Old Testament Study Flashcards

Flashcards for Old Testament Study based on lecture notes.

931 BC

Important date in Old Testament history.

745 BC

Tiglath-Pileser III comes to the throne.

734 BC

Beginning of the Syro-Ephraimite War.

612 BC

Fall of Nineveh.

604 BC

First exile to Babylon.

562 BC

Death of Nebuchadnezzar.

164 BC

Death of Antiochus Epiphanes IV.

63 BC

Fall of Jerusalem to Roman general Pompey.

Rhetorical Criticism

A method of analyzing texts based on their persuasive strategies.

Canonical Criticism

Approach associated with Brevard Childs, focusing on the final form of the biblical text.

Form Criticism

Approach associated with Herman Gunkel, focuses on identifying genres.

Inclusio

Literary device where a similar word or phrase appears at the beginning and end of a section.

Acrostic

A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.

Tanakh

The Hebrew Bible, consisting of the Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim.

Hagiographa

Another name for the Ketuvim, the 'Writings' section of the Tanakh.

Deuteronomistic History

Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. Seeks to prove that the word of the prophets comes true.

Northern Kingdom

Israel. Capital was Samaria.

Southern Kingdom

Judah. Capital was Jerusalem.

Major Prophets

Isaiah, Jeremiah (priest), Ezekiel (priest).

Minor Prophets

The Book of the 12.

Theodicy

How could a good God allow evil in the world.

Megilloth

Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther.

Qoheleth

The author of Ecclesiastes.

King Cyrus of Persia

Released the Jews in 538 BC.

Jeroboam II

Prosperous northern king during the ministries of Amos, Jonah, and Hosea.

Post-exilic

Both texts of decree of Cyrus that ends 2 Chronicles and begins Ezra