Test!

FOR THE TEST

• Genesis
• Classroom Discussions
• Frye, Ch. 1 & 2
• Women In the Bible Lecture
• Plotz - Genesis

QUESTIONS
1. Who are the two writers of the creation story?
P and J. (Remember JEDPR)
2. What are the first five books of the bible?
Pentateuch, the Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy)
3. TNK?
Torah (Law) Nevi'im (Prophets) Ketuvim (Writings)
4. Who are the three patriarchs?
Abraham, Issac, Jacob
5. How many sons did Jacob have?
12, Rachel had Joseph and Benjamin.
6. What did Linda think of women in the bible, compared to David Plotz?
Linda: "Plotz is an idiot, women are a metaphor."
7. What does Hosea's marriage represent?
Israel, and the country's straying from God.
8. Linda's view of Lot's daughters?
They did the right thing, continued the bloodline of their father.
9. What are the 7 most important parts of the bible?
Creation, Exodus, Law, Wisdom, Prophecy, Gospel, Apocalypse.
10. Vico's 3 phases? 
Gods/Heroes/Men
11. Frye's 3 phases?
Metaphorical/Metonymical/Descriptive
12. What is Mythos?
Story, myth, etc.
13. What kills education?
Answers
14. What is repetitive parallelism?
"Joseph is handsome and good-looking."
15. What is the biblical meaning of circumcision?
It is a physical reminder of the covenant between God and man.
16. What is the difference between Homer and the Bible?
Homer has no lacuna!
17. What is kerygma?
Revalation
18. What is logos?
Fact, truth, history, etc., for a while it was the same as mythos.
19. What is the psyche?
Before it came to its modern definition, it meant "soul".
20. What is an example of etiology?
"How did the leopard get his spots?" "Why do snakes crawl on their bellies?"
21. What is an archetype?
A "model narrative", Carl Jung - Cain (archetype of the fugitive)
22. What is Gnosticism?
Places salvation in knowledge/individual (The Man Who Fell to Earth)
23. Critical approach vs. Traditional?
Literary approach vs. a faith based approach.
24. What is hubris?
Excessive pride, wishing to be like the gods.
25. What is the documentary hypothesis?
The Bible was written by multiple authors.
26. What blogs should we study?
Jason's (Occam's Razor)
27. What were the writing prophets concerned with?
Cultic purity and Social Justice.
28. Eve and Mary are both archetypes.