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Theology 2 final (semester 1)

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Revelation
How God reveals himself to us
Inspiration from God to human authors
Fact and truth
What the Bible is consisted of
Catholic view of the Bible
Non-fundamentalist view meaning they don't take everything literally and see the bigger picture or deeper meaning of that story
Fr. Rohr's Main Technique of OT reading
Understanding the themes that appear again and again
Pentateuch
A Greek word meaning "five books," referring to the first five books of the Old Testament.
Torah
A Hebrew word meaning "law," referring to the first five books of the Old Testament.
Salvation History
The story of God's saving action in human history
God creates in Genesis 1
The 7 days where God creates the World out of his image and likeness, sees it as good and very good, shows how peaceful and powerful God is
God creates in Genesis 2
God creates humans to have dominion over all other creatures of the Earth and he created them in his image and likeness but also from dirt, God more personal
Garden of Eden
a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation
Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
Contained the forbidden fruit, of which Adam and Eve's were commanded by God not to eat. Adam's and Eve's disobedience led to the Fall of Man
Adam and eve
first man and woman created by God in his image in likeness, created original sin, once sinned they were ashamed
Original sin
The fallen state of human nature into which all generations of people are born
Caused by Adam and Eve
Affects our relationship with God, Self, Others, and Nature
S.O.N.G
Self
Others
Nature
God
Caín and Abel
Story from the Old Testament where the older brother is jealous of the younger brother so he kills him and God protects him even though Cain just killed his brother Abel
Continues the story of Original Sin's effects
Noah and the Flood/covenant
The story in which God commands Noah to build an Ark for his family and animals to protect them from the flood God sends to cleanse the earth of wickedness and lawlessness. Noah, his family, and the animals become the source of new life on the earth. God promises not to flood the earth with the sign of the rainbow.
Enuma Elish
The Babylonian creation myth where the universe is created out of chaos and death and rape and violence which is contradictory to the Hebrew's version which is peaceful and passive
The covenant
An ongoing relationship and a sacred commitment, initiated by God, between God and humanity
Abraham and Sarah
Makes covenant with Abraham—have descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and shells on the seashore and have his own land
Obligations are that they live in the promised Land and do circumcision
Sarah is too old to have a kid yet God gives her Isaac to continue his promise to Abraham
Hagar and Ishmael
Hagar is the slave of Sarah that Abraham had a child with and Ishmael is the child
God takes care of Hagar who left because Sarah judged her harshly
Hagar is the first slave to be taken care of by God and protected
Sacrificing of Isaac
to test Abraham's faith, God told him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac on Mount Moriah; Abraham and Isaac agree and are stopped at the last second by an angel
Proves Abraham's faith in God
They are given a ram to sacrifice instead of Isaac showing God will provide
Isaac and Rebecca
Parents of Jacob and Esau
Betrothel is common theme here
Rebecca is Abraham's grandniece
Laban
Rebekah's brother and doesn't want Rebecca to leave
Jacob and Esau
Isaac's sons. Esau traded his inheritance to Jacob for food, and then Jacob stole their father's deathbed blessing - usually reserved for the first-born son - by disguising himself as his brother.
Esau plots to kill Jacob so he runs away
Stays with Labon in Haran
Rachel and Leah
Laban has two daughters and Jacob falls in love with Rachel and wants to marry her
But Laban says he has to work in the fields for 7 years in order to marry Rachel
On the night of their marriage, Laban brings Leah over to Jacob's tent and thinking it is Rachel, he sleeps with her solidifying a marriage
Jacob is en furia Ted because he wanted to marry Rachel but Laban said he has to work another 7 years to marry Rachel which he does
Leah is blessed with many children while Rachel is abren and Jacob tries to flee Laban's without him knowing but then gets Laban's blessing
Joseph with his brothers
Joseph was one of the youngest of 12 sons of Jacob
Jacob favored Jospeh the most and gave him a coat of many colors which made all of his siblings hate him
Joseph had dreams about them bowing down to him so his brothers plotted to kill him but ended up throwing him in a well
Seeing a caravan passing by, they sold Joseph into slavery for 20 pieces of silver
Joseph in Egypt
Once enslaved he was accused of trying to sleep with a slave owner so he was thrown in prison
He interprets a butler and chef's dreams and the butler remembers this when Pharaoh starts having weird dreams so Josephs interprets them
He says there will be 7 years of good harvest and 7 years of famine so they need to save as much corn for the time of famine
Pharaoh is amazed with this advice so he makes Joseph his chief advisor and makes him powerful;
Sees his siblings again and tests them until finally revealing he is still alive and they all move to Egypt breaking the covenant
name changes in the Bible
Shows change of character as well as name
Abram->Abraham, Sarai->Sarah, Jacob->Israel
Younger brother theme
God takes care of the younger brother, picks them before everybody else
Underdog theme
