what section of the Bible provides the theological foundation of the Bible? What are some ideas
presented in this section? correct answers pentateuch; sin, creation, law, covenant, and God
how long ago did some of the events of the pentateuch take place? correct answers 4,000
what is level 2 context? correct answers author/audience
who wrote the pentateuch? correct answers Moses
what is level 1 context? correct answers events of the text
what history do the books of the pentateuch tell? correct answers the history of God's covenant
people from the calling of the Patriarchs to the climactic moment before they enter into the
Promised Land.
are the years that take place in the pentateuch covered equally? how so? correct answers Many
years are spanned, especially if you take into consideration creation itself. But these periods are
unequally covered (e.g., Exodus-Numbers 14 deals with only about one year's worth of events at
Sinai).
what is the pentateuch's author's principal interest? correct answers the formation and
constitution of the nation — IDENTITY
what is the noun "torah" best translated as? correct answers "instruction"
what instruction does the torah give? correct answers "instruction"—about God, about His
history with His people, about His creation and redemption, about the way He relates to His
people in covenant, about the proper response to God in covenant relationship, and so forth.
, God precedes the Israelites; they know before the enter Canaan that they are are part of a
_________ correct answers covenant
Genesis provides what for the rest of Scripture? correct answers the setting and introduction of
the plot
what two main thematic sections have scholars structured Genesis as? correct answers primeval
history (1-11) and patriarchal history (12-50)
what is the major internal clue to the structure of Genesis and how many sections of this
structure are there? correct answers toledoth; 12
what do the 12 sections of toledoth serve as? correct answers a linking device
(hinge)—both looking back to and anticipating certain themes and
persons.
if the pentateuch is like a mini-series, then the focus of this narrative would be the evens of
correct answers Sinai and the exodus
what does Exodus depict? correct answers the great redemptive act of God in the OT
What does Exodus provide the basis of? correct answers Israel's self-identity & NT imagery
what does Exodus supply the setting of? correct answers God's supreme self-revelaiton
What does the book of Leviticus point out? correct answers that we can't save ourselves
How does Leviticus expand on God's Torah? correct answers His gracious covenant instruction
in how to commune wiht and be near Him