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| A period of time after the exiles returned to Jerusalem. |
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| Books that retell the history of Israel |
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| What kind of boundaries did the returning exiles need to set? |
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| The spiritual kind that define the limits of a person or group. They are lines they must not cros in order to be faithful to who they were. |
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| What did the Chronicler's history emphasize about David and Solomon? Why was the history written this way? |
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| Spiritual limits. The emphasis on David and Solomon was how they omitted thier sins and still claims to be inspired Scripture. They reminded the Jews that they were called to be a priestly people and a holy nation, not an empire. To inspire the Jerusalem community to return to a vibrant religious life. |
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| What do the exiles find when they return to Jerusalem? |
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| They find nothing but a miserable litle village perched on a pile of rubble-its wall and Temple in ruins-and ahead of them nothing but hardship. |
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| Why were the exiles prejudice towards the Samaritans? |
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| The Samaritans-the descendents of the Jews-were criticized because foreigners were ordered by the Assyrians to marry with the local Israelites and worship Israel's God as well as thier own gods. This resulted in tribal identity and religious fidelity. The Smaritans were regarded as inferior by the Jews of the south, not "real" Jews. |
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| According to the Third Isaiah, what is the true fasting that God desires? |
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| True fasting is working for the release of the injustly imprisioned, freeing the oppressed, saring bread with the hungry, sheltering the homeless, and clothing the naked. |
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| What is meant by the notion of universalism in Second and Third Isaiah? |
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| The dream that God's love for Israel will make it a "light to the nations", ultimately bringing together all nations and peoples of the earth under his Reign. |
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| When Nehemiah arrives in Jerusalem, what is the first project he calls the people to work on? |
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| He calls the people to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. |
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| Give three examples of characteristics that made Nehemiah a model public servant. |
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| Leadership, strict, and insists on justice |
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| What two reforms does Nehemiah enforce? Why were these important boundaries? |
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| Honoring the Sabbath and not marrying foreigners. They were important because trading on the Sabbath in that time was not the problem of working but it was only for greed. Marrying foreigners was the quickest way to weaken a people's religious commitment. The people needed to be reminded of the Commandments because hard times were ahead of them. |
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