| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Abraham | 1st Israelite, called by God to go to Canaan, promised descendants |
| Isaac | Abrahams son, God tells Abraham to sacrifice him and spares him |
| Jacob | Isaacs son, said to have wrestled with God, Lives and is renames "israel" |
| Joseph | Jacobs son, Rises to power in Egypt, brings family there and israelites begin to settle there |
| Exodus | Israelites driven out of Egypt b/c they posed a threat |
| Saul | 1st King, makes some stability |
| David | 2nd King, successful, makes Israel powerful |
| Solomon | 3rd King, builds first temple, taxed to pay for resources, gave up territory to pay off debt |
| Israel | North, after split |
| Judah | South, after split |
| Interpretation | seeking a texts or statements meaning - primary |
| Explanation | Analyzing how text or statement arose - secondary |
| JEPD Theory | Genesis is compromised of stories from multiple sources |
| J | Yahweh |
| E | Elohim |
| P | Priest focus, no yahweh |
| D | Focuses on law |
| Sister-Wife Stories | Show nobility of Sarah and Rebekka |
| Mesopotamian View | Polytheistic, Creation, Dependent, Subject to fate, Not purposive |
| Biblical View | Monotheistic, Transcendent, independent, purposive, infuses universe with meaning |
| Meso View | Iife has no meaning |
| Bib View | We are created in Gods image with a purpose |
| Prophets | Communicate Gods message of Morality |
| Prohetic Goal | prevent humans from killing themselves off by spreading Gods moral law |
| Job's lesson | Be good for the sake of being good |
| Saducee's | Only Torah, run by priests |
| Pharisees | Torah, prophets, writings, and oral tradition, run by scribes and scholars |
| Oral Law | Interprets law with flexibility to changing times |
| Oral Laws | Midrash Mishnah Talmud |
| Maimonedes | Hebrew Bible is a road map to wisdom |
| Halevi | Accept the text by faith, historical accounts should be assumed accurate, Bible is read to learn morals not for guidance |
| Spinoza | Hebrew bible is unintelligible, defies laws of nature, no reason maybe moral guidance |
| Brother Daniel | Jew converted to Xnity wanted to be citizen of Israel on terms he was a Jew by race |
| Conservatice | Theory=reform, practice = orthodox |
| Orthodox | Bible is absolute word of God |
| Reform | Use the present to dictate what is important |
| Core of Judaism | Social Justice |
| "Social Justice" | taking care of those who cant take care of themselves |
| Sheol Afterline Model | RIP if children live in promised land and you have a male heir |
| Esther | Absence of God shows he plays no role |
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