BIB-106 EXAM 2 with correct answers
Dispensational Theology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔history is divided into dispensations;
national Israel is never to be assumed into or confused with the church
Covenant Theology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Covenants are what ties the metanarratives of
scripture together
Three covts. account for all of history
1. Covt. of redemption
2. Covt. of works
3. Covt. of grace
Former prophets - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings
appear throughout
Historical books - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Joshua through Ester
focuses on the history of Israel
Joshua - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Author: Joshua, Samuel or a scribe
Central Theme: show God's keeping of his covenant promises
sections:
1. Israel enters into the land (1-5)
2. Israel conquers the land (6-15)
3. Israel occupies the land (16-24)
The Ban - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Killing all people, there are three responses to this
1. The killing of innocents contradicts the goodness of God
, 2. There is no such thing as an innocent person
3. The use of the ban can only be expressed when given by God
Tips for reading Biblical history - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. Think of these books as
theological and not historical
2. Remember that the main focus is God and the covenant
3. Remember that historical cause/effect has an eye toward the role of God in history
Judges - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔author: Samuel
central theme: to show the disintegration of God's people
"everyone did as they saw fit"
The cycle of apostasy - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔-sin: the people did evil
-war: the Lord strengthened X and they defeated Israel
-repentance: then the people of Israel cried out...
-deliverance: and the Lord raised up X to deliver them
The judges - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔charismatic military leaders whom God raised up and
empowered for specific tasks of deliverance in order to restore justice
-not elected by the people
-not spiritual role models
-militaristic as opposed to religious in nature
Ruth - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔author: Samuel or Nathan
central theme: seeks to demonstrate the pious nature of the royal lineage
Samuel - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔author: Samuel, Nathan, possibly later prophetic writing
central theme: developing a proper concept of divine authority
Dispensational Theology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔history is divided into dispensations;
national Israel is never to be assumed into or confused with the church
Covenant Theology - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Covenants are what ties the metanarratives of
scripture together
Three covts. account for all of history
1. Covt. of redemption
2. Covt. of works
3. Covt. of grace
Former prophets - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings
appear throughout
Historical books - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Joshua through Ester
focuses on the history of Israel
Joshua - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Author: Joshua, Samuel or a scribe
Central Theme: show God's keeping of his covenant promises
sections:
1. Israel enters into the land (1-5)
2. Israel conquers the land (6-15)
3. Israel occupies the land (16-24)
The Ban - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Killing all people, there are three responses to this
1. The killing of innocents contradicts the goodness of God
, 2. There is no such thing as an innocent person
3. The use of the ban can only be expressed when given by God
Tips for reading Biblical history - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. Think of these books as
theological and not historical
2. Remember that the main focus is God and the covenant
3. Remember that historical cause/effect has an eye toward the role of God in history
Judges - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔author: Samuel
central theme: to show the disintegration of God's people
"everyone did as they saw fit"
The cycle of apostasy - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔-sin: the people did evil
-war: the Lord strengthened X and they defeated Israel
-repentance: then the people of Israel cried out...
-deliverance: and the Lord raised up X to deliver them
The judges - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔charismatic military leaders whom God raised up and
empowered for specific tasks of deliverance in order to restore justice
-not elected by the people
-not spiritual role models
-militaristic as opposed to religious in nature
Ruth - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔author: Samuel or Nathan
central theme: seeks to demonstrate the pious nature of the royal lineage
Samuel - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔author: Samuel, Nathan, possibly later prophetic writing
central theme: developing a proper concept of divine authority
