THEO 210- Biblical Theology Midterm Exam Study Guide Spring 2025

THEO 210- Biblical Theology Midterm Exam Study Guide Spring 2025 Primeval History - ANSWER-the history of the first age of humanity, and the term typically specifies Genesis books 1 through 11. It tells how God creates the world and all its beings: adam and eve, cain & abel noah through abraham testamentum - ANSWER-"last will" "to make a will" Canon - ANSWER-a set of texts which a particular religious community regards as authoritative scripture Tanakh - ANSWER-The Hebrew Bible, which is also called the Mikra, is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books (Christian Old Testament) of the Hebrew Bible Torah - ANSWER-The law of God, which was given to Moses Recorded through the first 5 books of the bible Copyright © KAYLIN 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH NOVEMBER, 2024 Copyright © Stuvia International BV Page 2/28 Also known as the Pentateuch Pentateuch - ANSWER-Another name for the first 5 books of the Bible Called the Torah Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deutoronomy Nevi'im - ANSWER-The Hebrew Prophetical Books, subdivided into "former" prophets (4 books) and "latter" prophets (14 books) (18 Nevi'im books total) Together, these books trace Jewish History from the time of Moses' death until the destruction of the First Temple and the subsequent Exile of the Southern Kingdom to Babylonia. Former: Joshua, Judges, Samual, and Kings Latter: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekial (Major Prophets) and The Twelve (Minor Prophets) Ketuvim - ANSWER-A.k.a Hagiographa, the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. Deutorocanonical - ANSWER-Book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Jewish Torah Literally means "second law" from the Greek "duet eros" and "nomos" Chapters 1-30 of the book consist of three sermons or speeches delivered to the Israelites by Moses on the plains of Moab, shortly before they enter the Promised Land. Copyright © KAYLIN 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH NOVEMBER, 2024 Copyright © Stuvia International BV Page 3/28 Textual Criticism - ANSWER-the process of attempting to ascertain the original wording of a text. Matters because it is the means by which we can establish and defend the integrity of the New Testament in light of the thousands of variants which exist among manuscripts Codex Sinaiticus - ANSWER-The earliest known manuscript of the Bible, compiled in 4th century BCE One of the four great uncial codices, ancient, handwritten copies of a Bible written in Greek Vulgate - ANSWER-First translation of the Bible into Latin from Greek In 4th century by St Jerome Became the Catholic Church's official Latin text. Still used in Latin church today Septuagint - ANSWER-is the earliest extant Koine Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible the Torah was translated in the mid-3rd century BCE According to legend, 72 Jewish scholars were asked by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Greek King of Egypt, to translate the Torah from Biblical Hebrew to Greek for inclusion in the Library of Alexandria Henothesim - ANSWER-Devoted to one God but recognize the presence of others Somewhat of a mix between Monotheism and Polytheism, but more complicated Formal Correspondence and Dynamic Equivalence - ANSWER-the two theories of biblical translation, ranging from more literal to paraphrases Copyright © KAYLIN 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH NOVEMBER, 2024 Copyright © Stuvia International BV Page 4/28 DE = "Thought for thought" (not literal; similar expressions) FC` = Literal translation Deutoronomic History - ANSWER-The English title of the book, Deuteronomy, comes from the word deuteronomion used as the title of the book in the Septuagint, the second-century BC translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek. This title means "second law" The book is a retelling of the covenant between God and his pe