BOLD 2010 Oden Midterm

What are the three parts or sections of the Hebrew Bible?

Torah

Kethuvim

Nevi'im

Anthropomorphism

the attribution of human characteristics to God

Canon

the commonly recognized collection of books that make up the authoritative Scriptures

Cuneiform

a form of writing which various arrangements of wedges impressed in clay to represent either symbols or letters of the alphabet

Blessing

the bestowal of material or spiritual good or favor upon a person

Hesed

Hebrew term carrying the idea of loyal love, translated variously in English as lovingkindness, mercy, steadfast love.

Genre

Classification or type of literary composition

Masoretic text

text of the Hebrew Bible produced between A.D. 500 and 950 by Jewish textual scholars

Monotheism

a word meaning "one god;" it refers to the belief that there is only one god.

Polytheism

a word meaning "many gods" which refers to the belief that more than one god exists

Tetragrammaton

a compound word meaning "four letters" which is applied to the formal name of God found in the Hebrew Bible. (YHWH) Usually rendered as LORD in English translations of the Old Testament.

Yahweh

English rendering of the Tetragrammaton

Type/typology

spiritual correspondences particularly between persons, institutions, and events of the OT which are regarded as divinely established models or representations of corresponding realities in the NT

Concomitant with the invention of writing, what is the earliest civilization known from the historical record according to your textbook TOT? (see Table 3.1)

Note: Civilizations that leave behind no written sources, but only material remains, are considered "pre-historic."

Sumerian

Patrilineal

the inheritance of property and social group through one's father

Patrilocal

the extended family as defined by its proximity to the patriarch

Patriarchal

characterized or defined by the family father as authority and "owner"

Read the passage below from Genesis 15 and then answer:

When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites."

What type of covenant does this passage describe?

Royal Grant

What term specifically describes the marriages of the ancestors to their relatives?

Endogamy

Which descriptions of God's presence in Genesis 12-50 match the experience of Joseph (and his brothers) with God?

- God is invisible yet active

- God as "providence"

- God works in & through human events & decisions

What is the term for a covenant between equals, binding them to mutual friendship or mutual respect for each other's spheres and interests?

Parity

Match each brother who recieved favor w/ his rival brother

Issac - Ishmael

Jacob - Esau

Joseph - Judah

Abel - Cain

According to your textbook, though much of the Torah is comprised of laws and ordinances, what genre, defined as an account of characters and events arranged in sequential order to illustrate a major theme or concept, is equally important in the Torah?

Narratives

What are the three promises made to Abraham?

What chapter and verses in Genesis first record these promises?

Alternatively, you may quote the memory verse in which God commissions Abraham and its reference (Book, chapter, verses) for a bonus point.

Land, Descendants, Blessing (Genesis 12:1-3)

Who is the first person to give God a name in the Abraham stories?

Hagar

Slave laws attested in the cuneiform records from what ancient cuneiform law collection helped us understand the social realities involving the legal status of children born to slaves, such as described in the narratives about Hagar (Sarah's servant and Abraham's concubine) and the son she bore to Abraham, Ishmael.

This law code recorded that children of slaves who were not adopted by the father during his life, upon his death were a) not allowed to share in the inheritance with the children of the first-rank wife, but b) must be freed and were no longer slaves.

Laws of Hammurabi

What is the meaning of the Hebrew word that both Hagar and Abraham use to describe what God did for each when God protected their sons from death?

to see/provide

The first covenant mentioned in the ______ Bible is the covenant in Genesis 9.

This covenant was made with all of humanity, so it was a ________ covenant.

noachide; universal

Write below the names of the first five books of the Old Testament, in canonical order.

(Make sure to capitalize each book's name, and spell/enter the name correctly.)

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

List five different scenes or stories in Genesis which display the "wrestling" motif in the stories about Jacob.

Peniel, Womb, Birthright, Deception of the Blessing, Rivalry with Laban

Robert Alter, suggests that the narratives of the Bible should be read with special attention to the author's use of common devices such as "well-scenes" or the "wife taken by a ruler."

What are the three terms Alter uses for common narrative devices in Genesis?

