Apologetics - final exam - BJU, Dr. Cook,
BJU Apologetics Final
Ahab's Ivories - ANS- the house that he built
Akhenaton - ANS- on the throne during Joshua's conquest - monotheist
Amenhotep II - ANS- Pharaoh of the Exodus
Sesostris III - ANS- the Pharaoh who ruled during Joseph's time
Tel Amarna - ANS- tablets that tell of the chaotic state of Canaan and the coming of the
"Haribu" which many take to be the Hebrews
Ebla - ANS- an impressive cache of cuneiform inscriptions served to confirm the
antiquity of writing, the customs of the patriarchs, and numerous biblical names
Epic of Gilgamesh - ANS- a poem about the Great Flood
Ur of the Chaldaes - ANS- the wealthy city from which God called Abraham to be a
pilgrim
Tel Dan inscription - ANS- "House of David"
Thutmose III - ANS- presumably the Pharaoh who preceded the pharaoh of the exodus
who must have reigned a minimum of 40 years
Date of Exodus/Conquest - ANS- 1446 BC - 1406 BC
Black Obelisk - ANS- a black limestone Assyrian sculpture with many scenes in
basrelief and inscriptions
Moabite Stone - ANS- "the Mesha Stele" - proved that King David exsisted
Silver Amulet Scroll - ANS- the prayer-like inscription containing the divine name
provides the oldest extra-biblical evidence for the name of God thus far archaeologically
recovered in Jerusalem
, Baruch Bulla - ANS- contained the stamp and the name of the scribe of Jeremiah - the
impression of Baruch ben Neriah, the scribe who wrote to the dictation of the prophet
Jeremiah
Siloam Tunnel Inscription - ANS- a passage of inscribed text found in the Siloam tunnel
which brings water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam
Siege of Lachish - ANS- said to be the first direct archeological proof of the Bible
Cyrus cylinder - ANS- confirms the biblical account of the Persian empire overtaking the
Babylonians
Nabonidus cylinder - ANS- refers to the cuneiform inscriptions of king Nabonidus of
Babylonia
Ugarit - ANS- an ancient port city, the ruins of which are located at what is now called
Ras Shamra, a headland in northern Syria
Closed System - ANS- The doctrine that the space, matter, time universe cannot be
acted upon by any outside agents, such as God.
Closed System - ANS- A synonym for naturalism or materialism.
Cosmology - ANS- The branch of philosophy or metaphysics that inquires into the
nature of origins particularly through the investigation of cause and effect relationships.
Cosmology - ANS- A study of the universe's origin.
Deism - ANS- A monotheistic anti-Trinitarian view of God that attributes to Him the
attributes associated with transcendence, but denies His immanent involvement in the
world through supernatural activity subsequent to the original act of creation.
Enlightenment - ANS- A seventeenth and eighteenth century western ideology that
emphasized reason, nature, and progress. Enlightenment philosophers argued for the
basic goodness of man, the authority of philosophy, the inevitable progress of science,
and a deistic view of God.
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