bible midterm

what does the TaNak stand for?

Torah

the torah is known as what?

the law

the nevi'im is also known as what?

the prophets

the ketuvim is also known as what?

the writings

list 3 books found in the torah?

genesis

list 3 books found in the nevi'im

joshua

list 3 books found in the ketuvim

psalms

what 2 languages was the old testament written in?

hebrew and aramic

what 6 major themes do we see in the bible? explain what they mean

1. creation and the royal task2. rebellion and the fallout3. God's covenant with Israel4. Jesus and the kingdom of God5. the spread of the kingdom people6. the return of the King

genesis chapters 1-11 is God and the \_____________ \_____________

whole world

genesis chapters 12-50 is God and \_______________ \______________

abraham's family

abraham is the father of \_______________ who is the father of Jacob who is the father of \______________

Isaac

in genesis 1

Yahweh creates by bringing \_______________ and beauty out of \___________ and darkness

list what God created on the 7 days of Creation

1. light2. sky3. land

humans are the divine \_____________ \_____________

image bearers

the hebrew word for image literally means \_______________

statue

what are humans commissioned to do according to Yahweh?

steward and guard God's good world on His behalf

what consequences result from humanity's selfishness and sin?

it leads to the fracturing of the divine human relationship and the ruin of human relationship on all levels

how does Yahweh respond to human sin

He brings justice on rebellion offers grace by promising future blessing for His word

give 1 example of the pattern of human in to consequences to grace

Abraham takes God's plan into his own hands and sleep with Hagar

who does Yahweh initiate his plan to rescue humanity through

He brings justice on rebellion

give one example of how Abraham's family in Genesis 12-50 put God's promises into jeopardy

rebellion

how does God intervene to rescue abrahams family

He stays committed to their family and his promises and contantly intervenes to rescue them

abraham sleeps with Hagar and they have a son named \_____________. he does on to establish the nation of \______________

Ismael

abraham sleeps with sarah and they have a son named \_______________. he goes on to establish the nation of \_________________

Isaac

God remains \____________ to his promises to \_______________

faithful

why does the family of abaraham become a large tribe?

as a result o God's blessing

why does God respond to Israel's cries

bc of Hid promise to Abraham

who does God raise up to be Israel's deliverer?

Moses

how does God describe Himself?

I am who I am

who is the archetypal bad-guy in scripture

pharaoh

what does it mean by the hardening of Pharaoh's heart

pharaoh's own choice to resist and God's response to such monstrous evil

how does God predetermined Pharaoh's evil

he anticupates and responds to it

how many times does Pharaoh relent and allow Israel to go but suddenly has a change if heart?

3

why does God send plagues to Egypt

to show His power and divine justice

how many plagues does God send?

10

what is the goal of sending these plagues

to humble pharaoh and set Israel free

list the 10 plagues

1. water to blood2. frogs3. gnats4. flies5. plague6. boils7. hail8. locusts9. darkness10. death on 1st born

the \_______________ festival accomplishes Israel's redemption

passover

what offering to the israelites present at the passover

the sacrifical substitute

what does the passover and last supper have in common? how are these 2 events connected?

just like how the blood of the lamb saved the Israelites

who passes over the bloody door frames?

the angel of death

when is the word salvation used first in scripture?

when delivering Exodus as a divine deliverance

the song claimms the exodus event shows that Israel's God is the \_____________ God among all others

true

in the wilderness

God provides Manna which is Hebrew for

who is called to become a "kingdom of preists"?

Israel

God begins to give Israel the \_______________

Torah

The torah begins with the 10 commandments

what are they?

where does God take up personal residence among his people?

in the tabernacle

what is the design and imagery of the tabernacle meant to recall?

the garden of eden

what do the Israelites make and worship instead pf Yahweh?

a golden calf

who oversees the tabernacle?

moses

how are Moses and the poeple going to be able to dwell in the presence of a holy God?

the tabernacle

who

surprisingly

what event has damaged the relationship between Israel and Yahweh from Exodus 32?

the golden calf

moses not entering the tent on Israel's behalf reveals what?

the relationship between Israel and God still needs to be repaired

what is leviticus all about?

God's grace

what are 7 literary structures with a symmectrical design in the book of Leviticus

1. ritual sacrifices2. ordination of preists3. laws abt ritual purity4. day of atonement and sacrifices5. laws abt moral purity6. qualification of the preists7. ritual calendar

what are the 3 main solutions to the relational rupture between God and Israel?

rituals

what are rituals?

symbolic behaviors packed with religious meaning

what are preists?

unique ppl set apart to represent Israel by God

what is purity?

symbolic and moral guidelines that mark Israel unique among the nations

what are sacrifices

killing animals and performing symbolic actions with their blood

what are sacred days?

setting apart certain days to retell stories abt their relationship with God: Sabbath

list the 5 types of sacrifices

grain

whhat are the two "thank you" sacrifices?

grain and fellowship offerings

what are the 3 "im sorry" sacirfices?

burnt

list 3 annual sacred days

passover

what is passover?

retells the story of the 10th plague and God's redemption of Israel from slavery in Egypt

what is pentecost?

50 days after passover

day of atonement

an annual fast of repentance as the preists accomplished atonement Israel's sin

who would enter on behalf of Israel after Moses?

Aaron and his sons

what are two forms of purity Yahweh used to make Israel holy?

ritual purity & moral purity

what is ritual purity?

symbolic practices that reminded Israel that every part of their life was lived in God's presence

what is moral purity?

corresponds to God's goodness and sets them aprt from the other nations

lists two ways you would be morally impure

secual impurity

explain the day atonement and how it connects to Jesus

once a year all of the sins of Israel were atoned for by a critically important ritual

in hebrew tradition the book of Exodus's name is "bamidbar" which means what?

in the wildnerness

the pilgrimage should have taken 2 weeks but instead toom them \_______ years

40

what is the organized structure for the Israel camp that is a symbol of God's holiness

God's presence in the tabernacle

after 3 days

what is the temperament of the Israelites?

what did Moses hope for the Israelites in the book of Deuteronomy?

a new and transformed heart

what is the true motivation for obeying laws?

love

who dies at the end of Deuternonomy?

Moses

who is appointed as the new leader of Israel?

Joshua

Deuteronomy means \___________________ and why?

2nd law

who is the new leader of the Israelites?

Joshua

when does the book of Joshua take place?

right after Moses had died and Israel is ready to enter the land

the story of Joshua is designed with 4 main movements

what are they?

what books make up the torah?

Genesis

what is one way the Israelites celebrate the new Passover?

the new generation is circumcised

who does Joshua speak to before battle?

angel of the Lord

who leads the people to the promised land?

Joshua

why does Yahweh ask for the circumcision of the Israelites

To set them apart

why is the book of judges called judges?

it comes from the type of leaders Israel had during this period

what is the repeated theme throughout the book of Judges?

spirit empowers judges

who are the 3 main characters in Ruth?

Namoni

When does the book of Ruth take place?

when the judges ruled

what does namoni change her name to and why?

mara because it laments her tragic fate

who is the family redeemer in the book of Ruth?

Boaz