Irvine Rel 1004 Test II

The so-called judges (for example, Gideon) were not "judges" in the modern sense of the word. What kind of figures were they?

"JUDGE"= A MILITARY HERO OR SAVIOR, OFTEN ENDOWED WITH A DIVINE CHARISMA

Why is the Deuteronomic law code and covenant set at the beginning of DtrH?

LAW- STANDARD BY WHICH TO JUDGE ISRAEL

Know the three different views of the Israelite monarchy in/from ..........b.the early anti-kingship source (1 Samuel 8);

MONARCHY=PPL'S IDEA (NOT YAHWEH'S), REQUEST FOR HUMAN KING= REJECTION OF YAHWEH AS KING, *DANGER/EVIL OF MONARCHY: THE KINGS WILL OPPRESS THE PPL

Identify quickly (1 sentence) the following biblical figures: Samuel, Jonathan, Nathan, Bathsheba, Amnon, Tamar, Absalom, Joab, Adonijah, Rezon, Jeroboam, Ahijah.

SAMUEL- PROPHET, LAST OF JUDGES, ANNOINTS SAUL & DAVID JONATHAN- ELDEST SON OF SAUL, DAVIDS BFF, KNEW DAVID WOULD BE KING NATHAN- PROPHET (DYNASTIC ORACLE OF NATHAN) BATHSHEBA- WIFE OF SOLDIER URIAH WHO DAVID INDIRECTLY MURDERED, WIFE OF DAVID AMNON- OLDEST SON OF DAVID, RAPED SISTER TAMAR TAMAR- DAUGHTER OF DAVID, RAPED BY AMNON ABSALOM- 3RD SON OF DAVID, REBELLED AGAINST DAVID, KILLED AMNON JOAB- DAVID'S NEPHEW, ORGINAL CAPTAIN OF ARMY, KILLS ABNER, ABSALOM, & AMASA, KILLED BY DAVID'S MEN FOR BETARYAL ADONIJAH- 4TH SON OF DAVID, TRIED TO GAIN THRONE PUT TO DEATH REZON- KING OF ARAM, ADVERSARY TO SOLOMON'S RULE JEROBOAM- PROCALIMED KING OF IRAEL AFTER SOLOMONS DEATH AHIJAH- PROPHET, PROPHESIES ABOUT DIVIDED MONARCHY

When did the Dtr editors produce the DtrH?

560 BCE, DURING EXILE

Know the three different views of the Israelite monarchy in/from ........c. the Dtr editors, as expressed in the farewell speech of Samuel (1 Samuel 12).

BEFORE THE MONARCHY YAHWEH ALONE WAS ISRAEL'S KING, MONARCHY= PPL'S IDEA NOT YAHWEH'S, HUMAN KING = REJECTION OF YAHWEH KING, YAHWEH WILL TOLERATE MONARCHY IF PPL AND KING OBEY COMMANDMENTS, IMPLIED DANGER/EVIL OF MONARCHY: RELIGIOUS APOSTASY, FOLLOWED BY DIVINE PUNISHMENT

Scholars reconstruct Israel's settlement according to three different models: the conquest model, the peaceful immigration model, and the peasants revolt model. Know these models.

CONQUEST = 12 UNITED TRIBES INVADED & CONQUERED MANY CANAANITE CITIES (JOSH PIC CORRECT), INDIVIDUAL TRIBES TOOK A WHILE TO FINISH UP CONQUEST. (JUDG PIC CORRECT)- NOW MOSTLY ABANDONED B/C OF ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE PAST 20 YEARS PEACEFUL= INDIVIDUAL NOMADIC TRIBES MIGRATED INTO PAL & SETTLED PEACEFULLY AMONG INDIGENOUS PPLS (JUDG PIC CORRECT), TRIBES EVENTUALLY UNITED & LIMITED FIGHTING PEASANTS REVOLT= MOST ISRAELITES ORIGINALLY OPPRESSED CANAANITE SERFS, REVOLTED AGAINST THEIR CANAANITE KINGS, WITHDREW INTO HILL COUNTRY AND REORGANIZED INTO TRIBES OF "ISRAEL," PERHAPS A SMALL "EXODUS" GROUP W/ RELIGION OF YAHWEH JOINED CANAANITE SERFS ( MOST RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM BIBLE, CHALLENGES ISRAELITE "OUTSIDERS" MOSTLY REJECTED REVOLT BUT ACCEPT "INSIDERS"

The Dtr editors used early sources to produce their account of the united monarchy. According to most scholars, two of these sources are ............a. The Story of David's Rise (1 Samuel 16- 2 Samuel 5:5)

CONTENT: HOW DAVID REPLACED SAUL AS KING OF JUDAH & ISRAEL, BEGINNING: YAHWEH REJECTS SAUL AS KING, CHOOSES DAVID AS REPLACEMENT, SAMUEL PRIVATELY ANNOINTS SHEPHERD BOY DAVID AS FUTURE KING, THE SPIRIT OF YAHWEH COMES UPON DAVID. ENDING: JUDAH & ISRAEL LATER INSTALLS DAVID AS KING PURPOSE: TRIES TO LEGITIMATE DAVID AS SAUL'S REPLACEMENT BY SHOWING THAT DAVID'S RISE TO THE THRONE WAS LAWFUL, HE WAS INNOCENT OF VARIOUS CHARGES AGAINST HIM, YAHWEH HAS FORESAKEN SAUL AND FAVORED DAVID, GIVING HIM THE THRONE

