1000 BCE - Answer- After a period of instability caused by the conflict between Saul and David and the steady decline of Saul's ability to rule effectively, the Philistines defeated Saul and killed the king and most of his sons. David was quickly made king in the power vacuum that was left by Saul's death and David reigned as king on approximately what date?
721 BCE - Answer- What was the date that the northern kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians?
520 BCE - Answer- Second temple of Judaism was built. Persian emperor Cyrus defeated the Babylonians freeing the Israelites in what year?
Fundamentalist - Answer- View of inspiration:
-Word for word
-No mistakes
-Everything is true
-Southern/General Baptist
Middle View - Answer- View of inspiration:
-God and humans wrote the bible
-word of god interpreted by humans
-True in matters of salvation
-Catholics, Protestants, and Methodist
Secular - Answer- View of inspiration:
-Non religious
-None of God, Only humans
Noah, descendants, and all living creatures. No flood will destroy the earth again. No terms. Bow in the clouds. - Answer- Covenant with Noah:
With whom?
What?
Terms?
Sign?
Abraham and his descendants through Isaac. The land of canaan/Israel, many descendants, and to be their god. circumcision. circumcision. - Answer- Covenant with Abraham:
With whom?
What?
Terms?
Sign? David and his descendants. Ruling family (dynasty). no terms. no sign. - Answer- Covenant with David:
With whom?
What?
Terms?
Sign?
587 BCE - Answer- Babylon conquers Judah, beginning the exile, and destroys the temple.
All babies pee regularly. Assyrians, Babylon, Persians, Romans - Answer- Order of powers that controlled Israel
Israelites. Holy nation. ten commandments. no sign - Answer- Covenant at Sinai:
With whom?
What?
Terms?
Sign?
Torah - Answer- First 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (The law)
Sacrifice - Answer- Also referring to the practice of offering gifts to God or the gods as a
way to make a request of the deity or to give thanks for favors received.
Prophet - Answer- A spokesperson for God, chosen by God to reveal his will to people.
Myth - Answer- A story that articulates, in symbolic words and images, a people's most profound sense of themselves and their world, their destiny and their relationship to the deity.
Covenant - Answer- A sacred or formal agreement between 2 parties
Exodus - Answer- The mass departure of the israelites from slavery in Egypt through the saving action of God
Judah - Answer- The name of the southern kingdom of the israelites, from 922 BCE. Untill it was conquered by the Babylonians in 597 BCE
Israel - Answer- The israelite people, so named after their common ancestor Jacob, who was renamed Israel by God. The second definition is the country the israelites dwelled. The third is the name of the northern kingdom of the israelites, from 922 BCE untill it was conquered by the Assyrians in 721 BCE
Assyrians - Answer- First power to conquer Israel
Babylonians - Answer- Defeated and destroyed the Assyrian empire