Theology Quiz #1 Review
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- 6 ways in which biblical prophets RECEIVE the word
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1. Theophany (Visions)
2. Ecstatic Behaviour
3. Forseeing
4. Miracles
5. Symbolic Actions
6. Prophets as covenant mediators - Who identifies the prophets as prophets?
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1. Other Prophets
2. Community/priests/kings
3. Biblical narrator/author - What are 6 elements of the Prophetic Call?
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1. Divine confrontation
2. Introductory word
3. Commission of the prophet
4. Objection of the prophet
5. Reassurance given by God
6. A sign - What were the people's terms in Noah's covenant?
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-Not be cannibalistic
-Animal offering
-Cannot kill man
-Be fruitful and multiply
-“abound the earth and subdue it†- What were God's terms in Noah's covenant?
- He will no longer flood the Earth again
- What were Abraham and his people's terms in the Abraham convenant?
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-All males of Abraham’s descent must be circumcised at eight days old
-They must be blameless (do right to your fellow people and follow God’s will - What were God's terms in the Abraham Covenant?
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-Abraham gets land of Canaan with exceeding fertility
-He will birth a nation of God’s people
-Promise of freedom, prosperity, and wealth - What is the sign of Noah's covenant?
- Rainbow
- What is the sign of Abraham's covenant?
- Circumcision
- What are the people's terms in the Mosaic Covenant?
- Israel keeps all the laws of the Torah.
- What are God's terms in the Mosaic Covenant?
- God would protect his people from harm and deliver to them the promised land,
- What is the sign of the Mosaic covenant?
- The Sabbath
- What is the story of Gilgamesh?
- The story of creation from a Canaanite religion in which there is a part that resembles Noah's flood story.
- Characteristics of Abraham's relationship with God
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-Argues with God
-Obeys God's commands
-He makes a covenant with God - Themes of the Abraham story in Genesis
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•Abraham’s need for a child
•Abraham as a father
•Abraham as a religious founder
•Abraham as a man of faith
•Israel’s claim to the promised land
•Israel’s relationship with its neighbor - What is another name for the Deuteronomistic History, and what books are included?
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Former Prophets
-Joshua
-Judges?
-1, 2 Samuel
-1, 2 Kings - What is the prophetic process of transmission?
- God(s) – prophet – message – audience
- What is a prophecy?
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-Human transmission of allegedly divine messages
-Non-inductive - What are the 4 collections of Law in the Old Testament?
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The Book of the Covenant The Deuteronomic Code
The Holiness Code
Priestly Code - What are some of the Laws in the Deuteronomic Code?
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-The poor and powerless are protected
+Slaves are freed on 7th year
+Widows and orphans provided for at harvest and festivals
+Female prisoners of war must be treated w/ respect
+Slaves who escape are not to be returned to their owners
+No interest to be charged on borrowings
+Provide for those in need
-Takes care of the very poor and can’t support themselves
-Centralization of worship
-“name-theology†appears throughout
-Priests are Levites
-Command to love God
-Not mentioned
+No weekly Sabbath
+No circumcision
+No mention of Yom Kippur/ Day of Atonement
+No regulations for priests - What are the Laws of the Book of the Covenant?
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Three annual festivals
1. Festival of Unleavened Bread
-Now called Passover
-Celebrate last plague in Egypt and freedom
2. Festival of Harvest
-Now called Weeks/Pentecost
-Five weeks
-Commemorate time when God gave the law on Mt. Sanai
3. Festival of Ingathering
-End of year
-Now called Tabernacles/Tents
-Commemorate time when God looked after them while they were wandering in the desert - What are the Laws in the Holiness Code?
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-Secular slaughter banned; no eating of blood
-Sexual taboos
-Secular/ethical laws
-Laws for the priests and high priests
-Sacred donations and sacrificial offerings
-Cycle of festivals
-Sabbath year and Jubilee year
-Blessings and curses for o - What are the Laws in the Priestly Code?
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-Passover and Unleavened Bread
-Tabernacle
-Offerings
-Priestly laws
-Dietary laws
-Skin diseases and bodily discharge
-Vows, tithes
-Unclean Israelites, unfaithful wives
-Inheritance laws, annual festivals - What are the two instances in which the Law was read out loud and therefore considered historical?
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1. Josiah finds the Law book and starts a reform
2. Nehemiah - Ezra in the square at the Water Gate