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Assyrian advance toward Egypt
Assyria swollows up Northern kingdom of Israel
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Exile- Diaspora
Jewish temple destroyed, loss of homeland
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Found in the Book of Isaiah
The songs are four poems written about a certain "servant of YWHW." God calls the servant to lead the nations, but the servant is horribly abused. The servant sacrifices himself, accepting the punishment due others. In the end, he is rewarded.
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"5 Scrolls"
Song of Songs
Book of Ruth
Lamentations
Ecclesiastes
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The physical & spiritual world
Feature of apocalyptic writing
Heaven and Hell- Plato (Hellenism): The Soul |
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Visionary Prophecy
Prophecy as performative art
demands interpretation / defies interpretation |
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| The doctrine that all events have been willed by God |
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Those things which are hidden
Apocryphal Book:
Tobit
Wisdom of Solomon
Ecclesiasticus
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"belonging to the second canon"
Tobit
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Ancient Near Eastern Religion
Zoroastrians believe that there is one universal and transcendent God, Ahura Mazda. The religion states that active participation in life through good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and keep chaos at bay.
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Hellenistic period 300 BCE to 300 CE
Incorporation of other religions into the Greek culture.
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| refers to the philopsophy that affirms the existence of abstract objects which are asserted to exist in a "third realm" |
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- Empasis on order and the moral purpose of Universe
- Order and balance through self-control, noble indifference to pleasure or pain and self sufficiency
founded by Zeno of Citium |
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"annointed"
- human political king figure -this shifts w/New Testament
- warrior type
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| a theological interpretation of nature and the function of Christ |
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In order for things to come to pass, Christ as messiah has to be secret.
- literary function: parables in teaching-left to be interpreted
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An account often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
- 4 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
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| Concept of a living being coming back to life after death. Largely a religious concept, where it is used in two distinct respects- a belief in resurrection of individual souls that is current and ongoing , or else a belief in a singular "Resurrection of the Dead" event at the end of the world. |
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| Religious practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or an area which they are believed to have possesed. |
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| The suffering and death of Christ |
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| The advocate (in contrast to the Adversary) |
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Document the life, career and death of Jesus of Nazareth
Include: Matthew, Mark, and Luke |
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Major discourse of the Teachings
- a collection of saying and teachings of Jesus, which emphasize his moral teachings.
- Found in the Gospel according to Matthew - Chap. 5, 6, and 7
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| A set of teachings by Jesus that appear in Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The teachings are expressed as eight blessings in the Sermon on the Mount |
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"Jesus Buddies"
Sent to spread the word of the Gospel to all nations
Jesus had twleve apostles
Simon "Peter"
Andrew
James the son of Zebedee
John
Philip
Bartholomew
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Matthew, the tax collector
James the son of Alphaeus
Thaddaeus
Simon the Zealot
Judas of Iscariot |
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| The authors of the gospels; the bringer of good news |
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| Ezikiel (the prophet) The man bridge side of Jesus |
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Gnositicsm:heavy emphasis on spiritual realm
one gains salvation through special knowledge
knowledge emparted to you through spiritual beings
Docetism: "to seem"
Jesus only "seemed" human
Gnostics believed that Jesus was never really human, only pure spirit |
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incidents (6 signs) and explanatory discourse
sign:an act of power by Jesus, which points to truth inaccessible by sight or touch but apprehensible by faith |
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| being against adherence to Torah law |
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refers to a bottomless pit, to the underworld, to the deepest ocean floor, or to hell
In the Spetuagint, or Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, the word represents both the original unfinished creation and for hell, the place of punishment. |
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according to the Book of Revelation, the site of a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or symboic locations.
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| according to the Gospels, the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after the crucifixion |
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| a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was crucified |
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persecuted mother
comparative literature- mythological figure of Leto |
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the anti-christ/political tyrrant
Has satan's seal of approval |
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