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Exodus Deuteronomy Exam
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Bible Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/06/2013

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Judah
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1. Tamar rightfully tricked this man into impregnating her after he refused his son to her according to the laws of Levenite marriage:
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Rebecca
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2. She helped her favorite son, Jacob, deceive his father using food & sheep’s wool:
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Hagaar
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3. The Egyptian handmaid that is promised a multitude of offspring for bearing the first of Abraham's sons.
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Jacob
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4. He journeyed hundreds of miles to Haran to find a wife among the daughters of his uncle Laban:
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70 CE
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5. The western wall of Jeruselum was destroyed in
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538 BCE
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6. King Cyrus of Persia released the israelites to their home
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Circumcision
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7. The most distinctive physical trait of Israelite men
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Theophany
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8. The scholarly catagorization for the appearance of God
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9. Melchizedek.
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9. The king of Salem and “priest of God Most High” to whom Abraham gives 10% of everything he owns as a thanksgiving tithe for victory.
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167 bce
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10. Judas “The Hammer” led the Maccabean revolt against the Greek empire in
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Transhumanants
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11. Herding by select numbers of a family on pastures both near and far from their settlement while the majority of the population is occupied by agriculture:
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Septuagint
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12. This is the name for the Greek translation of the bible:
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Endogomy
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Marriage within social group or kinship
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Menepta Stele
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14. Dating back to 1200 BCE
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Assuary
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Jar used for bones in secondary burial
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Source Criticism
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16. This approach to studying the bible suggests that the Torah is the product of four original sources that eventually were edited together
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Hyksos
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17. 18th Century BC raiders that invaded Egypt and set themselves up as pharoahs at Avan's
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The Levant
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18. Geographical term describing the land that bordered the medeteranean sea from modern turkey to Egypt
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The Canon
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List of books considered to be authoritive
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Masoretic Text
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Bible in the hebrew translation
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The Vulgate
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Bible in the Latin Translation
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1611 CE
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The King James Version was finished
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The Sumerian Flood Story
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23. Most enlightening ancient document for comparing to Noah's Flood:
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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24. Includes an account of a great flood, which parallels to Noah's:
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Enoma Elish
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25. Most enlightening ancient document for comparing with Genesis 1:
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1. 1200 BCE:
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Egyptians are in charge, Israelites are in Canaan
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2. 1000 BCE:
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Moabites are in charge, Menepta Stele, rein of saul, david, solomon, Israelite Monarchy.
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3. 720 BCE:
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Destruction of Samaria/ Northern Israel by Sargon II
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4. 586 BCE:
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Babylonians destroy first israelite temple in jeruselum Nebechenezer takes over.
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5. 538 BCE:
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Cyrus king of persia releases israelites back to their homeland. The Cyrus Cylinder
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6. 167 BCE:
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First physical attestation of Israel other than the bible: the Meneptah Stele The Maccabean Revolt
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7. 70 CE:
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Romans destroy second temple built by cyrus/. Herod the Great Rebuilt temple. “Wailing Wall/Kotel or Western Wall” only remaining wall of 2nd temple.
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