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| In UDOTB, Anderson talks about two "approaches" to study of the Bible. |
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1. "Look at the Bible from the outside as a spectator" (9)
2. "Stand within the Bible and look out at the world through the window of biblical faith" (10) |
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| In UDOTB, what term (related to drama) does Anderson use to refer to God? |
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| In UDOTB, what word does Anderson use to describe Genesis' portrayal of God's relationship to the world? |
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| 2. In UDOTB, Anderson discusses the particular meaning of the Hebrew term 'adam. What does this term mean? |
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| an inclusive Hebrew word meaning "human being" or "humankind |
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| According to the creation account in Genesis, what did God do on the seventh day? |
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| What was the consequence God said would follow if mankind ate of the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil"? |
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| Who tempted Adam and Eve to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? |
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| In what foreign country did Abram lie concerning his wife Sarai? |
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| What was the physical sign of the covenant made between Abram and the Lord? |
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| Through which of Abraham's children did the Lord allow the covenant to be honored? |
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| In UDOTB, Anderson discusses the importance of the Lord's revelation of his personal name to Moses. Very briefly list one or two points that stood out to you. Don't give too much detail; just give enough to demonstrate that you read the text and comprehended the basic gist. |
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Hebrew word is YHWH
Disclosure of personal name shows identity and character
By giving personal name, the Lord shows desire to relate to Israel in a personal sense |
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| The Lord revealed himself to Moses in a powerful kind of way with a bush that did not burn. Which of the following was not one of the miraculous signs the Lord used to convince Moses of his power? |
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| Stones that were turned into loaves of barley bread |
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| For what reasons did Moses flee Egypt |
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| Before the Lord brings the plagues on Egypt, he tells Moses the name of the land he will provide the Israelites to fulfill the part of the covenant in which he promised a land for the Hebrews. What is the name of this land? |
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| What are the first and the last of the plagues the Lord brought on Egypt? |
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| Nile turns to blood and death of the first born |
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| How many plagues were there? |
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| What is the name of the annual festival the Lord asked Israel to celebrate their exodus from Egyptian slavery? |
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| After the Israelites escaped from Egypt, God lead them during the day with a pillar of cloud. With what physical phenomenon did God lead them during the night? |
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| What major event happened at Mount Sinai? |
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| In Job, with whom did the Lord have a disagreement over the faithfulness (or lack thereof) of Job? |
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| Which character in said the following to Job? "Do you still persist in your integrity? Curse God, and die." Job 2:9 |
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| Convinced of Job's faithfulness, the Lord restored what Job had lost to him. By what measure was it restored? |
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| Which of the following was not one of the Ten Commandments, listed in Deuteronomy 5 and Exodus 20? |
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| What is the basic subject matter of the assigned readings in Leviticus 18 & 19? |
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| Listing of laws for Israel |
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| The title of the assigned chapter in UDOTB is "The Discipline of Disaster." To what events does this name refer? What important details are associated with these events? Are there any related issues that are critically important? Who is being disciplined and who is administering the discipline? To get all three points of credit, you do not have to provide every bit of detail, but you do have to demonstrate that you read the chapter with comprehension. |
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the discipline of disaster is the conquering of Israel by Assyria and Babylon
the northern kingdom was conquered by Assyria
the southern kingdom was conquered by Babylon
the discipline was God's way of helping his people learn to serve him alone, rather than worshipping other gods
there is a sense in which God is doing the discipline. there is another sense in which Assyria and Babylon are the ones who are doing the discipline. |
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| Jeremiah, in chapter 13 of the book named after him, uses a physical object to make a spiritual point. This object was initially whole but was allowed to rot, comparing the rot to what has happened to the Israelites. What was this object? |
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| 2. In chapter 18, Jeremiah uses another physical illustration, this time showing the relationship between God as master and the Israelites as his creation. What is the physical object in this lesson? |
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| What is the literary genre of books such as Isaiah and Jeremiah? |
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| Isaiah, in chapter 6 of the OT book named after him, is called to be a prophet while he was brought into the Lord's presence in the temple. What heavenly beings were in the temple with the Lord and then brought coals to cleanse Isaiah's mouth? |
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| What term does Anderson use in UDOTB to describe Isaiah's portrayal of the forced exile of the Hebrew people? |
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| What is the meaning of the Hebrew term torah? |
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| In UDOTB Anderson recounts stories of Jews who were permitted to return from exile. What king gave them permission to return? |
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| Which of the following is not one of the exiles who lead returns back to repair and live in Jerusalem? |
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Does not directly teach a doctrine or a moral
Narratives record what happened
All OT narrative is selective and incomplete
OT narrative was not written to answer our theological questions; often it does exactly the opposite!
God is the ultimate hero of the Biblical story |
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Setting
Post destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian army in 587 BC
City and temple!
Nature of Lament
Corporate grief
Expression of disappointment
Expression of faithfulness |
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Another word for Biblical Law is Torah, the Hebrew word for the collection of laws.
Torah is used as a collective word to refer to all of OT law
The law was given to Israel at the base of Mount Sinai. God called Moses to the top of the mountain and gave the law. (Exodus 19-34)
Books that contain the law—Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy |
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Perhaps the most misunderstood literature of the Bible
Poetry seems to be lost on Western society
Preconceived notions about the word ‘prophecy’
The historical distance hurts more for this type of literature than any other
Oracle: an individual set of prophecy
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Daniel |
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