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- dead sea scrolls
- were discovered in 1947 and were a boon to scripture scholars
- prophetic books
- prophets give warnings to repent and obey god kings disobey disaster comes and the exile follows
- historical books
- joshua judges 1 samuel 2 samuel 1 and 2 kings
- maccabees
- led in revolt against the greaks in the 160s bc and had a brief period of independence
- dispersion
- also called the diaspora means jews leaving jerusalem and settling elsewhere in the roman empire
- jewish revolt in 70 ad
- a revolt against the roman empire that led to the destruction of jerusalem and the second temple
- the canon
- is a list of books recognizeed as divinely inspired and thus the primary source and guide for religious belief and practice. this secured their (the jews) identity (gods people ) and helped to keep them apart from the surronding cultures.
- jersus
- born in the family line of david he was seen as the long awaited messiah
- romans
- defeated the greeks and captured jerusalem in 63 bc
- pre exile books
- (before the exile to babylon) first isaiah and jermemiah spoke to the southern kingdom of judah of coming disaster if it did not repent of its unfaithful ways
- catholic canon
- ( old testament) consists of 46 books (written in both hebrew and greek) grouped in the following major sections
- exilic
- (in exile in bablon) ezekial second isaiah offered hope to the exiles in babylon hope=returing to judah
- for the jews what are the o.t 3 parts
- torah prophets and writings
- hebrew scriptures
- told the jews of the dispersion that 1 the words in them were from their families their homeland their ancestors and how to live a faithful life in unfamiliar surrondings and god still loved them and would be with them always
- jewish canon
- official set of jewish scriptures was defined in 90 ad only writings in hebrew
- history (biblical)
- 1850 bc to 100 ad approximately 2000 years (abraham) to 100 ad (gospel of john ) and (book of revelation)
- pentateuch
- genesis exodus leviticus numbers and deuteronomy thees books are referred to as the torah which means instructions or law.
- alexander the great
- conquered the persians in 330 bc
- postexilic
- (after the exile in babylon with they returned to judah) haggai zechariah third isaiah give hope to the exiles who returned to jerusalem
- wisdom books
- includes the psalms (religious songs) credited to king david but was probably written by a variety of authhors also includes the story of job who explores the problem of good and evil.
- jesus
- christians believe gods promise to abraham was fullfilled in jesus (jesus is the promised blessing)
- what are the types of writings in the old testament
- stories legends histories oracles conversations letters novels lists biographies laws speeches poems proverbs and prayers.
- greeks
- became the overlords of the jews due to its conquest for nearly 300 years. jews are now learning the greek language and are writing in this language