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What are the implications of biblical authority
Scripture is truth and we must respond to it - authoritative words of God
In Interpreting the OT what are the four things we should identify so that we can understand the message of the OT?
People Places Dates Events
What river sustains the economic and agricultural productivity of Egypt
Nile
Why is Palestine referred to as the geographical and theological center of the ancient world?
Crossroads of ancient trade routes - Geographical basis of Judaism Christianity and Isalm
Pentateuch means
Five Scrolls
What three general groups are there regarding the historical reliability of the OT
1) Orthodox or Traditional Route 2) Historical-Archeological 3) Historical Re-constructionist
What is the theological message of the book of Genesis
- Introduction to Yahweh - Sovereign plan of history that man upset (The fall of man)
What is the main intent of the Joseph story?
To show how Abraham’s descendants arrived into Egypt
What are the three major themes of Genesis
1) Covenant with man 2) Monotheism (only Yahweh) 3) Sin (How it entered the world)
What is the basic theological purpose of Exodus?
Divine self-disclosure of God (Revealing himself and remembering the covenant)
How were the magicians able to reproduce the first two plagues?
- Many of their religious practices were later identified as demonically focused
What are the 10 commandments or 10 words also called?
Decalogue (Hebrew for 10 words)
The OT word holiness conveys what notion?
- Separation from the mundane in order to worship Yahweh
How is the Hebrew sacrificial system different from others in the ancient near east?
Hebrew system was divinely revealed and directed to the goal of personal and communal holiness
How are Deuteronomy chapters 12-26 organized according to the article by Stephen Kaufman?
Divided according to the 10 commandments
What are the four major themes developed in Deuteronomy?
1) Authority
2) Dignity
3) Commitment
4) Rights and Privileges
What is the Heart of OT wisdom instruction? (Proverbs)
Instructing people to "Right behavior"
If the truisms of Proverbs are not absolute promises, what are they based on?
Comparisons based on observation and reflection
What is the overall purpose of the book of Job?
To explore God's policies on justice and suffering?
What principle is assumed to be true in the book of Job?
Blessing the righteous means that people are righteous to attain personal gain, and not to truly follow God.
What is the message of Joshua?
1) God engineered the Israelite victory
2) God's instructions were carried out by placing defeated cities under "The ban."
What is a good definition of "the ban"?
- Consecrating something a a permanent offering for God
- In War: Consecrating a city to destruction and then carrying out the destruction of the city and the people.
What do chapters 17-21 of Judges show about Israel?
They failed to establish a just and righteous social order
What was the purpose of the Spirit of the Lord in the military leaders, Gideon, Jephthah, and Saul?
To show that the Lord was the real reason the judges were able to deliver the people.
While the overall purpose of Samuel is to demonstrate that God established the Davidic throne, what was the reason that it took so long to remove Saul?
David was not to usurp the throne to make it clear that God had placed him there.
Samuel was functioning as a prophet, priest, and ______?
Judge
How was Saul portrayed in the early portion of his reign?
Well intentioned, but lacking in spiritual depth and scriptural knowledge
What were David's serious errors?
- Adultery with Bathsheba leading to the murder of Uriah
- Wrongfully taking the census.
Why was the history of the Hebrew nation told through the lives of the kings?
The fortunes of the kings and the plight of the people are intertwined.
To what does the kings historian attribute the division of Israel's united monarchy?
Solomon's sin of Idolatry (1 Kings 11:33)
1) Political Alliances through marriage
2) Religious Syncretism
3) 12 Administrative Districts
4) State Bureaucracy
5) Slave labor in building projects
6) Increase of pagan idolatry
From where did the Israelite people borrow the idea of the bull-god symbol?
Egypt - Likely the Apis bull cult of Memphis, a fertility diety (Son of Osiris)
The first historical scenario of Isaiah involves what king and why?
King Ahaz
Highlighting the failure of Ahaz to trust Yahweh and the consequences of this failure
Eschatology means...
The study of the conclusion of God's agenda.
What kind of eschatology is evident in Isaiah?
Kingdom Eschatology
1) Focus on future kingdom
2) Centered in Jerusalem
3) Peace and prosperity
4) Proper worship and centrality of the law are significant
What is the message of Zephaniah?
To initiate change in Judah by pronouncing God's judgment on wickedness and God's intention to restore Judah
What had Judah expected that the "Day of the Lord" would be?
- A time when justice is done, positive actions for victims and reckoning for those who were oppressors.
- Political, social, spiritual, & cosmic ramifications
The only Psalms with a historical setting are Davidic and how many are there?
13, (12 in Book 1 and 1 in Book 2)
Book 1 of the Psalms contains mostly what kind of Psalm?
Lamentations over David's conflict with Saul, (Psalms of disorientation.)
Where is the problem with the retribution principle reflected most in the Psalms?
If God is a just God, how can the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper?
What is the purpose of the books Ezra and Nehemiah?
To be historiographical, preserving the record off the people's return to Jerusalem.
What was the dominant theological theme of Ezra and Nehemiah?
Covenant renewal in a post-exile community.
What offices saw the most significant change during this period?
The offices of priest and scribe. These became more integrated, creating a negative result on the faith of the Hebrew people. (Start of the Pharisee order.)
Where are the major archives located in the ancient world?
Royal Libraries (Mari, Nuzi, Amarna, Hattushash, Emas, Ugarit, Ashurbanipal's library in Nineveh)
What community is responsible for producing the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Qwmran - Jewish self supporting village
In your own words, summarize the two false dichotomies regarding the nature of God
1. Judge vs. Savior
2. Law vs. Grace

Both pairs exist all throughout scripture. They are not mutually exclusive. In the OT, God showed grace by providing the law and telling the people what he expected. In the OT the focus is more on the relationship of the people as a whole rather than the individual as in the NT.