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Government 4330 Bible and Politics Spring 2008 Study Guide 1
The following are key ideas around which you might direct your preparations for the first test. Some of these are key ideas or names from the books that we are reading. Some are drawn from the lecture notes. Some material on the test may not be included here. The test will be comprised of a series of identifications and short essay questions. There may also be one longer essay question.
In the Beginning: Gutenberg’s printing press Rise in literacy rates Rise of secular languages John Wycliffe Luther Vernacular bible Erasmus Vulgate William Tyndale Great Bible of 1539 Henry VIII Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth Elizabethan Settlement of Religion Geneva Bible James I Puritanism v. Anglicanism v. Catholicism Hampton Court Conference Richard Bancroft and the translation rules
Who Wrote the Bible: Documentary Thesis JEDP Yahweh Redactor Unified v. Divided Kingdom 722, 587, 538 First Temple, Second Temple Levitical Priests Shiloh Aaronite Priests Hezekiah Josiah (640-609 BCE) Ezra Jeremiah and Baruch The “pious fraud” The exile The “brilliant mistake” The “great irony”
Lecture Notes: Biblical Minimalists v. Biblical Maximalists Problems in translating the Bible The Septuagint The Torah Vulgate King James Version (KJV) NIV NRSV New Jerusalem Bible Rheims Bible The Canon Jewish v. Christian ordering of the Bible Gnostic Gospels Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls Canon Gospel of Thomas Gospel of Judas Mishnah Talmud Rabbinical Judaism Midrash Genesis Origins stories The fall, free will, returning to God Tree of knowledge v. tree of life Cain and Abel Noah stories The Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph The Exodus Midwives Tale Commissioning of Moses and Aaron Covenants Mosaic Covenant v. Davidic Covenant Deuteronomy Deuteronomistic Histories Joshua v. Moses The Book of Joshua Rahab Achan Book of Judges Leadership in Judges Ehud Deborah and Jael Gideon and Abimelech Samuel and Eli Samuel’s criticism of monarchy The cycle of corruption Saul v. David Priests v kings Philistines Jonathan and the problem of succession Joab and Abner Bathsheba and Uriah Nathan Amnon, Tamar and Absalom Solomon Abiathar, Joab, and Shemei Omri Elijah and Ahab Elisha Prophets in OT Times
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