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| What was the major reason that scholars think a monarchy arose in Israel? How is this different from other reasons given in the stories of 1Samuel? |
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| The scholars think it was because the israelites accepted it because it was the only form of social organization that was centralized enough to repel the Phillistine invasions into the hill of the country of Palestine. 1Samuel says it was because Samuel’s sons were corrupt, they wanted to imitate other nations, or because they wanted a human king instead of Yahweh. |
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| What role did writing play in the emergent monarchy? How was this related to orality and memorization? |
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-Scribes held the broad kingdom of varied tribes and territories together. They used written texts to reinforce and standardize oral memory. It was the basis of which they could pass the texts down. (They used this orally transmitted cultural memory that helped identify them identify as Israelites.)
What do the mentions of David in psalm superscriptions tell and not tell us? |
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| Genesis 1-11 creation.. similar. |
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| covenant code, ways of living, doing things, sacrifices, altars, purity etc. |
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| related to song of songs focusses on human physical love |
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| Gilgamesh is related in the sense that it has the same tone of “imperative joy” that ecclesiastes does when it talks about enjoying yourself because you are not going to live forever... have fun.. |
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| 30 sayings of Proverbs close to 30 chapters of this text, heavily on social justice, |
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| What are the different sorts of indicators of Northern origins in the Jacob story of Genesis on the one hand and the Moses story on the other? |
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Jacob’s story has evidence suggesting it was written in the north because it goes against the Jerusalem zion traditions claiming that Yahweh lived at mount zion, instead it says “I am the God who dwells in Bethel.” it acts as a counterpoint to the writings of the Davidic monarchy in the south.
The moses story- is written in a way that makes moses liberation of israel from egypt sound a lot like jeroboams liberation of israel from rehoboam both grow up in privileged households identify with the people being oppressed flee from the oppressive ruler return when that ruler dies appeal to the new ruler to lighten the oppression. |
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| What was special about a ‘vassal treaty’ and how is it related to a ‘covenant? |
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| Giving tribute to a king... a treaty between nations.. related to covenant because it's the same situation as the covenant w. God instead it's between men instead...a type of international covenant forcing peoples their vassals to act out curses of destruction if they failed to keep the terms of these covenants. |
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| How did Amos and Hosea relate in different ways to the ancient Israelite idea of election? |
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| As a symbol of gods intent to take back israel despite what she has done god tells hosea to pay a price to hire a woman known for promiscuity and then specify that she not seek any lovers not even be with hosea for a long time.. we see hoseas critique of israel and judahs lack of steadfast love for yahweh hosea sees this lovelessness proven with israel pursued futile plans and committed adultery.. but he says that God is going to take them back..Amos does not look at it this way and is socially critical and talks about how exodus was nothing special.. God will not turn back the punishment |
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| What are two different ways in which comparison of a biblical text with an ancient non-biblical text can be useful? Give two examples of such comparison from this chapter. |
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| The ancient texts can teach us about how anvient Israelites used the sorts of written texts now in the bible.. they were used for ancient egyptian and mesopotamian education.. they were qualified for their jobs by learning to read and memorize these texts.. such biblical texts likewise were used to educate leaders in the early monarchy We can also learn about the particular values and perspectives of biblical authors through comparing the texts to each other. |
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| Which chapters in the books of Isaiah and Micah have the largest amounts of material from the eighth century prophets, and which parts of each book are made up virtually exclusively of texts added by later authors? |
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| - Micah- 1-3 later authors, 6:1 fearing God...Isaiah- 1-11, 28-32, rest from other authors |
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| What differences do you see between the views of Isaiah and Micah on what is wrong with Jerusalem? What are the main differences in their views of Jerusalem’s future? Is either of these identical with Zion theology as seen in Psalm 46? |
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Micah- southern, judgement,attacks zion theology, says not invulnerable,judah will suffer says assyria’s attack will be from gods judgement, then ends w hope.
Isaiah-no one should fear bc they are chosen ones..recognizes problems like micah but he believes in zion theology. |
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| josiah commanded the priests to remove the statue of the goddess asherah from the temple in Jerusalem along with all elements related to Baal and all deities other than Yahweh. He also destroyed all the high places outside jerusalem and removed their priests. |
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| the way that people who must redefine themselves in the wake of oppression and often revise and even invert the cultural forms of their former oppressors... adaptation. |
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| Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings.. they refer back to the Torah in Deut. contain values in deut. |
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| Deut, Joshua, Judges, 1&2 Samuel, 1&2 kings. |
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| older narrative, 2 sam 1 kings, succession to david, written in time of solomon. |
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| How is the pre-exilic edition of the Deuteronomistic history different from the exilic edition? |
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| one is talking about how they are chosen and all that.. one is talking about how they will eventually be brought together again, they have a different approach.. |
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| What differences do you see between Micah (as seen in Micah 1-3) and Amos? |
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| both recognize evils, Micah says definitely going to happen no doubt about it, Amos says not if they change their ways |
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| What differences do you see between the message of eighth-century Isaiah (as seen in eight century parts of the book) and Hosea? |
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| Isaiah’s god is definitely more war-like than Hosea who is more father-like |
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| What is a vassal treaty and what are its major parts? How is the book of Deuteronomy similar to and yet different from a vassal treaty? |
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| it is an example of revision of the theological adaptation of the Assyrian vassal treaty so that it now expressed God’s not the Assyrian kings rule of Israel ..is like a vassal treaty because has rules of worship and such but is also not because it is just being used to turn the tables and make it seem like God was creating these rules and not Assyria. but it is also an example of hybridity. |
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| What is postcolonial criticism and what are two different ways in which biblical scholars draw on or engage it? What is an example of the use of postcolonial criticism to analyze Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic history? |
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| study that examines ways in which texts such as the bible were formed in imperial contexts and or how biblical texts later functioned in colonial or imperial contexts. Can be used in the hybridity with the Assyrian take over. |
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| Deutero-Isaiah/second Isaiah |
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| refers to chapters 40-55 of the book of Isaiah, a section that shows many sins of being composed during the time of the Babylonian empire |
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| the idea that the divine world is organized on analogy with a human monarchal court, with a divine king, his consort, his officials, and other parts of his administration |
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Where do the exilic edition of the Deuteronomistic History and Ezekiel disagree? Why
was this important in this period? |
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| Ezekiel made God mobile, which was important for the time of the exilic period. |
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