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Nolan Test 1
English test 9/27/11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Orpah's name means | "Turn away" |
| Greek name for "book" is... | Biblia |
| T/F: Adam was punished because he listened to his wife | True |
| T/F: One of Eve's punishments is working to exist | False |
| What's the name for the Latin translation of the Bible? | The Vulgate |
| Belief in one God is... | Monotheism |
| In Sumerian literature, the gods of the underworld are... | Annunaki |
| The closer kinsman in the book of Ruth was... | Boaz |
| In Jewish tradition, the word for law is... | Torah |
| T/F: The King James version of the Bible uses the Sephagint and the Vulgate. | True |
| Jewish name for the 5 scroll jars is... | The Pentateuch |
| T/F: Greek name for beginnings Bedashee | False |
| In Sumerian literature, the ferryman was... | Urshamabi |
| What do we call the belief in many gods? | Polytheism |
| T/F: Proof of Gilgamesh's failure was only based on baked loaves of bread. | False |
| What was used to prove Gilgamesh had failed his test? | Baked loaves of bread and hash marks on the wall |
| Name for Sumerian form of writing | Cuneiform |
| Sumerian god of earth, wind, and spirit was... | Enlil |
| She was created by using man's... | Rib |
| The word Mesopotamia means what? | "Land between the rivers." |
| What does "Messiah" mean? | Savior or Jesus Christ |
| Explain how Ankidu represents the social evolution of man using Gilgamesh. | Enkidu was raised by wild beasts, he became a farmer, wrestled Gilgamesh, and then later became friends with Gilgamesh. Represents social evolution of man because man was a caveman, then man was agricultural, then war then adopt civilization of conqueror. |
| Sumeria was originally called... | Mesopotamia |
| The two rivers on either side of Sumeria were the... | Tigris and Euphrates |
| Land was very fertile due to location so scholars began to believe that what was located there? | The Garden of Eden |
| What was different about cueiform from modern day writing? | There are no letters. There are symbols representing syllables. Three hundred symbols total. |
| The Sumerians were __________, meaning they were ruled by religion. | Theocratic |
| Deitie: Anu | Original father of the gods |
| Deitie: Annunaki | gods of the underworld |
| Deitie: Enlil | God of earth, wind and spirit |
| Deitie: Shamash | all-knowing sun god |
| Deitie: Sderi | goddess of the vine; a seated bull |
| Deitie: Ninsun | goddess - mother of Gilgamesh |
| Deitie: Urshamabi | ferryman to the gods |
| Deitie: Utnapishtim | only mortal to ever become immortal; survived a flood (like Noah.) |
| Sumerians do not believe in an... | afterlife |
| Deitie: Enkidu | Raised by wild beasts, became a farmer, wrestled Gilgamesh, became friends with Gilgamesh. Represents social evolution of man. |
| Gilgamesh wish to be... | Immortal |
| Utnapishtim gives Gilgamesh a test to have ever-lasting life, what was the test? | Gilgamesh was not to sleep for 6 days and 7 nights. |
| Did Gilgamesh pass the test? | No. |
| How did Utnapishtim prove that Gilgamesh was a lier and did not pass his test? | Gilgamesh's wife made a mark on the wall and baked a loaf of bread everyday that he slept. |
| Althought Gilgamesh failed his test to become immortal, Utnapishtim told him that there was a way to stay youthful-looking until he died, what was this way? | There was a plant at the bottom of the water called "The Old Men are Young Again." Eat that, and you will stay youthful until death |
| What happened to Urshanabi? | Was stripped of his title and immortality and was forced to leave with Gilgamesh. |
| What happens to the plant when Urshanabi and Gilgamesh stop for the night? | Gilgamesh decides to bathe in a well, a serpent arises and steals the plant from him. |
| Does the plant work? | Yes, the serpent sheds his old layer of skin therefore proving that it keeps you looking young. |
| How is the Gilgamesh story similar to that in Genesis? | Garden, failed test, serpent, pant/fruit, God involved, banishment, survival of flood. |
| The Hebrew Bible is also known as the... | Old Testament |
| What religions have been influenced by the Old Testament? | Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. |
| The Hebrew Bible is divided into what three parts? | Torah - from Hebrew word tora, meaning "law" Nevi'im or Prophets - contains historical accounts Writings - includes poetry, short stories, and religious dialogues |
| How was the Bible written? | The Bible has been written over time by many different people. |
| Why is the Bible important to Jews? | It became a "written Temple" after the actual temple was knocked down |
