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Religion 205 with Goehring at University of Mary Washington
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By: Wesleigh Mellott
Created: 2011-12-07
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Torah
The law or fist five books of the Hebrew Bible
Tanak
The acronym for the Jewish Bible, consisting of the law, prophets, and writings...
Tiamat
The diety from whose body Marduk constructed the universe
Septuagint
The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible
canon
A closed list of writings that are considered sacred and hence authoritative
Sea of Galilee
The lake or sea at the upper end of the Jordan River
Ptah
The egyptian diety who created by speaking
Cain
The figure in Genesis who committed the first murder by killing his brother
Fertile Crescent
Band of arable land that runs from Mesopotamia through southern Israel
cosmology
The technical term for an ancient Near Eastern text that includes an account of creation
Mesopotamia
The land watered by the Trigtis and Euphrates rivers
Utnapishtim
The hero who escaped the flood in the Gilgamesh Epic's version of the flood story
Wellhausen
The German scholar credited with the classic statement of the documentary hypothesis
Enkidu
The friend of Gilgamesh who lost his natural innocence after being seduced by a woman. He thus became human and eventually died
geneology
A family history in the form of a list of descendents
Pentateuch
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible
Tower of Babel
The ancient Near eastern myth that offers an etiology for the fact that humans speak different languages
Ea-Enki
The wise god who repeatedly warned Atrahasis of the god's plans to destroy humans
Noah
The hero fo the biblical flood narrative
Sea Peoples
A collection of peoples who moved from their homelands to the eastern Mediterranean in the late 2nd millennium BCE. The Philistines were one such group
Tamar
King David's daughter who was raped by her half-brother
Herem
An oath to sacrifice all living things to the diety if one were victorious in battle
Levites
The priestly tribe in ancient Israel
Eli
The priest wo whom Samuel's parents entrusted him as a child. Samuel eventually succeeds him
Absolam
King David's son who usurped the throne from his father
United Monarchy
The period of Israelite history represented by the reigns of David and Solomon
Nathan
A prophet who used a parable to condemn david for his taking of Bathsheba
Jonathan
Saul's son who had a loving relationship with Dacid and protected him from his father
Uriah
Bathsheba's Hittite husband who David had killed in battle
Samaria
Capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel from 722 BCE until its fall
Mesha Stele
The inscribed monument erected by the Moabite king in the 9th century celebrating his victory over Israel
Omri
Powerful king of the northern kingdom of Israel mentioned in Assyrian texts but given short shrift in the Bible due to his religious shortcomings
Elijah
Israelite prophet who did battle with the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel
Rehoboam
Succeeded his father Solomon as king and immediately lost support of the nothern half of the empire by his refusal to acknowledge its demands
Zion
Another name for Jerusalem, mostly met with in poetry
messiah
Term used in the Hebrew bible to refer to past and present kings and priests who had been anointed
Royal Ideology
In modern scholarship the term for the complex of ideas associated with the Israelite monarchy
Ahab
The Israelite ruler whose wife Jezebel, a princess from Tyre, sought to lead Israel wo worship Baal Melqart
Davidic covenant
An agreement that God entered into with the king of Israel promising him that his kingdom would endure forever
About this deck
By: Wesleigh Mellott
Created: 2011-12-07
Size: 41 flashcards
Views: 5
Created: 2011-12-07
Size: 41 flashcards
Views: 5
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