Religion Midterm 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Deborah | Judge and prophetess. Name means "Mother of Israel." Identified as Israel's founder. |
| The Song of Deborah | Second oldest passage in the Bible. |
| Ehud | Kills the Moabite King Eglon. The Israelites were rallied and invaded Moab and were successful. |
| Jephthah | Leads Israel to war against the Ammonites. Swears to God that he will sacrifice the first thing to come out of the gate when he gets home. |
| Samson | Nazarite who marries Philistine woman and wars against them when her family takes her back. Unclear whether or not he is a judge. Betrayed by Delilah. |
| Delilah | Makes deal with Philistines to find source of Samson's strength. |
| Samuel | Last of the judges who anoints the first king of Israel. Son of Hannah. Replaces Eli. |
| Saul | First king of Israel. Anointed by Samuel. From the tribe of Benjamin. Kills himself. |
| David | Kills Goliath. Marries Saul's daughter Michal. Anointed by Samuel and becomes second king of Israel. |
| Jonathon | Son of Saul who dies in battle with him. |
| Hebron | David's first capital. |
| Michal | Daughter of Saul who marries David. |
| Goliath | Philistine warrior. Brought down by David who uses a sling. David then cuts off his head with his own sword. |
| Abiathar | Mushite Priest of Adonijah. |
| Adonijah | Proclaimed himself king after his father David. Opposed by Bathsheba and Solomon. Supported by his chief priest Abiathar and father's general over the people Israel, Joab. |
| Nathan | Prophet who backs Solomon for king instead of Adonijah. |
| Abishag | Most beautiful virgin in the kingdom brought to David. He cannot perform sexually with her, and can no longer be king. |
| Bathsheba | Wife or Uriah the Hittite who David gets pregnant. Mother of Solomon. |
| Uriah the Hittite | Husband of Bathsheba who David orders Joab to send to the front lines and have the rest of the Israelite army retreat. |
| Zadok | Aaronid priest of David and Solomon. |
| Absalom | Son of David and Gesherite princess. Kills his brother Amnon who raped Tamar. Betrays David by sleeping with his 10 concubines. |
| Amnon | Oldest son of David. Rapes his half sister Tamar and is killed by his brother Absalom. |
| Tamar | Daughter of David. Full sister of Absalom. Raped by half brother Amnon. |
| Solomon | Son of David and Bathsheba. Third King of Israel. |
| Baal Zebub | "Lord of the Flies" Deity worshipped in the Philistine city of Ekron. |
| Rehoboam | Eldest son of Solomon. Becomes the King of Judah when Israel rebels. |
| Jeroboam | Israelite officer from northern tribe who leads Israel's succession. |
| Ahab | Husband of Jezebel. King of Israel during the time of the prophet Elijah. |
| Jezebel | Wife of King Ahab. Oppressed the prophets of YHWH. |
| Elijah | Prophet during the time of King Ahab. Used for last public miracle at Mount Carmel. |
| Elisha | Prophet who succeeded Elijah. |
| Nebuchadnezzar | King of Babylonian empire who captured Judah and Jerusalem and sent the Jews into exile. |
| Cyrus | Founder of the Persian Empire who gave the Jewish exiles the right to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. Conquered Babylon and Egypt. |
| Ezra | Scribe, Aaronid Priest, and Jewish exile in Babylon. Appointed governor of Judah by the king of Persia. |
| Hezekiah | Great king of Judah. Rebels against Assyrian emperor Sennacherib. Pushed religious centralization. Removes high places. Even destroyed the Nehushtan. |
| Sennacherib | Assyrian Emperor who conquers Israel and most of Judah. Tries to take Jerusalem and defeat Hezekiah. |
| Isaiah | Used for last miracle in the Bible when he directs Hezekiah's shadow. Prophet. |
| Josiah | Considered greatest king of all for Judah. Removes high places. King when Hilkiah finds a book of the Torah. |
| Hilkiah | Mushite priest who finds a book of the Torah in the house of the Lord. Gives book to Shaphan to read to King Josiah. |
| Esther | Jewish girl taken by Ahasuerus King of Persia as a wife. Responsible for the salvation of the Jews from the hand of Haman. |
| Haman | Second in command to Ahasuerus. Convinces Ahasuerus to give him permission to destroy the Jews. |
| Mordecai | Uncle of Esther who refuses to bow down to Haman. |
| Ahasuerus | King of Persia who takes Esther as his wife. |
| Baruch ben Neriah | Scribe and disciple of the prophet Jeremiah. |
| Nehemiah | Closely involved in the affairs of Ezra. Helps in rebuilding Jerusalem. |
| Shishak | Egyptian king and supporter of Jeroboam. Captured Jerusalem, where he pillaged the temple and royal palace, and carried away Solomon's "shields of gold." |
| Jeremiah | Prophet who went with the people down to Egypt after Gedaliah was assassinated. |
| Huldah | Prophetess who is consulted concerning the book that Hilkiah finds. Prophesied the fall of Judah. |
| Naboth | Owner of a vineyard that King Ahab desires. Killed under the orders of Jezebel. |
| Gideon | Judge who leads Israel against Midianites. Asked to be king of Israel and refuses. |
| Jonathan son of Gershom | The first of the Danite Priesthood, and thought to be the grandson of Moses. (Thus, first of the Mushite priests.) |
| corvee | A type of forced labor. Solomon practiced this. (missim) |
| judge | Leaders in early Israel. Leaders before the Israelite kings. Usually military leaders. |
| nabi^ | Prophet. |
| high place | Like a local sanctuary. People could sacrifice there instead of at the temple. |
| doublet | What a duplicated story is called in the Bible. |
| Nehushtan | Bronze snake made by Moses. |
| Documentary Hypothesis | Also called the Wellhuasen hypothesis, holds that the five books of moses was derived from originally independent parallel and complete narratives and combined by a serious of redactors. |
| Deuteronomistic History | Deuteronomy + the next 6 books. |
| Elijah | Prophet of Ahab. |
| Ahijah | Prophet of Jeroboam. |
| Samuel | Prophet of Saul. |
| Nathan | Prophet of David. |
| Huldah | Prophet of Josiah. |
| Isaiah | Prophet of Hezekiah. |
| Jeremiah | Prophet of Zedekiah. |
| Joab | General backing Adonijah. General of Israelite draft army. |
| Benaiah | General backing Solomon. General of professional army. |
| Anathoth | Where does Solomon banish Abiathar to? |
| Ishbaal | Son of Saul who is king of Israel in the North while David is king in the South. |
| Abner | General of Ishbaal who helped David gain control of Israel. Killed by Joab. |
| Cheretites and Peletites | Two groups making up the professional army of David. |
| Zedekiah | The last king of Judah. |
| Gedaliah | Appointed governor over the Jews by Nebuchadnezzar. His assassination leads to the exile. |
| Ezekiel | Prophet that went to Babylon during the exile. |
| Ezra | First to call the first five the "Five books of Moses." |
| Martin Noth | German scholar who proposed the seven book Deuteronomistic History. |
| Cross | Scholar who said Deuteronomistic History was written in 2 editions. |
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