God picks the underdog and chooses to take care of them and protect them
Promised Land theme
The people of god keep returning to the Promised Land even if they leave
Shows they want to keep covenant with God
God will guide them back to Promised Land
Moses' Origin Story
Born to the trade of Levi
His mother put him in the Nile River to save him from persecution because that's what the Pharaoh ordered
Pharaoh's daughter found him and cared for him
Names Moses which means "I drew him out of the water"
Leaves Egypt because he killed an Egyptian man
Meets Zipporah at priest of Midian's house
Burning Bush
God speaks to Moses through this
Encourages Moses to go set His people free
"Here I Am"
Aaron will help Moses
YHWH
I am who I am
Name God gives to Moses when Moses asks who God is
Aaron
Brother of Moses
Israel's first priest
Helps Moses speak because Moses has speech impediment
Zipporah
Moses' wife
Miriam
Moses' sister
Ten Plagues
Moses warns Pharaoh that if he doesn't let God's people go there will be punishment
God sends ten plagues to convince Pharaoh to let His people go
Pharaoh's heart only hardens and refuses to let his slaves go
Passover
The tenth plague
The death of the firstborn child
The Israelites mark their doors with the blood of a lamb so the angel of death passes by them
Death of Pharaoh's child allows the Israelites to leave
The Pharaoh
Ramses II
Allows Israelites to leave after 10 plagues
Wandering the desert and manna
Israelites wander for 40 years/long time
They keep complaining so God provides them with manna
10 Commandments
the 10 laws given by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai
Permanent covenant with God
Ark of the Covenant
Where the Ten Commandments were kept
Also where God dwelled in
The Shema
a prayer from the Book of Deuteronomy reminding the Jewish people to love God with all their heart, soul, and strength
"Hear o Lord: the Lord our God, the Lord is one."
The Law
The Torah
If Israelites follow Torah=prosperity and peacefulness
If Israelites don't follow Torah=destruction and takeover
Code of Deuteronomy
List of purity laws
Joshua
Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land
Samuel
First prophet
God tells him to anoint a king because the Israelites thought they needed one
Origin stories of the kings
Saul—Benjaminite donkey herder
David—shepherd and youngest of family
BOTH UNDERDOG/YOUNGER SIBLING THEME
Kings vs. Covenant and Law
Some kings would lead the Israelites astray from the covenant and the Law
King David kept the Israelites faithful to God for the most part until he started sinning
King Saul
First King
Jealous of David's fame after killing Goliath
Saul's son Jonathon is not as famous
Tries to kill David so David flees
Saul is killed in battle
King David
Famous harpist
Slays Goliath and becomes famous
Samuel secretly anoints David
When Saul is killed in battle David becomes king
One of Israel's great kings
Jesus is descendant of David
Uriah and Bathsheba
David sees Bathsheba bathing on roof so he sleeps with her and makes her pregnant
Tries to get urias drunk and sleep with her so he thinks its his child
David sends urias to front lines of battle to purposely kill him so he can take Bathsheba as his wife
Nathan the prophet helps David see he has sinned and David asks for forgiveness from God
King Solomon and the temple
Solomon was David's son
Given the gifts of being wise and having a discerning heart
Finishes his father's dream of building a place where the Lord can dwell and that people can worship so he builds the temple
The center is the Holy of hollies which is where the Ark of the Covenant is which is where the Ten Commandments are
Physical and spiritual center for Jewish faith
King Rehoboam and the Split
After Solomon
The kingdom of Israel splits in two
Northern half is Israel and is conquered by the Assyrians in 722 BCE
Southern half is Judah which is where Jerusalem is which is where the ark of the covenant is
Babylonians conquer Jerusalem in 586 BCE and destroys the temple (when Torah was written)
Themes of the Prophets
Remind Israelites to be faithful to the Law
To warn the Israelites of consequences of their disobedience
To remind Israelites to worship God
To remind Israelites to care for the poor and marginalized
To offer hope in times of darkness and despair
Major Prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel
See events coming upon not just their nation, but the entire world
Minor Prophets
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
See events coming to the specific nation they were assigned to
Pre-Exilic Prophets
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Isaiah, Jeremiah
Came to warn of impeding judgment
Exilic Prophets
Ezekiel and Daniel
Assure the people that God would restore them to the land
Post-Exilic Prophets
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Assure the people that God would deal with the restored community according to the same principles of the Covenant
Forthtelling
Telling people how to live correctly
Right relationships with the poor, suffering, and oppressed
Foretelling
Telling people they will be destroyed if they don't stay true to the Law
Nathan
Prophet for King David
Tries to keep Israel faithful to Covenant and Torah
Warns Israel of exile and consequences if they dont follow
Major prophet
Jeremiah
Warn Judah of exile if they dont follow the Torah
Major prophet
Isaiah and the Emmanuel Prophecies
Book of judgment
-indictment of Israel and Judah
-Emmanuel prophecies (says that someone named Emmanuel will save God's people)
Book of Consolation
-Spiritual liberation of Israel as well as physical liberation
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