give him canaan and lots of descendants

abraham would have to give him his undivided attention and get circumcised

sarah didn’t believe abraham, what did she do

she sent her servant hagar to be his concubine

concubine

a woman acquired by a man as a secondary wife. (a servant used only for reproduction)

hagar and abrahams son

Ishmail

abraham and sarahs son

what is he once he gets old

issac

he becomes blind

who does issac marry

rebecca

sons of issac and rebecca

esau

jacob

esau and jacobs conflict

rebecca thinks jacob will be better leader but esau has birthright, rebecca and jacob trick isaac into thinking jacob is esau

jacob gets the birthright

what is jacob renamed after getting the birthright

israel

which of jacobs children/grandchildren did not get tribes and why

levi was a priest

dinah was a girl

joseph was independently wealthy

jacob’s wifes

leah

bilhah

zilpah

rachel

12 tribes of israel

ruben

simeon

judah

issachur

zebulon

gad

asher

dan

naphtali

ephram

manasseh

benjamin

henotheism

when you worship multiple gods but one is supreme

what does testament mean

promise

monotheism

belief in one god

prayer

conversation with god

4 attributes of the jewish god (the god of the covenant) and what they mean

omnipotent (all powerful)

omniscient (all knowing)

omnipresent (everywhere)

benevolent (all loving or all good)

potiphar

the slave owner when joseph was sold into slavery

potiphar’s wife

tried to seduce joseph, but accused him of raping her and had him sent to jail

zaphnath-paaneah

the name the pharaoh gave joseph

five parts of the liturgical calendar

advent

christmas

lent

easter

ordinary time

advent

preparing for the coming of christ

christmas

birth of christ

lent

celebrating death of christ

easter

resurrection of christ

ordinary time

time of reflection

four purposes of prayer

exaltation/praise

thanksgiving

contrition

petition

exaltation/praise

greeting to god

thanksgiving

thanking god

contrition

asking for forgiveness

petition

asking for something

teleology

the study of perfection, not in terms of flawlessness but completeness

having reached its final form

something finding it’s directed or intended goal

caroline freiss

founder of the SSND

inclusive

established many non-segregated schools

almost raped several times

in a terrible explosion in a boat