The Dtr editors used early sources to produce their account of the united monarchy. According to most scholars, two of these sources are ......b. The Throne Succession Narrative (2 Samuel 9-20 + 1 Kings 1-2)

CONTENT: TROUBLES WITHIN DAVID'S FAMILY & REBELLIONS LEADING TO SOLOMON'S ENTHRONEMENT, EPISODES: DAVID'S TREATMENT OF MEPHIBOSHETH, THE BATHSHEBA AFFAIR, AMNON'S RAPE OF TAMAR (ABSALON'S REVENGE), ABSALON'S REBELLION AGAINST DAVID, SHEBA'S REBELLION, TRANSITION TO SOLOMON'S RULE ( COURT INTRIGUE, ENTHRONEMENT, DAVID'S LAST INSTRUCTIONS, PURGE) PURPOSE: POLITCAL DEFENSE OF SOLOMON'S RISE BY BLAMING BLOODY PURGE ON DADDY DAVID, ELIMINATING OLDER BROS, "YAHWEH LOVED HIM"

Review the major differences between the two pictures of the settlement in the books of Joshua and Judges (specifically, Joshua 1-12 and Judges 1). Does archaeological evidence support or undermine the historical reliability of the Joshua picture. Know the results of excavations at Jericho, Ai, Gibeon, and Hazor.

DIFF (JOSH v JUDG): UNITED v SINGLE TRIBES, CONQEST SUCCESSFUL v NOT FULLY SUCCESSFUL, SETTLEMENT BY FORCE RAPIDLY v LARGELY PEACEFUL OVER A LONG TIME ARCH EV: SEVERAL 13TH CENTURY DESTRUCTION LEVELS IN PAL (HAZOR), BUT NOT MENTIONED IN JOSH (NOT CLEAR BY WHO IF EVEN BY MILITARY), JERICHO-NO EV OF HABITATION IN 13TH CENT, AI-UNOCCUPIED 2400-1200, GIBEON, LITTLE HABITATION 13TH CENTURY

State the gist of David Gunn's interpretation of Saul as a tragic figure (3-4 sentences).

FORESAKEN BY GOD & THUS FATED TO RUIN: NOT SERIOUS SINS BUT NOT MUCH ROOM FOR ERROR B/C YAHWEH WILL TOLERATE BUT NOT SUPPORT MONARCHY, WILL DEAL HARSHLY W/ SMALL MISTAKES

What books belong to the DtrH?

FORMER PROPHETS - JOSH, JUDG, 1&2 SAM, 1&2 KGS

Review the speech of God in Joshua 1:2-9. It is a key passage composed by the Dtr editors. What is the theological lesson of the passage?

INTRO-CONQUEST AND HAPPY LIFE IN THE LAND DEPENDS ON THE OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.

What sweep of history does the DtrH cover?

ISRAEL'S HISTORY- FROM THE EVE OF ISRAEL'S ENTRY TO PALESTINE TO BAB EXILE

Describe the overall picture of the settlement in Joshua

ISRAEL=12 UNITED TRIBES, SETTLEMENT=MILITARY INVASION & CONQUEST BY FORCE, CONQUEST= HOLY WAR, RELATIVELY QUICK & COMPLETE SUCCESS

The Dtr editors construe the history of the Judges era schematically. Know the cyclical pattern: Israel sins, God punishes, and so on. What theological assumption underlines this pattern?

Israel sins, Yahweh punishes Israel, Israel repents, Yahweh delivers Israel by raising up a "judge", Israel has "rest" in the land. THEO ASS: ISRAEL'S FATE IN PALESTINE DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON THE NATION'S FIDELITY TO JAHWEH'S LAW.

Know the three different views of the Israelite monarchy in/from .........a. the early pro-kingship source (1 Samuel 9:1-10:8 and ch. 11);

MONARCHY=YAHWEH'S IDEA, PURPOSE IS TO SAVE PPL FROM ENEMIES ESP. PHILISTINES, KING ENDOWED W/ DIVINE CHARISMA, YAHWEH'S SPIRIT RESIDES IN KING (REASON HE CAN DELIVER)

What is the purpose of the DtrH?

TO EXPLAIN EXILE, JOSH-2KGS= DEMONSTRATES ISRAEL'S TRANSGRESSION, THE EXILE= DIVINE PUNISHMENT

Review the schematic presentations of Saul, David, and Solomon in the books of Samuel and Kings. The Dtr editors arranged early sources so as to present the reign of each of these kings in two parts: on the rise and on the decline. What theological assumption underlines this scheme? (1-2 sentences)

TURNING PTS: COMMITS SIN, GOD REJECTS AS KING, DECLINE BEGINS KING'S SUCCESS DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON HIS RELIGIOUS FIDELITY AND SUPPORT FROM GOD

The concept or ideology of holy war is present in the books of Joshua and Judges. Review the major elements/claims of this ideology. (For example, Jahweh fights in the very midst of Israel on the battlefield. Etc.)

YAHWEH FIGHTS ON THE BATTLE FIELD- ISRAELITES CLEAN THEMSELVES, YAHWEH GETS ALL CREDIT FOR VICTORY, YAHWEH WINS BY SENDING PANIC ON ENEMY, THE SPOILS OF BATTLE IS DEVOTED TO YAHWEH THROUGH SACRIFICE (SLAUGHTER), AT TIMES ROLE OF DIETY TOTALLY ECLIPSE ANY EFFORT BY ISRAEL