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Bible as Literature
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Literature
Undergraduate 4
12/11/2012

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Term
Former Prophets
Definition

Joshua

Judges

Samuel 

Kings

Term
Latter Prophets
Definition

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Term
Assyrian Crisis
Definition

Assyrian advance toward Egypt

Assyria swollows up Northern kingdom of Israel 

721 BCE

Term
Babyloninan Crisis
Definition

Exile- Diaspora 

Jewish temple destroyed, loss of homeland

Major formative event for Jewish identity

Term
Servant Song
Definition

Found in the Book of Isaiah 

The songs are four poems written about a certain "servant of YWHW." God calls the servant to lead the nations, but the servant is horribly abused. The servant sacrifices himself, accepting the punishment due others. In the end, he is rewarded.


Messianic figure emerging

Term
Liturgy
Definition
Customary Public Worship 
Term
Eschatology
Definition

Study of End Times

 

Term
Megillot 
Definition

"5 Scrolls"

Song of Songs

Book of Ruth

Lamentations

Ecclesiastes

Book of Esther

Term
Apocalypse 
Definition
Unveiling
Term
Cosmic Dualism 
Definition

The physical & spiritual world 

Feature of apocalyptic writing

Heaven and Hell- Plato (Hellenism): The Soul 

Term
Ecstatic Prophecy 
Definition

Visionary Prophecy 

 

Prophecy as performative art

demands interpretation / defies interpretation 

Term
Predestination 
Definition
The doctrine that all events have been willed by God
Term
Gentile 
Definition
Non-Jews
Term
Apocrypha 
Definition

Those things which are hidden

Apocryphal Book: 

Tobit

Wisdom of Solomon

Ecclesiasticus

 

Term
Deuteroncanonical Books
Definition

"belonging to the second canon"

Tobit

Wisdom of Solomon

 

Term
Wisdom as Logos 
Definition
Term
Zoroastrianism 
Definition

Ancient Near Eastern Religion

Zoroastrians believe that there is one universal and transcendent God, Ahura Mazda.  The religion states that active participation in life through good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and keep chaos at bay. 

 

Angels and demons

Term
Hellenism 
Definition

Hellenistic period 300 BCE to 300 CE

Incorporation of other religions into the Greek culture.

 

Term
Platonism 
Definition
refers to the philopsophy that affirms the existence of abstract objects which are asserted to exist in a "third realm" 
Term
Stoicism
Definition
  • Empasis on order and the moral purpose of Universe
  • Order and balance through self-control, noble indifference to pleasure or pain and self sufficiency 

founded by Zeno of Citium

Term
Mysteries
Definition
Term
Messiah/Christ
Definition

"annointed"

  • human political king figure -this shifts w/New Testament
  • warrior type
Term
Christology
Definition
a theological interpretation of nature and the function of Christ
Term
Messianic Secret
Definition

In order for things to come to pass, Christ as messiah has to be secret. 

  • literary function: parables in teaching-left to be interpreted
Term
Gospel 
Definition

An account often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. 

  • 4 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John 
Term
Parousia
Definition
Second coming of Christ
Term
Resurrection 
Definition
Concept of a living being coming back to life after death. Largely a religious concept, where it is used in two distinct respects- a belief in resurrection of individual souls that is current and ongoing , or else a belief in a singular "Resurrection of the Dead" event at the end of the world.  
Term
Exorcism
Definition
Religious practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or an area which they are believed to have possesed. 
Term
Passion
Definition
The suffering and death of Christ
Term
Holy Spirit
Definition
The advocate (in contrast to the Adversary)
Term
Synoptic Gospels
Definition

Document the life, career and death of Jesus of Nazareth

Include: Matthew, Mark, and Luke 

Term
Sermon on the Mount
Definition

Major discourse of the Teachings

  • a collection of saying and teachings of Jesus, which emphasize his moral teachings.
  • Found in the Gospel according to Matthew - Chap. 5, 6, and 7
Term
Beatitudes
Definition
A set of teachings by Jesus that appear in Gospels of Matthew and Luke.  The teachings are expressed as eight blessings in the Sermon on the Mount
Term
Apostles
Definition

"Jesus Buddies"

Sent to spread the word of the Gospel to all nations

Jesus had twleve apostles

Simon "Peter"

Andrew

James the son of Zebedee

John

Philip 

Bartholomew

Thomas

Matthew, the tax collector

James the son of Alphaeus

Thaddaeus

Simon the Zealot

Judas of Iscariot

Term
Evangelists
Definition
The authors of the gospels; the bringer of good news
Term
Son of Man
Definition
Ezikiel (the prophet) The man bridge side of Jesus
Term
Gnosticism/Docetism 
Definition

Gnositicsm:heavy emphasis on spiritual realm 

one gains salvation through special knowledge

knowledge emparted to you through spiritual beings

 

Docetism: "to seem"

Jesus only "seemed" human

 

Gnostics believed that Jesus was never really human, only pure spirit

Term
Book of Signs
Definition

incidents (6 signs) and explanatory discourse

 

sign:an act of power by Jesus, which points to truth inaccessible by sight or touch but apprehensible by faith

Term
Book of Glory
Definition
Passion and resurrection
Term
Antinomianism
Definition
being against adherence to Torah law
Term
Abyss
Definition

refers to a bottomless pit, to the underworld, to the deepest ocean floor, or to hell

 

In the Spetuagint, or Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, the word represents both the original unfinished creation and for hell, the place of punishment. 

Term
Armageddon 
Definition

according to the Book of Revelation, the site of a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or symboic locations. 

 

The term is also used in a generic sense to refer to any end of the world scenario

Term
Joseph of Arimathea
Definition
according to the Gospels, the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after the crucifixion
Term
Calvary
Definition
a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was crucified
Term
The Dragon 
Definition
Satan 
Term
The Lamb
Definition
Jesus
Term
The Celestial Woman 
Definition

persecuted mother

comparative literature- mythological figure of Leto

Term
The Whore
Definition
Jerusalem: Babylon/Rome
Term
The Beast
Definition

the anti-christ/political tyrrant 

Has satan's seal of approval

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