| How did people decide what went into the Bible? | A council of rabbis selected what went into the Bible. Their selection was based on religious values and not literary merit. |
| Did the Jews believe in an afterlife? | Yes |
| Sephagint | First translation of the Bible by the Greeks. 72 scholars were paired into 36 cells and on the 70th day, all the cell doors opened with the exact same translation. |
| Vulgate | Latin - "Vernacular" the Pope commissioned saint Jerome to translate the Bible into Latin - official language of the church in the second century |
| In the 10th century, the Bible was translated... | into the "romantic" languages - Italian, Spanish and French |
| In the 11th century, the Bible was translated... | by Martin Luther into its first German translation |
| In the 12th century, the Bible was translated... | by William Tyndale to translate the Bible into English. He fails. |
| In the 13th century, the Bible was translated... | by James Wycliffe for the first successful English translation |
| In the 14th century, the Bible was translated... | by 46 scholars appointed by King James using the Sephagint and Vulgate. |
| How many revisions of the Bible have there been since King James? | Only 7 or 8 |
| The Old Testament contains the _____ which are the 5 scrolls, the first five books of the Bible. | The Pentateuch |
| What is inside the Pentateuch? | The Torah - Jewish law and the covenant - meaning promise |
| What did people think it meant when the Bible states "And it was good?" | It means that anything God creates is good and anything bad or flawed is created by humans. |
| Bible verse 24-25 is God creating the... | animals |
| What does it mean that God created us in his image? | That the image that God had for humans, we are. |
| What was the name of the two trees that existed in the Garden of Eden? | The tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and bad. |
| Why did Eve eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and bad? | She was trying to better herself and her husband. |
| What was Eve's three punishments for eating from the tree? | 1. Pain in childbirth 2. Even though it will be painful, you will want to have children anyway 3. Your husband will be above you. |
| What were Adam's three punishments? | 1. You have to work to exist 2. Work is tedious, toilsome and painful 3. You will die, then your body will rot |
| What were the serpent's punishments for bribing Eve? | 1. Crawl on belly - Double meaning 2. People will hate you 3. People will strike your head, you will strike their heels. |
| Why does God banish Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden? | So they cannot get to the Tree of Life |
| What does God protect the garden's gate with? | Cherubims who hold a fiery sword |
| What is the Book of Ruth's genre? | It is a short story, so there is little detail paid to setting and character development. |
| What is leverite marriage? | When the husband dies, the wife marries his brother-in-law or first blood relative who will marry her. |
| What is a shoe ceremony? | If the closest kinsman to the deceased cannot fulfill his responsible a shoe ceremony takes place to show the passing on of property (the wife of the dead, and all hid belongings)passes a shoe from the seller to the buyer and sealed with a kiss |
| Book of Ruth: Elimelech | husband of Naomi, father of Mahlon and Chilion |
| Book of Ruth: Naomi | wife of Elimelech, mother of Mahlon and Chilion - name means sweet |
| Book of Ruth: Mahlon | eldest son of Elimelech and Naomi - name means sickness |
| Book of Ruth: Chilion | youngest son of Elimelech and Naomi - name means waste/consumption |
| Book of Ruth: Ruth | Moabite - wife of Mahlon - name means friend/companion |
| Book of Ruth: Orpah | wife of Chilion - means to turn away |
| Book of Ruth: Mara | what Naomi changes her name to - name means bitter |
| Book of Ruth: Boaz | landowner; kinsman of Elimelech |
| Book of Ruth: Obed | son of Ruth and Boaz; grandfather of King David |
| Which of the two moabite wives of Naomi's sons leaves to go back to Moab? Which one stays? | Orpah leaves Naomi, Ruth stays |
| Where did Ruth find work back in Bethlehem? | Gleaning in one of Boaz's fields |
| What does Naomi tell Ruth to do to try and convince Boaz to take part in leverite marriage? | Naomi orders her to go to his sleeping chambers when he is drunk and do as he tells her to. |
| Why doesn't Boaz sleep with Ruth? | Because there is another relative closer to Elimelech than he was. |
| Why does the closer kinsman not want to leverite marry Naomi? | He does not want to have to take the Moabite girl as well |
| What did Boaz do after his leverite marriage to Naomi? | He made Ruth his wife and they had a child |
| Who was Ruth and Boaz's child? | Obed - future grandfather of King David |
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