OT Review-Genesis, Exodus, Levitcus, Numbers
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| Torah | Law | ||||
| Nevi'im | Prophets | ||||
| Kethuvim | Writings | ||||
| Tanak | Torah - Nevi'im - Kethuvim acronym | ||||
| Most consistent of 3 canons | Torah | ||||
| LXX | Septuigant-Greek translation of the OT | ||||
| When were the Dead Sea Scrolls found? | 1947 in a cave by a boy who threw a stone | ||||
| Explain how we got the word Yaweh | the vowels were added to the word YHWH so that the priests could pronounce it when reading. | ||||
| 1st commandment | No other God's before me | ||||
| 2nd commandment | You shall not make an idol for yourself | ||||
| 3rd commandment | Don't miss use the name of the Lord | ||||
| 4th commandment | remember the Sabath & keep it holy | ||||
| 5th commandment | Honor your father & mother | ||||
| 6th commandment | You shall not murder | ||||
| 7th commandment | You shall not commit adultery | ||||
| 8th commandment | You shall not steal | ||||
| 9th commandment | You shall not bare false witness against your neighbor | ||||
| 10th commandment | You shall not covet | ||||
| 1st son of Jacob | Rueben | ||||
| 2nd son of Jacob | Simeon | ||||
| 3rd son of Jacob | Levi | ||||
| 4th son of Jacob | Judah | ||||
| Which was Jacob's favorite son? | Joseph | ||||
| Who was the youngest son of Jacob? | Benjamin | ||||
| BC | before Christ | ||||
| BCE | before common era | ||||
| what's the definition of codex? | a book that folds open | ||||
| Define Masoretes | extended family of scribes from 500- 1000 | ||||
| define masoretic text | result of the work of the Masoretes (Hebrew Bible) | ||||
| Define MT consistency | made the OT consistent & word placement was consistent. Completed by highly trained. | ||||
| MT vowels | Hebrew has no vowels so they added their own | ||||
| What happened in 1970? | roman Catholics stopped using Latin in their services | ||||
| How many chapters of the OT are Aramaic? | 10 | ||||
| What language is the OT written in originally? | Hebrew | ||||
| Torah/Pentatuech definition | 1st 5 books of the OT. Torah=more like the word "gospel" means law Pentatech=specific designation Christian | ||||
| Define Bereshith | beginning | ||||
| Define Bara | created | ||||
| Define Shamayim | heavens | ||||
| Define Thohu wevohu | void | ||||
| Define mayim | waters | ||||
| Define etiology | a story about how something came to be (true or made up) | ||||
| Define Covenant | agreement between 2 parties you keep your end of the deal whether or not the other person does | ||||
| What happens in 1275 BC? | End of the Exodus | ||||
| Who is Ramses II? | pharaoh during the Exodus | ||||
| Define Lex talionis | the punishment should fit the crime | ||||
| Define Apodictic | a general principle no exceptions no punishments listed | ||||
| Define Casuistic | takes into account the cause | ||||
| What are the 4 sections of the OT? | Torah, Histories, Poetical & Wisdom, Prophets | ||||
| Books as prophets in POT but not Jewish | Lamentations & Daniel | ||||
| Histories in POT but Kethuvim in Jewish | Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Esther, Ruth | ||||
| Books counted as 1 in Jewish but 2 in Christian | Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah | ||||
| 7 Books unique to the Roman Catholic canon | Tobit 1 & 2 Maccabees Wisdom of Solomon Sirach Baruch Judith | ||||
| What is the Major Prophets | 3 longest prophetic books | ||||
| What is the Minor prophets? | 12 shorter prophetic books | ||||
| Who translated Latin Vulgate? | Jerome | ||||
| Which canon has a 5-book sub-division? | Jewish |
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Created by:
Amanda Bancroft
on 2010-09-11