Midterm Exam Study Guide PDF
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This document is a study guide for a midterm exam, covering the terms and names associated with biblical texts and topics. Questions include analysis of biblical stories like the creation stories or the binding of Isaac. The guide contains a collection essay questions relating to significant theological concepts featured in the bible.
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THEO-1001 Mid-term Exam Study Guide =================================== Identify the Following Terms and Names: ======================================= b. Short Essay Questions: ====================== 1. Identify and describe the sources, which, according to the Documentary Hypo...
THEO-1001 Mid-term Exam Study Guide =================================== Identify the Following Terms and Names: ======================================= b. Short Essay Questions: ====================== 1. Identify and describe the sources, which, according to the Documentary Hypothesis, were combined to produce the Torah (the Pentateuch). 2. Compare and contrast the two biblical creation stories in Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. 3. Based upon Genesis 3, what was the first human sin? What were the consequences of the first sin? 4. God changed names of several Biblical characters, including Abraham, Sarah, and Jacob. What is the significance of this act of names' changing? 5. The Book of Genesis tells that God made a covenant with Abraham. What did the covenant that God made with Abraham entail? What was an external sign of this covenant? 6. Reflect on the situation around the binding of Isaac by Abraham. What does the binding of Isaac (the Akedah) tells us about God, Abraham, and Isaac? 7. Why is Abraham considered as the model of faith/trust in God? 8. Describe Jacob's tricks in relation to his older brother and his father. How was Jacob himself "tricked' later in his life? 9. What was the main obstacle to the fulfillment of God's promise of many descendants in the patriarchal stories? Provide two examples. 10. In the Book of Exodus the Lord told Moses that His name is "I am who I am." What is the connection between this saying and the Lord's name "YHWH." 11. Define the notion of the allegorical sense of the Scripture. Provide two examples. 12. Define the notion of the anagogical sense of the Scripture. Provide two examples. 13. Gen 32 describes the wrestling match between Jacob and the angelic being. What things did Jacob receive as the result of this match? 14. What were two main reasons (external and internal) for the transition from the leadership of the Judges to the monarchy? 15. What was the main theological objective for Ezekeil's depiction of the celestial Chariot in Ezekiel 1? 16. 17. 18.