Leitwort, Motif, Theme

What place does Jacob name twice in the Genesis narrative, once upon his escape to Syria from his brother Esau and again after his reconciliation with Esau and return to Canaan?

(Both times, Jacob sets up a stone and anoints the stone with oil and renames the place.)

Bethel

When Jacob camps one night by the ford of the Jabbok stream, he wrestles a man who turns out to be a divine being. Jacob wins although he is injured and limps away. In the broader narrative his character also begins to undergo a transformation. What did Jacob name the place he wrestled with the divine being and saw "the face of God"?

Peniel

The theory of multiple sources posits that Genesis was composed primarily from three sources. What are those three (hypothetical) proposed sources?

Yahwist; Priestly; Elohist

From our class discussion, what were the teraphim upon which Rachel sat (that perhaps indicated one's inheritance standing in one's family)?

household gods

BONUS: List as many stories/episodes in Genesis as you can that involve a scene of deception (for ill or for good). Include the scriptural reference for each episode.

Serpent, Jacob's Blessing, Tamar & Judah, Joseph as Pharaoh

According to your textbook, with whom does God make four covenants that largely structure the books Genesis- Kings that we will be studying this semester? (Choose all that apply.)

David; Moses; Noah; Abraham

What is the Hebrew word for the 22nd chapter of Genesis, "the binding", in which Abraham was commanded to offer Isaac to the Lord?

Akedah

List three differences between wives and concubines.

Legal Status & Rights, Inheritance for Children, Purpose

What are the seven threats to the promises that God made to Abraham that occur in Abraham's story?

List as many as you can. (Bonus for getting all seven.)

- The Famine in Canaan

- Pharaoh Taking Sarah

- The Dispute and Separation with Lot

- The War of the Kings / Captivity of Lot

- Sarah's Barrenness and Old Age

- King Abimelech of Gerar Taking Sarah

- The Command to Sacrifice Isaac

What is the term for the appearance of a divine being to a human?

theophany

What was the name of Jacob's daughter who was assaulted by the Canaanite prince named Shechem?

Dinah

What is the Hebrew word for a covenant?

Berit

When Jacob speaks his last words to his sons in Genesis 49, of which son it is said that his brothers will bow down to him?*

Judah*

The Joseph story (Genesis 37-50) forms a coherent, literary whole, different in scope than the many episodic narratives in Genesis 12-36. However, there is an episode in the Joseph story focused not on Jospeh, but on another of the sons of Jacob. This focus helps us to see how this brother's character changed, and that his descendants will be an important part of the biblical story that follows in the books of Joshua-Kings. What is the name of the other son of Jacob and the number of the chapter of Genesis of this episode?

Judah; Genesis 38

What is the sign and stipulation of the covenant that God makes with Abraham in Genesis 17?

circumcision

Which son of Jacob offered his life in place of his half-brother Benjamin?

Judah

Who tried to kill Moses' on his return to Egypt?

the LORD

What were the names of the Hebrew midwives who saved many lives because they refused to obey Pharaoh?

Shiprah; Puah

What question of Exodus does the Tabernacle answer?

"Is the Lord with us?"

The early date proposed for the Exodus is ______ BCE.

The late date proposed for the Exodus is ______ BCE.

1446; 1260

The term "mosaic covenant" refers to all of the laws in which biblical books? (Choose all that apply.)

Numbers, Leviticus, Exodus, Deuteronomy

What is the correct translation of the sea (yam suf) through which Israel passed to leave Egypt and in which Pharaoh and his army was destroyed?

Reed Sea

Who asked the first question of Exodus?

Pharaoh

Match each person's name with the description of their relationship to Moses.

Zipporah - Wife

Jethro - Father in law

Miryam - sister

Aaron - brother who speaks for him

Joshua - assistant

By what name did God reveal himself to the Patriarchs according to Exodus 6:3?

El-Shaddai

What is the first question of Exodus?

"Who is the Lord?"

Together, what two feasts celebrate a memorial of God's deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage?

Passover & Unleavened Bread

According to our textbook, the golden calf was likely merely a __________________ for the divine presence.

pedestal

In the trio sequence of plagues, which of the plagues is not announced (not forewarned)?

