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Hebrew Bible Mid Term
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Graduate
10/24/2006

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ha'adam
Definition
humankind
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pseudepigrapha
Definition
works that have a wrongly attributed authorship used for writings that are not in the canon or apocrypha
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LXX
Definition
the seventy, a bible translation attributed to sevently Jewish scholars in seventy days.
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canon
Definition
writings accepted as standard for belief and conduct
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TANAK
Definition
Torah- Gen, Ex, Liv, Num,
Nebi'ium- prophets
, Ketubim-writings.
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enuma elish
Definition
Babylonian creation epic, Marduk vs Tiamat.

unopposed creation
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Stratigraphy
Definition
Layers... partiulary in a till that show the different settlements
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hermeneutics
Definition
translation, interpretation
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vulgate
Definition
Latin 5th century translation of the Bible by Jerome
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targum
Definition
aramaic translation of Bible. rabbinic tradions emphasised
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Hammurabi's Stele
Definition
contains the Hammurabi code. a set of laws

Major laws of today are based off of this.
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Marcion
Definition
founder of marcionism, considered to be a gnostic
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etiology
Definition
why things happen. concerned with causes

gives theological explanation for names and origins
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Qumran
Definition
Home of Jewish sect, preserved writings. found Dead Sea scrolls there
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JEDP
Definition
J-Yahwisitic 950bc Judah

E-Elohistic 750bc Ephraim (North Israel)

D-Deuteronomic 650bc Noorht, imiigrants to Judah, Josiah's reform

P-Priestly 550bc Jerusalem, in exile
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masoretes
Definition
Hebrew for transmitters. scholars who collect and catalogued errors in HB.

developed a system of vowels for Hebrew
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geanology
Definition
listing of a family history.. names, dates

family tree
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gilgamesh epic
Definition
epic, talks about Gilgamesh going to untapustim and asking how he got to be immortal is told a story about a great flood.parallels noah and some of creation
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fertile crescent
Definition
area around the nile, jordan, tigres and euprates rivers.
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archeology
Definition
study of human cultures through studyging their artifacts through recovery, documentation ad analysis
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deuterocanon
Definition
belonging to a second canon
books of apocrophya
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montanism
Definition
early christian movement
christ is coming again soon
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historical critical method
Definition
allowed a more detailed understanding of the complex processes through which our biblical text develop.ed
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exer kenegdo
Definition
helpmate

helper as in opposite his/her
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Mediterranean
Definition
superhighway of transport in ancient times allowing for trade and cultural exchange
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Shalmanezer's III Black Obelisk
Definition
image on a stone stele, only picture of a Judean king, Jehu
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Vulgate
Definition
common or popular. Jerome's offical latin translation of the Hebrew and Greek texts
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Talmund
Definition
sacred Jewish writings. 2 parts, Mishna and Germara.
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targum
Definition
place where the Hebrew text has been translated into Aramaic.
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