OT Midterm

The exam will be multiple choice, write out, and I'm not a hundred percent sure but there may be t/f. Know the material and may the force be with you. <3

3 Parts of the Hebrew Bible

Torah, Prophets, Writings

Torah

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Former Prophets

Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings

Latter Prophets

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, The Twelve

The Writings

Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah (1), Chronicles

Tanak

shorthand for the 3 books of the Bible

Pentateuch

1st five books

Torah

1st five books

Canon

list of books brought together

Septuagint (LXX)

Translated into the greek (could be the most accurate translation historically)

Characters in Genesis

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (and the twelve sons of Jacob)

What’s Genesis About?

Creation, Fall, Seed; Egypt

(Creation —> Abraham —> Egypt)

What’s Exodus About?

Sinai, The Law, Tabernacle

What’s Leviticus about?

(3 things)

Sacrifices, Priests, and Holiness

What’s Numbers About?

First Generation, Disobedience in Wilderness, Second Generation

Leadership of Joshua

What’s Deauteronomy About?

Moses writes the final version of the Torah, Blessings and curses, where’s the prophet like Moses?

Three Places where poetry plays a huge role

Genesis 49 poem, Numbers 24 poem, Deuteronomy 32-33 poems

Genesis 49 Poem

Jacob blesses his son, uses the imagery of a lion, and is the end of the story of patriarchs

Numbers 24 Poem

Balaam and Balak. 24:14 is the same phrase as in Gen 49

Deuteronomy 32-33 Poems

From Moses to Israel. Has the Song and Blessing of Mosses and talks about disobedience of Yahweh and that eventually God will have grace towards His people

Song of Moses

Deuteronomy 32 Poem

Blessing of Moses

Deuteronomy 33 Poem

Is the Torah just about law?

No. He’s writing a book about prophecy revolving around a coming king from the line of Judah

Major Events in Genesis

The Land & Blessing (1-2), The Exile (3), Life in Exile (4), Noah (6-9), Babel (11:1-9)

Being fruitful and multiply gives a priority to the ____?

seed

Imago dei

Image of God

Elohim, or El

God

(It’s not a name. It serves as our word for God {like g and G})

Lord God (what does it stand for?)

YHWH or Yahweh (when little text), Jehovah

How is Yahweh signaled?

“Lord God”

Jehovah is signaled by?

God

What is central to the story of the Fall?

The idea of wisdom

The man and the woman are ______ from the place of God’s perfect provision, doomed to a life of _______ the ground and being ____ from the blessing of the Garden

exiled, serving, kept

The horizon of the Pentateuch reaches from where?

“The beginning” of the “end of days” kingdom ruled over by the Lion of Judah, the seed of Abraham, the seed of the woman

Why did Moses give us Genesis 1-11?

Yahweh is the Creator, rest, land, seed, blessing and cursing

Dead Sea Scrolls

Found by the Dead Sea in Israel, early witnesses to the holy Bible

Genesis 12:1-3

 “...and I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed…”

Genesis 13:14-17

“...Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,... I will give to you and to your offspring/seed forever.”

Genesis 15:1-6

“And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.” v 6

A specific son who is going to be born and also a multiplicity of seed. The focus here is the seed first half, land second half. Abraham demonstrated faith

Genesis 17:3-8

“Behold, my covenant is with you,...” (v. 4) “I will make you exceedingly fruitful,...” (v 6) reference to Genesis

(Also mentions kings. No surprise that there will be kings and kings in Israel. It adds circumcision here as an identification of those in Abraham, but it is not in which they find faith. It’s a form of identity)

Genesis 22:15-18

“ and in your offspring/seed shall all of the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.” v 18

(He didn’t make it in a vacuum. The seed and those he makes the promises to are to believe in Him and obey. A faith and obedience response)

Important Sections of Genesis

Chapters 12, 13, 15, 17, and 22

What name was Jacob given?

Israel

The guiding principle of the Joseph story

God is present with Joseph therefore he prospers

Joseph’s bones became a representation of his ____?

Hope

Where do Josephs bones show up?

In the middle of Exodus and in Joshua 24:32 (where they are buried).

Structure of Exodus

Egypt, Wilderness, Sinai

Balaam appears in what book?

Numbers (main character in 22)

Does the book of Esther mention God?

