Bib Rev test 1

The bible was written to be

Heard

Acrostic psalm

When the first letter in each line spells something or is in alphabetical order

Verbal Strategies

Repetition, Rhymes, word play, allusions, Irony, Naming

Motif

A Recurring theme or idea

Inclusio

The repetition of the word at the beginning and end

Rhymes

Banim(children), ebanim(rock)

Kethib Qere

What is written, what is said (the spelling of the words is different so that the (god wouldnt be said out loud) ex: yawah and adonei

Holy

To be set aside for some reason

Augustin

Smart guy who was influenced by Neoplatonism

Augustin’s book about marriage

Wrote that sex and marriage was bad and that non Christians should be allowed to preproduce and Christians would take the non Christians and convert them

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Lust of flesh

sexual nature

Lust of the eyes

materialism

Pride of life

taking social class and letting it hang over someone

Neoplatonism

Material things are and desires of the body are bad and sinful

Dual dating with the problem in kings

was the worst reason the dates where messed up. If 2 rival kings were in power then the time they were both in power would would be counted and the time the new king was in power for was counted. This caused years to be counted multiple times.

Allusion

When a section refers to a former section

Irony

A double meaning

Names

Names in Hebrew often times and meaning and can create significance in a story

anachronism

an out of sequence order of events

Toledote

Hebrew word for Generations

Moses topology

Structured similar to the actions taken by Moses

Number 7 in the bible

A symbol of completeness

Plato’s beliefs contradicted

Plato believed that material things were bad but in genesis when god created the earth he called it good

Papyrus

Cheap paper made from reeds

parchment

Animal skin that was turned into an expensive long lasting paper

Material items

Material items are good but should not be worshiped

It is not good for man to be along

Good can also mean functional

Gods plan for Man

God wants us to multiply and take dominion over the earth

Marriage

A partnership of people so both can help each other to serve god

Scrolls

Scrolls are the ancient equivalent of a book

Pergamum

An alter to Zeus that is now found in berlin

Lion

The lion is a symbol of power and royalty

Yahweh

Hebrew word for god

Adonie

Hebrew word for the lord is example of Khatib Qere

Tetragrammaton

Another word for Yahweh

In what way was the Hebrew bible read (Old testament)

The Hebrew bible was read right to left back to front

When Babylon took over Israel

Hebrew was largely lost as a language

After the Babylonian occupation

People wanted to start reading Hebrew again but was confused since the words had no vowels so dots were added to signify vowels

Jesus originally spoke Aramaic to his disciples

but it was not commonly spoken so it was translated into Greek

Septuagint

Greek translation of the Hebrew bible

biblion

Greek for scroll or book

Membrana

Greek for parchment

Masoretic texts

alternate version of the Hebrew bible

Reordering of the OT books

The Septuagint reordered the old testament books

Shalom

Common word in Hebrew that people often use as a greeting but means may god richly give all good things

Latin Vulgate

translated in 405 was called vulgate, vulger which means common or everyday. Translation was called that because Latin was the common language. Became the official church bible

Latin Vulgate translator

translated by Jerome who arranged the OT books into the modern order and added the Apocrypha even though he didnt want to.

Erasmus Greek New Testament Translation

Greek translation of the new testament. Published in 1516 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. Was printed by printing press. Was later then translated into many other languages.

Protestant reformation and the Erasmus bible

Martin Luther was able to learn Greek from reading this version of the bible and translate it into German

William Tyndale

very gifted scholar in his day and translated the New Testament into English wrote 82% of the KJV New Testament

Death of William Tyndale

He was burned at the stake for translating the bible into English even after King Henry told him not to. He was gagged first before being burned as a sign of respect.

The Great bible

Translated in 1539 was translated into English from Hebrew and Greek it was put into every church in England by King Henry VIII

King James Version

Published 1611 was written to replace all other bible versions and so there would be no argument which one was better. Was written in high brow English with more complicated diction. was and is considered on of the best translations and is still used today. Tyndale was especially influential in this translation

Leningrad Codex

one of the oldest version of the bible known until the dead sea scrolls were found. Is the version of the bible that the modern day version of the bible is based off. The only difference between the dead sea scrolls and the Leningrad codex was the spelling of 3 words

Problem with the kings and dates

when Israel was divided they kept track of kings in different ways and would only put the year not month the new king was in place. The problem was the number of years Israel and Judah were not the same but taking into account the differences in counting the added up

Solutions to the kings problem

1)They don’t have the same calendar we have

2) different systems for notating time in power

2b) no accession year (year where they are “king” but not yet in power)

Abraham and Moses

Abraham was able to listen God and obey him better because he was faithful where Moses wasnt able to listen to the laws given to him because he did not have faith.

