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OT Review-Genesis, Exodus, Levitcus, Numbers

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Torah   Law  
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Nevi'im   Prophets  
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Kethuvim   Writings  
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Tanak   Torah - Nevi'im - Kethuvim acronym  
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Most consistent of 3 canons   Torah  
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LXX   Septuigant-Greek translation of the OT  
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When were the Dead Sea Scrolls found?   1947 in a cave by a boy who threw a stone  
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Explain how we got the word Yaweh   the vowels were added to the word YHWH so that the priests could pronounce it when reading.  
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1st commandment   No other God's before me  
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2nd commandment   You shall not make an idol for yourself  
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3rd commandment   Don't miss use the name of the Lord  
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4th commandment   remember the Sabath & keep it holy  
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5th commandment   Honor your father & mother  
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6th commandment   You shall not murder  
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7th commandment   You shall not commit adultery  
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8th commandment   You shall not steal  
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9th commandment   You shall not bare false witness against your neighbor  
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10th commandment   You shall not covet  
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1st son of Jacob   Rueben  
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2nd son of Jacob   Simeon  
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3rd son of Jacob   Levi  
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4th son of Jacob   Judah  
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Which was Jacob's favorite son?   Joseph  
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Who was the youngest son of Jacob?   Benjamin  
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BC   before Christ  
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BCE   before common era  
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what's the definition of codex?   a book that folds open  
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Define Masoretes   extended family of scribes from 500- 1000  
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define masoretic text   result of the work of the Masoretes (Hebrew Bible)  
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Define MT consistency   made the OT consistent & word placement was consistent. Completed by highly trained.  
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MT vowels   Hebrew has no vowels so they added their own  
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What happened in 1970?   roman Catholics stopped using Latin in their services  
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How many chapters of the OT are Aramaic?   10  
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What language is the OT written in originally?   Hebrew  
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Torah/Pentatuech definition   1st 5 books of the OT. Torah=more like the word "gospel" means law Pentatech=specific designation Christian  
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Define Bereshith   beginning  
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Define Bara   created  
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Define Shamayim   heavens  
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Define Thohu wevohu   void  
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Define mayim   waters  
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Define etiology   a story about how something came to be (true or made up)  
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Define Covenant   agreement between 2 parties you keep your end of the deal whether or not the other person does  
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What happens in 1275 BC?   End of the Exodus  
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Who is Ramses II?   pharaoh during the Exodus  
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Define Lex talionis   the punishment should fit the crime  
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Define Apodictic   a general principle no exceptions no punishments listed  
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Define Casuistic   takes into account the cause  
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What are the 4 sections of the OT?   Torah, Histories, Poetical & Wisdom, Prophets  
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Books as prophets in POT but not Jewish   Lamentations & Daniel  
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Histories in POT but Kethuvim in Jewish   Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Esther, Ruth  
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Books counted as 1 in Jewish but 2 in Christian   Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah  
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7 Books unique to the Roman Catholic canon   Tobit 1 & 2 Maccabees Wisdom of Solomon Sirach Baruch Judith  
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What is the Major Prophets   3 longest prophetic books  
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What is the Minor prophets?   12 shorter prophetic books  
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Who translated Latin Vulgate?   Jerome  
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Which canon has a 5-book sub-division?   Jewish  
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