Christian Scriptures Midterm

Meaning of Tabernacle

place of forgiveness and education
temple

Function of Tabernacle

for God to dwell among the people

for God to meet and speak w/his ppl

3 part structure of the tabernacle

the most holy (holy of Holies)

the holy place

court (yard)

How to prepare a burnt offering and meaning

Male animal w/out blemish (transferring of their sins)
Lay hands to identify themselves w the offering

Priests Handle blood, skin, and arrangement to burn them all
sheep, goat, or bird is burnt if no ox

meaning of Holiness

How to forgive their sins and educate them not to commit sins

but to live as God’s people

NT: God is Love (God’s ppl are expected to love God and others)
OT: God is Holy (God is holy so ppl expected to be Holy)

Jeremiah

prophet
you will be exiled and return after 70 years

Hebrew Tradition for Jeremiah (MT)

• most modern Bibles follow MT

• ~1/7 (15%) longer than LXX

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Greek Tradition for Jeremiah (LXX)

shorter Greek version reflects Hebrew version

Big diff between Jeremiah LXX and MT

reveal textual growth and editorial development → redaction Criticism

the most holy (holy of holies)

Big G appears atop covenant on Mercy Seat

only high priest enters on Yom Kippur, annual Day of Atonement

the Holy Place

altar of incense, lampstand, and the table of bread

only priestly can access this place

court(yard)

basin and bronze altar (for sacrifice) for all IsraelitesW

Meaning of tabernacle

dedicate your whole life to Yahweh

Climax of Holiness

1. treat others w the fear of God

2. Love your neighbor as yourself

How to live holy life as a Christian

• called out from the world for God’s use

• Think/practice godly way of life

• internalize Word of God and Transform your thought

What is the day of atonement

Yom Kippur
annual day or purgation

What is deuteronomy

means second law

last book of the pentateuch

Why do the Isralites need a 2nd law

perspective of the next generation

where is Deuteronomy

the moab plain

east side of Jordon

when was the 3nd law introduced

right before Israelites enter Canaan the promised land

right before Moses died and did not enter the land

Literary form of deuteronomy

takes the farewell speeches (sermons) from Moses

follows the ancient Hittite or Assyrian Suzerain-Vassal treaty

What is Shema

To hear and listen to what God wants
The essence of the law is to LOVE the Lord our God

Pass it down to their kids by showing examples

quintessential part of the OT

What is the Pentateuch

narrative + laws

teach what to do and how to worship God

teach why they worship and what God has done for us

Conclusion of Pentateuch

Ends before taking the land
open ending
abrahamic Covenant is partifally fulfilled

Invites belivers to read further abt promised land and the fulfillemtn of God’s blessings

current scholarship opinion on the pentateuch

composed after time of moses

combination of several docs

documnetary hypothesis of Pentateuch

Documentary Hypothesis (source criticism)

J – Yahwist (e.g. Gen 2-4): 10th century BC from the United Kingdom

E – Elohist: 9th century BC from the Northern Kingdom of Israel

D – Deuteronomist: 7th century BC at the time of King Josiah

P – Priestly (e.g. Gen 1): 6th or 5th century BC, exilic and postexilic period

Books for the Deuteronomistic Histroy

Joshua

Judges

1-2 Samuel

1-2 Kings

Why DH was written

recount history from the perspective of Deuteronomy
critically evaluate Israelite kings from perspective of Deuteronomy

answer why Israelites lost Canaan their promised land

Timeline of DH

Martin Noth: a single exilic author around 550 BCE.

Frank Moore Cross: a double redaction in the time of Josiah and the exile

DH ending

glimpse of hope after Davidc heir is released from prison

Kherem

complete destruction (devotion) of the city to God

military invasion

1st settlement model

WF albright

sweeping military conquest by the ppl from outside the land

follows biblical depiction in line w/Joshua 1-12

explains destruction of some cities (Hazor), and the sudden increase of the population at central hill country

peaceful inflitration

2nd settlement model

Albrecht Alt

gradual settling down of nomadic tribes for a long time

in like w/book of judges

explains no destruction of some cities

can’t explain the sudden increase of the population

peasant revolt

3rd settlement model

george mendenhall, norman gottwald

indigenous canaanites rebelled against eh Egyptian overloads, joined w/those who escaped from the land of Egypt, and settled in Central Hill Country

not in line w/biblical depiction

explains the destruction of the cities

crticized as anachronistic

still difficult to explain the sudden increase of population

responses to fall - Step 1: Emotional

1. Laments (initial Response)

   1. Psalm 137: lament of ppl in Babylon, missing Zion, expression anger

what is Lamentations

lamnets of ppl in the land of Judah

devistation of Jerusalem

God became their enemy

acrostic poem using the Hebrew Alphabet

refines grief into highly aesthetic format

responses to the fall - Step 2: Rational

Interpretation of Histroy

next step to seeing the past, both positive and negative

responses to the fall - step 3: prophetic

prophetic hope for future restoration

good news of YHWHs salvation

tripartite structure of the book of Isaih

1. God’s judgement and human righteousness

2. God’s unconditional salvation

   1. God’s salvation and human righteousness