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| What are the 3 sections of the Jewish Bible? |
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| Torah (Law), Prophets, Writings |
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| How does the arrangement of the books in your Old Testament differ from the arrangement in the Jewish Bible? |
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| Pentateuch (1rst 5 books), History, Poetic, Prophetic |
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| What is the Septuagint, and when was it created? |
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| Translation of Hebrew Bible into Greek. 3rd C B.C. |
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| What is the "Apocrypha"and when were they written? |
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| Jewish religious literature. 1-2 C B.C. |
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| How did Jews vs. Christians regard the "Apocrypha"? |
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| Jews: No evidence that Jews considered these books scripture. Christian: Augustine- they are scripture; Gerome- they are not scripture. |
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| What two topics have the Dead Sea Scrolls given us much information about? |
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1.Showed there was a wide variety of opinions in Judaism back then. Diversity.
2. Oldest manuscripts of Biblical text. Shows how precisely scripture was copied. |
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| How can we believe that Christianity is true if there are all these problems in the text of the Bible? |
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| 1. the manuscript differences do not affect essentials of belief or practice. 2. We have lots of manuscript evidence 3. we can use textual criticism to weed out errors. 4. when scribes make changes they are trying to help the reader. |
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| Who were the two sisters who were given in marriage to a man who worked for their father for 14 years? |
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| In what chapter would you find God's promise to Abraham of land, descendants, and blessing first mentioned? |
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| In what chapter would you find the Ten Commandments? |
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| In what chapter would you find the incident of the Golden Calf? |
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| In what chapter would you find a description of the procedures of the Day of Atonement? |
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| binding agreement between two parties |
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| What are the parts of a "Suzerain-Vassal Treaty"? |
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| a. Inro. identifying each group. b. historical prologue c. stipulations d. deposit and public reading e. list of witnesses f. blessings and curses |
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| In what chapter and book of the Pentateuch could you find the Pentateuchal laws spoken of as part of a "covenant"? |
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| Exod. 24, Lev. 26, Deut. 29 |
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| What is the "Covenant Formula"? |
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| "I will be your God, and you will be My people." |
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| How were the covenants God made with Abraham and David different from the covenant God made with Israel on Mt. Sinai? |
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Abraham/David covenants: Grant; God has obligations, not the people.
Israel on Mt. Sinai covenant: both God and Israel had obligations (Suzerain-Vassal Treaty) |
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| According to the Old Testament, what is the religious significance of circumcision? |
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| Sign of the covenant with Abraham. |
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| According to the Old Testament, what is the religious significance of the Sabbath? (two answers) |
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| 1. sign of the covenant with Israel (Exod 31) 2. reminder that God released Israel from slavery (Deut 5) |
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| What is "ritual impurity"? |
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| Natural and more or less unavoidable. It is the natural condition of humans, not true of God. Not moral impurity. |
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| What are four characteristics of "ritual impurity"? |
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| Characteristics: natural/ unavoidable. Can be transmitted by touch or proximity. It is not a sin (unless you come in contact with the holy while impure). It is the condition of humans that is untrue of God. |
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| What causes "ritual impurity"? |
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| childbirth, skin disease, body fluids associated with sex, contact with dead animals or humans. |
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| How can "ritual impurity" be removed? |
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| wait a short amount of time; sacrifices; wash |
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| What are two reasons for the dietary laws of ancient Israel? What two things these laws are NOT about? |
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| Laws set Israel apart from other peoples, creates a clean vs. unclean system. They are NOT about being dirt, disease or germs. |
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