OT1 Midterm
Gen 27- who is scheming in this chapter
Confirming continuation of Chosen line Jacob and Rebekah scheme
What are the 4 major longitudinal regions in Israel?
Costal Plain Judean Hill Country Jordan Rift Valley Transjordanean Plateau
Gen 1:26
Creation of Man • Let us make man in our own image, let them have domain
Creation as a "man hugger"
Creation was originally supposed to be a "man-hugger" Creation was made for man
Genesis Them
God Begins
Israel
God fights for you
Exodus Them
God forms His Nation
Inspiration
God intervened in the writing process such that man perfectly communicated the message of God intended for his people for all time
CORE VALUES LEARNED FROM Issac and Jacob
God is with His people and fights for His people
Know why God continually blesses Jacob
God keeps promise of Land, Seed, Blessing
CORE VALUES LEARNED FROM Judah and Joseph
God turns Evil into Good
Melchizedek
King of righteousness (special because he merges offices of king and priest)
Noah
Rest
Know what Satan does in Genesis 3
Satan subtracts and adds to Gods world
Genesis 49:10-12
Sets the destiny of 12 tribes of Israel
Gen 3:15
Sets trajectory for all of redemptive history
Plains of Moab
Setting of Pentateuch
Know which of Noah's three sons forms God's line
Shem
Evolution and how it should be categorized
Should be categorized as a philosophy and as a history
Know the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah
Sin of homosexuality
Adam
Son of red earth
Gen 6:5
The problem is the human heart
Methuselah
When he dies, it will be sent
Corporate solidarity
Whenever one person stands for everyone "One represents many"
Cave of Machpelah
Where Abraham buried Sarah, paid lots of money for this. First land bought in Israel
Realism
Mark of authenticity
Covenant
Collection of promises that shape and regulate redemptive history
Gen 50:20
"You meant it for evil, God meant it for good"
Historical Setting of the Pentateuch
1400 BC
The date of the Exodus
1446 BC
What two verses were given in class to support the doctrine of inspiration?
2 Peter 1:20-21 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Know which of Terah's sons God forms His chosen nation through
Abraham is chosen for God's nation
Gen 17:6
Abrahamic Covenant
Gen 15:6
Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
Cain
Acquired one
Know the Pharaoh of the Exodus
Amenhoteph II
Seth
Appointed one
CORE VALUES LEARNED FROM Abraham
By Faith
Babylon
Center and spearhead of corporate evil
Gen 12
Call of Abraham
Origin of Edom
Descendants of Esau
Creationism (6 literal days of creation)
Each was 1 day
Chiasm
Emphasizes the middle
Where/who are the major breaks in the genealogy of Genesis 5 (especially who is the first major break in this genealogy)?
Enoch - Escapes death Noah - God preserves race through him
Peniel
Face of God
Know who the sons of God were (i.e., the suggested interpretation given in class)
Fallen angels/demons
Know the purpose of the flood and whether it was global or local
Flood was global, purpose was to judge the earth
Know what languages the Old Testament was originally written in
Hebrew and Aramaic
Bethel
House of God
Why the line of the Messiah goes through Judah
Judah made moral and character changes Sacrificial
What is the function of Israel's location?
Israel functions as the land bridge (everyone must pass through Israel)
Where is the land of Israel positioned relative to the rest of the ancient world?
Israel is center and land bridge of the near eastern ancient world
JEPD theory (Documentary Hypothesis Theory)
J= Jehovah E= Elohim P= Priestly D= Deuteronomic
Gen 28
Jacob dreams of ascending and descending angels ladder in bethel
Know which tribe becomes the royal tribe of Israel
Judah
Abrahamic Covenant
Land, Seed, Blessing Controls the destiny of Israel and therefore the destiny of the entire world Abraham covenant is unilateral and unconditional God moves and drives this covenant forward
Issac
Laughter
What are the 3 key features of the genealogy in Genesis 5?
Linear and Formulaic Long lives Everyone dies
The six days of creation (viz., which days form locales and which days fill those locales)
Locals Created Day 1) Light and Dark Day 2) Sky Separated from Darkness Day 3) Land and Sea Locals Filled Day 4) Light Bearers Day 5) Air and Sea creatures Day 6) Land creatures and Humans
Origin of Moab
Lot commits incest with oldest daughter and she gives birth to Moab
Origin of Ammon
Lot commits incest with youngest daughter and she brith Ben-Ammi
The genre of Genesis and how it should be read (myth, miscommunication, or myth-busting)
MYTH BUSTING
Mosaic (Moses) authorship
Moses wrote the first five books of the OT Hebrew is ancient Hebrew (uniform/consistent style) So many biblical characters say Moses wrote it
Eve
Mother of the living
Mount moriah
Mountain for sacrifice
Ironic retaliation
Noah curses hams son
Know the significance of Noah getting drunk and naked
Points back to nakedness of Adam in garden Noah is not new adam
Know what 2 offices Melchizedek merges together
Priest and king
Sarah
Princess
Noahaic Covenant
Provides worldwide stability Common grace
Canon
Recognition of the inspired books of scripture
Know what Satan's plot in Genesis 6:2 resulted in
Taller humans
Know why only God walks through the animal pieces in Genesis 15
The Abraham Isaac covenant is contingent on God only -Usually both parties would walk through bout it is not resting on God in this situation
Genesis 3
The Fall of Man
The Old Testament Theme
The Glory and Reign of God
How Genesis is organized/what Genesis is structured around
Toledoth structure
Gen 11
Tower of Babel
Gen 22
Ultimate test of Abrahams Faith (offering of Issac)
Authorial intent
We must read genesis understanding authorial intent
Know the major ways to apply the OT given in class
Worship/awe, knowledge, how to respond to world-shape worldview
Porto-Evangelium
first gospel
