Old Test
Introductory Concepts:
Q:What is name or term do we use for the culture/location/time context of the Old Testament?
A: The ancient Near east
Q: What are the four divisions in the Protestant canon of the Old Testament? (You do not need to know which books are in each division)
A: Pentateuch, Historical books,Poetry and Prophecy
Q:What are the three divisions in the Jewish Canon of the Bible? (You do not need to know which books are in each division)
A: Torah, Nevi’im & Ketuvim
Q:Be able to name the three worlds of the text and explain what approaches would be used in each “world”.
A:Historical approach(the world behind the text; window) Literary approach( the world of the text;picture)
Theological approach ( mirror)
Q: Why is knowing about the Ancient Near East important as we study the Old Testament?
A: it gives us the context that the Old Testament was written in so that we have a deeper understanding of the meaning in scripture. It also demonstrates that people has and still does interact with people in history and culture, therefore giving it value.
Q:What is exegesis and hermeneutics?
A: Exegesis is determining what the text meant in the original context , Hermeneutics is applying the text to what it might mean today.
Q:What is Incarnational Inspiration and the idea of the “Cultural River”?
A: Scripture is both fully God and fully man, to make it more divine. It is an analogy.
Q:What isn’t the Old Testament? What is the Old Testament? What is its purpose?
A: The Old Testament isn’t a book of rules, a text book, a book about hero’s it is a story of that tells us how god sacrificed everything to rescue us and the world. It is a library of books that tell one unified story over thousands of years with different authors and genres. It is useful to teaching, rebuking and training in righteousness.
Q: What are the steps of biblical interpretation?
A: To determine the meaning in the original context, think about what is similar or different to our culture now, and what principles can be applied today.
Q:What is the theological importance for us today of God writing the Bible by actual humans to actual humans within a particular time and culture?
A: If God was willing to work through people and impact in history and culture, then God is interested to work through
history and culture now and through us. God doesn’t hate culture, but is willing to be understood in and through it.
Creation:
Q: What is the purpose of the creation account in Genesis 1?
A: It is to show that creation is orderly and good formed by God with love for humans to cultivate and partner with him.
Q:What does image of God refer to in Genesis 1?
A: The image of God refers to the function of humans, to partner with God to inherit the cultivation of the world.
Q:What are the 3 creation blessings? A: Land, descendants, and presence.
Q:Know the difference between the words Elohim and Yahweh? A:Yahweh is the personal name for God, Elohim is generic and can refer to multiple gods But when used as a singular ver it refers to our God.
Q: How do modern and ancient cosmologies describe existence? Creation?
A: Modern is existence is material,
Q: Why is it important to understand the difference between modern and ancient cosmologies?
A: It helps us to understand what genesis 1 is and is not saying. The author is not concerned with describing, rather interpreting.
Q: What are the main theological points made in the Genesis 1 creation account?
A: forming and filling day 1-3
Q:What is the purpose or function of humans?
A: to partner with God, filling and cultivating the world.
Q:What is the significance of the 7th day?
A: God finishes his work, and now rests, watching his world
function as intended. He can rest because it us running properly.
Q:How is the Garden of Eden like a temple?
A: In the ancient near east, The god or king would build a temple because it represented a place heaven and earth met.
The Fall:
Q: What is the root of the fall?
A: humans want to determine what is good and evil rather than
trusting in God.
Q:What are three different ways that sin be defined?
A: not the way it is supposed to be, brokenness in us, around us and through us, and high propensity for humans to mess things up.
Q:How are the creation blessings reversed in the aftermath of Adam’s and Eve’s disobedience?
A: land is cursed, labor toil for it to produce and pain and child birth and in relationships, and Adam and ever have to leave the garden.
Q:How does God reverse the curse of sin in chapter 3?
A:God clothes Adam and Eve, demonstrating that they are still God’s children
Q:How is the flood a reversal of creation and then a recreation? A: the flood reverses creation,heaven