No

Horeb

Sinai

Moses Objections (4 of them)

#1: Who am I

#2: What is your name?

#3: What if they will not believe me?

#4: I am not eloquent

(I’d read over these. Session 4 page 11)

El Shaddai

God Almighty

What was the purpose of the plagues?

For them to embrace Yahweh

What does Isaiah point to?

a future deliverance

Yahweh is the God who ________ His people from Egypt in accordance with the ________ He made to _______, _____, and _____.

redeemed, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

What’s the Structure of Exodus?

Egypt (1:1-15:21), Wilderness (15:22-18:27), Sinai (19-40)

How did Yahweh express His instructions to them in the wilderness? (2 things)

In statutes and commands

What chapters are Israel at Sinai?

Exodus 19-40

What’s the purpose of Sinai?

He’s asking them to keep the covenant they’ve already received. They were expected to obey like Abraham

10 Commandments (they were to fear, not to be afraid but so they obey Him). Why was only Moses sent up to speak with God?

The people responded with fear and a lack of faith

What chapter of Exodus are the 10 commandments given?

Chapter 20

What chapter of Exodus is the Covenant Code given?

Chapter 21

What chapters of Exodus does the Golden Calf arrive?

Chapters 32-34

What did God promise in the Abrahamic Covenant?

Yahweh promised blessing to Abraham’s descendants on the land and blessing to the nations through Abraham’s seed

Where was the Abrahamic Covenant given?

Genesis 12

What was the Mosaic Covenant?

A temporary covenant governing the relationship between Yahweh and Israel until the New Covenant would come

Where was the Mosaic Covenant given?

Exodus 19-24

The Pentateuch has made it clear that _________ and _____________, being declared righteous, is reliant on faith

salvation and justification

Does pentateuch = law?

No. It can mean law but most of the time it’s used for the totality of the book of Moses

Who is Yahweh? (Exodus 34:6-7)

He is faithful in His promises with steadfast love. Slow to anger. Gives judgement

What was the tabernacle?

It was the means for restoring mankind’s lost fellowship with God

Creation, land, and the Garden are referenced in the __________.

Tabernacle

The law came because of disobedience, but also as __________.

Protection

When does the New Covenant come?

Deuteronomy 30

What is Leviticus called in the Hebrew?

He Called

What’s the Structure of Leviticus?

Sacrificial Laws (1-7), Priestly Narrative (8-10), Laws to Protect Ritual Cleanness (11-16), Holiness Code (17-27)

What 2 categories of sacrifices/offerings are there?

Voluntary and Obligatory

Voluntary Sacrifices/Offerings

Burnt, Grain, Fellowship

Obligatory Sacrifices/Offerings

Sin, Guilt

Why did God kill Nadab and Abihu?

Because they took it upon themselves to offer a different type of fire

Leviticus has 3 sanctifieds. List them

A Sanctified (set apart) God

A Sanctified People

A Sanctified Tent

Where does God make the Mosaic Covenant?

Mount Sinai (Exodus 19-24)

Where did the people cross over the Jordan River?

In Joshua

List the 3 sections of the Hebrew Bible?

Torah, Prophets, Writings

Where is “In the last days” mentioned?

Genesis 49

Numbers 24

Deuteronomy 31-33

What’s the structure of Numbers?

Obedience (1-10), Disobedience (11-25), Obedience (26-36)

Why is Numbers called Numbers?

Because there is a census

What was the real crisis in the wilderness?

Unbelief

Where does the pattern of disobedience begin in Numbers?

Chapter 11

What lead the people to not being able to go to their rest in the wilderness?

The lack of faith

Jonah, Micah, and Nahum are a what?

Trilogy

Does Balaam curse or bless Israel and how many times?

Bless. 3 times

What does Deuteronomy mean?

Second law

What is Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible?

These are the Words

What were the offices of Deuteronomy? (3)

Priests and Judges, King, Prophet

The Former Prophets

Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings

Joshua Theme

Into the land

Judges, Samuel, and Kings Theme

800+ years in the land, the very end of Kings exile

Deuteronomy' History

The writers of the Former Prophets show the history through an interaction with the Deuteronomy. It’s the interpretive grid to show us what is going on in the story.

4 Words to think about for the Former Prophets

Allegiance, Worship, King, Prophet

What book and chapters is the Shamah?

Deuteronomy 5-6