TENTATIVE MIDTERM I STUDY GUIDE

POTENTIAL ID'S:

TORAH, TENACH, COVENANT, ADAM, EVE, NOAH, ABRAHAM, SARAH, LOT, TABLE OF NATIONS, BABEL

DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS, JEPD, FORM CRITICISM, CREATION MYTH, ELOHIM, NEO-ORTHODOXY

MOSES, JETHRO, PASSOVER, RAAMSES, AARON, MIRIAM, "I AM," 10 COMMANDMENTS, 10 PLAGUES, LXX, SEPTUAGINT, PER-O

CODE OF HAMMURABI, SHEMA, 10 COMMANDMENTS, APODICTIC LAW, LEVITE, JUBILEE, DEUTERONOMIC COVENANT, SONG OF MOSES

POTENTIAL ESSAY QUESTIONS:

A.    The Torah contains perhaps the finest law code the ancient world produced, probably because it is a lot more than just a law code.  The book of Genesis is a good illustration of this.  Comment.

B.    The literalist, rationalist, and neo-orthodox approaches to scripture all have their strengths, but none of them are complete satisfactory in their attempts to understand and explain the the Old Testament.

C.    The Torah contains perhaps the finest law code the ancient world produced, probably because it is a lot more than just a law code.  The book of Exodus is a good illustration of this.  Comment.

D.    The Torah contains perhaps the finest law code the ancient world produced, probably because it is a lot more than just a law code.  The book of Deuteronomy is a good illustration of this.  Comment.