Exam Preparation!

Test Question/Material:
1. The two authors of creation stories in genesis, J, P; Imagine God in his PJ's?
2. JEDPR
3. First five books of the bible: Torah, Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Levitucus, numbers Deuteronoy,
4. Torah, Nebahim, Ketuvim, Torah, Law, prophets, writing
5. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob; three patriarchs.
6. How many sons did Jacob have? 12; 2 of which were by Rachel...Zoe & Ben.
7. What did Lynda think of Plotz? She hated him. Plotz thinks women are prostitutes, Lynda says they’re feminine metaphors of power, deception
8. Hosea: married a harlot, Israel is a harlot.
9. Lynda’s view of Lots daughters, passion and respect to procreate father’s seed.
10. Carl Eats Little Whinny Puppies with Gravy Asparagus: Creation, Exodus, Law, Wisdom, Prophecy, Gospel, Apocalypse
11. Vico’s ages: gods, heroes, men; Frye’s correlating stages of language: metaphor, metonymic, descriptive (demotic). *Frye says we should read the bible literally, as a child, what the text says is what it means, believe it for the sake or mythos, narrative
12. Mythos is the greek word for story
13. Repetitive Parallelism; example: handsome & good looking
14. Psalm 51, boy hits high note.
15. Circumcision is physical reminder of the covenant with God
16. Lacuna: Gaps in the text
17. Difference between Homer (not Simpson) and the bible: Homer describes everything, the bible leaves lacunas
18. Kerygma: revelation, a kind of language that blends revelation and proclamation.
19. Logos: story, words; has come to mean fact, truth; perhaps a true story about a talking snake.
20. Psyche: today means mind, back then meant “soul”.
21. Example of etiology: how did the elephant get its trunk, why do women give birth in pain? She listened to the snake. Why do snakes crawl on their bellies? Because the snake tempted, tricked Adam and Eve.
22. Archetype: a model narrative. Cain: archetype of fugitive.
23. Gnosticism: theology of philosophy, which locates salvation in knowledge. –Great definition Dr. Sexson. Movie: “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” See it.
24. Critical approach vs. traditional approach to the bible; critical = literary, scholarly approach; traditional = faith
25. Hubris: Tower of Babel, people who are to arrogant, excessive pride, so God jumbles their language.
26. Documentary Hypothesis: the first five books of the bile written by multiple authors. In a nutshell: that there were multiple authors of the bible.
27. Blogs: check the ones that have been brought up in class. Jason’s blog: colorful and inventive strategies to deal with hyperboles of bibles, but Jason explains that it’s metaphorical language; Occam’s Razor: the most likely answer is the simplest one. Nick’s blog on “The Lonely God”
28. Women in the bible, what were the writers worried about? Social Justice, Cultic purity, False Gods
29. Archetypes of Eve and Mary of women in the bible.

Ooofta! Just a bit nervous about el examen numero uno. Hope all goes well for everyone in the class!