Message of Abraham and Moses contrast

Moses is made to parallel Abraham but he also tells the story of his failures to show that having faith in god leads to obedience

Gen 26:5 talking about Abraham using mosaic law conotation

Abraham was able to follow the law even though he was unaware of them because of his faith

Tanak Sections

Torah (Law), Nebi’im(Prophets), Ketubim(The writings)

The old testament revels a person that

will be a better prophet than moses a better preist and arron and a better king than david

Prophets in the generations after Moses

God raises a prophet from each of the generations after Moses but all of them fail in some way and fail to fulfill the messianic prophecy

pronouncing the Hebrew word for blessing

the Hebrew word for blessing is pronounced Barack

Priest message and blessing

May god smile upon you.  God wants to bless you. In the last line lift upon his countenance is explained as upon you and give you peace.

You shall not take the lords name in vain

Really means that you shall not make an oath in the lords name and lie or could mean that you should not carry the lords name in vain and that you as a Christian represent God and you must do good in his name

The Torah is structured as a 3 fold frame work

Narrative, poem, epilogue found in Genesis 49, Numbers 24, Deuteronomy 32-33

5 part parallel pattern that occurs 3 times in the Torah

1)There is a central figure

2) Gathers a crowd

3) proclaims the word of god

4) explains what will happen

5) in the end of days reference

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Definition of a kingdom

A place where people reside with laws that is ruled by a king

Eden is a Kingdom

Adam and Eve are residence there is land and laws given by god the ruler

Functions of a government

A government is to create order so you may live peacefully and spread the word of God. The government is not suppose to be perfect and it shouldn’t be Christian

Secular

separation of church and state should occur because the government and church combined breeds bad leadership and has too much power

Noahic Covenant

the Covenant god made with Noah and all his decedents that God would never flood the earth again. Prevents the destruction of man by a world wide flood allowing for government to be created.

The CT goal

The CT goal shouldnt be to have a government that is Christian that forces Christian beliefs on others but to have a government that allows for people to prosper and spread the word of god through faith

City of God Augustine CT are part of 2 Cities

They are part the city of man (country, state, town, etc ) that they live in and part of gods city that they live in in faith

Theocracy

Kingdom where God is king

Theocracy in the bible

Theocracy has never worked in the bible not because God is faulty but people arent able to follow gods laws

Hittite Empire

1800-800 BC its height was in 1400bc (Time of Moses)

Hittite Empire discoved in

1906 by archeologist

Hittite Treates

2nd millennium 1400-1200bc and 900-700 bc

Hittite treaties are from of

suzerain-vassal treaty where the Suzerain (leader of victor) make forced agreement with Vassal (looser of war)

Deuteronomy

A confusing mess of laws, songs, and poems that only become clear when it is viewed as a Suzerain Vassal treaty

Suzerain Vassal treaty format

1) preamble

2) Historical Prologue

3) Stipulations (general) (specific)

4) deposit of text to be read to the public periodically

5) Witnesses

6) Curses and Blessings

Structure of Deuteronomy

1) Preamble

2) Historical Prologue

3) stipulations (general)(specific)

4) Blessing curses (6)

5) Deposit/reading (4)

6)Witnesses (5) (Moses has Heaven and earth as witness\[Merism\])

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Merism

The use of 2 opposite things that are used to refer to the whole thing

Shema

Pray found in Deuteronomy to signify love of god

Core of Loving god

Shema is the core which is surrounded by the 10 commandments that tells you how to love god that is then followed by the specific stipulations in Deuteronomy that explain the 10 commandments better.

understanding the 10 commandments

the 10 commandments are actually the 10 words and where miss translated. The Christians rearranged the 10 commandments because of this mistranslation and added one since one of the original wasn’t actually a commandment.

Jewish version of the 10 commandments

1) I am the lord

2) worship no other gods

3) don’t take lords name in vain

4) Honor the sabbath

5) Honor mother and Father

6) No murder

7) No Aldultery

8) No stealing

9) Bear false witness

10) no materialism

10 commandments are explained in Caustic law

Means it is based off if/then pretenses

Paronomasia

Another word for Pun or play on words

Chiastic structure

words are mirrored by a center word or sentence

I like @@hotdogs@@

They are easy to %%cook%%

They taste ^^good^^

throw them on the gill to %%cook%% them

That is why I like @@hotdogs@@

Patterns in Toledote

Creation, fall, gods rescue

Errors in copying manuscripts

Dictation (read out loud and copied) :

error in hearing

Exemplar (copied with an example):

error in seeing

Standard divisions in the bible

Old Testament:

Chapter divisions became standard in either 1244 or 1330 AD

Verse divisions were standardized in 900 AD

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New Testament:

Chapter divisions standard in 1227 AD by Stephen Langdon and later again by Archbishop Canterbury

Verse Divisions became standard in 1551 in Robert Stephanus Greek New Testament

170-180 AD Church in Rome Composed mosts of the modern day NT That is called

Muratorian Canon