The third plague of each sequence

At Mt. Sinai, in Exodus 19:6, what does God say Israel will be to him if they obey his voice and keep his covenant? Complete the two answers below in the text box.

1) a _________________ of ______________________

and 2) a ________________ _____________________.

1) Kingdom of Priests

2) Holy Nation

Who hardened Pharaoh's heart? (Choose all that apply.)

The Lord (God) & Pharaoh

What Egyptian Pharaoh, whose stela recorded the earliest mention of the people of Israel, ruled from 1213-1203?

Merneptah

What does the Hebrew name of the book of Exodus ("shemot") mean?

Names

What type of law typically is phrased as "if such and such happens, then such and such must be done in response"?

case/causatic law

In Exodus, one theological theme is that God's ______________ returns.

presence

What question of Exodus does the Passover answer?*

"Is the Lord for us?"*

To what land did Moses flee after he he killed an Egyptian?

Midian

Which of the following items associated with the Tabernacle were located inside it? (Choose all that apply.)

- Table of showbread (presence)

- Lampstand (menorah)

- Altar of Incense

- Ark of the Covenant

One theological theme of Exodus is how it continues the story of Genesis 12-50 and Abraham.

Fill in the blanks with two words that state this theological theme:

God ______________ and ______________ his promises and his covenant.

(Either term may be placed in either blank.)

remembers; fulfills

What are the two names for the mountain at which Moses and Israel met God in Exodus?

Horeb; Sinai

Pharaoh's decrees against the Hebrews evoke comparison to what Ancient Near Eastern account of creation and flood?

Atra-hasis

What Ancient Near Eastern king's birth account is described in a story that is similar to the birth account of Moses, in which Moses was saved by being thrown into the Nile in a basket?

Sargon I

If the late date for the Exodus is correct, which Pharaoh was opposed to Moses?

Rameses II

List the ten commandments (in order).

No other gods before me

No idols/graven images

Do not take the Lord's name in vain

Remember & keep Sabbath holy

Honor father & mother

Do not murder

Do not commit adultry

Do not steal

Do not bear false witness

Do not covet

Below, list the three questions of Exodus.

Then, describe in a complete phrase how God answers each of the questions of Exodus (above).

Who Am I?

--- "I will be with you"

What is his name?

--- "I am who I am" / Yahweh

Who is the Lord?

--- "The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord"

Explain how in the Passover story and its associated rituals God demanded the lives of the Egyptian first-born and the lives of the Israelite first-born.

This was God's judgement against Egypt for enslaving Israel, the Israelites were also not spared because they were also subject to God's Judgement. For this not to happen they had to partake in the Passover to be spared.

To what do the outer court, the holy place, and most holy place and the Tabernacle (described in Exodus 25-31) correspond in Exodus 19?

To what does the Tabernacle of Exodus correspond in Genesis?

Sacred area of Mount Sinai, Garden of Eden/Creation Accounts

What did Moses Egyptian name most likely mean?

Born of

What did Moses Hebrew name most likely mean?

Drawn out

Whom does God use to carry out his plan's for Israel's freedom?

Moses

Pharah's degree compares to what creation account?

Enuma Elish

What major character in Exodus is never named?

Pharaoh

What does Exodus mean in Greek?

Going out; Departure; Exit

God _______ himself to the descendents of Israel

reveals

The idea of ______________

Intercession

How many plagues were there?

10

List the trios of plagues

1) Blood, Frogs, Gnats

2) Flies, Pestilence, Boils

3) Hail, Locusts, Darkness

What was the last plague casted?

Death of the First Born

Who were the first to remember the Passover?

the Israelites

Genesis 12:1-2

Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing."

Exodus 3:15

God also said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Issac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you': This is my name forever, and this my title for all generations."

Exodus 15:13

"In your steadfast love you led the people whom you redeemed; you guided them by your strength to your holy abode."

Exodus 20:2-3

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery: You shall have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:14

"You need make for me only an altar of earth and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your offerings of well-being, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause my name to be remembered, I will come to bless you."