Midrash Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Exegesis - discovers what a text MEANT Hermeneutics - discovers what a text MEANS Define the goal of hermeneutics - to discover the "meaning" of the biblical text. State "Lamp's Axiom of Hermeneutics and Stuff" (axiom and lemma) - Axiom: Theology is the process whereby we defend what it is what we want to believe Lemma: It's all hermeneutics List the 3 components of the process of communication - Send, Message, Receiver Define "consciously willed meaning" - They're implications o...

intertestamental period - correct answer about 400 BC to 1 AD 2nd temple period - correct answer 530 BC to 70AD Gnosticism - correct answer material word is evil and said Jesus could not have been a person - correct answer taught that pleasure (in the sense of happiness, not necessarily sensual pleasure) was the chief good in life. This led to an advocacy of "hedonism," the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle. Stoicism - correct answer taught the dutiful a...

What, according to your instructor, is the #1 rule of interpretation that you should remember even if you forget every other thing that you learn in this course? - Context In what ways are we far removed from the biblical texts? - Time period and language How is the Holy Spirit related to and important to hermeneutics? - Holy Spirit is constantly at work and helps us interpret but we still have to study the bible to gain understanding Where do you find the CAPTOR acronym? - In the Doriani ...

NBST 515-001 Exam Questions And Answers intertestamental period - ANS about 400 BC to 1 AD 2nd temple period - ANS 530 BC to 70AD Gnosticism - ANS material word is evil and said Jesus could not have been a person - ANS taught that pleasure (in the sense of happiness, not necessarily sensual pleasure) was the chief good in life. This led to an advocacy of "hedonism," the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle. Stoicism - ANS taught the dutiful accepta...

Ordinances - correct answers The list of rituals that the church should observe such as baptism and the Lord's Supper. Baptism - correct answers A ritual expressing one's relationship with Jesus in which one is ceremonially plunged into the water and raised up in identification with Jesus's death and resurrection. Judaism - correct answers A monotheistic religion whose main holy text is the Tanak (Old Testament) who also supplements the Tanak with oral tradition found in the Talmud and ...

Exegesis - What the text meant back then. Hermeneutics - What the text means today The goals of hermeneutics? - To discover the meaning of biblical text State "Lamps Axiom of hermeneutics and stuff" (Axiom and Lemma) - Axiom: Theology is the process by which we defend what it is we want to believe. Lemma: It's all hermeneutics List the three components of the process of communication - Author, Text, Reader Define "consciously willed meaning." - The underlying meaning the author was t...

REL107 History of Judaism, Prof. Sivertsev, DePaul University, Paper #2 - Midrashic Literature. Prompt: Based on Barry Holtz’s chapter on Midrash, write a short paper discussing this genre of biblical commentary. What are the purposes of midrash? How does it work? What is it about the origins and nature of the Torah's text that makes midrash possible?To illustrate your discussion with a specific example, analyze a section from Midrash Rabbah on the Book of Genesis (section 9 on page 8...

Question No. 1 Biblical Judaism refers to Judaism that: Predates the destruction of the Second Temple Follows the destruction of the Second Temple Is led by teachers called Rabbis Encourages the cr eation of the nation-state of Israel Question No. 2 Which of the following is not a form of Judaism? Conservative Judaism Orthodox Judaism Revisionist Judaism Reform Judaism Question No. 3 This is the most traditional form of Judaism: Conservative Judaism Orthodox Judaism Reform Judaism Rabbinical Jud...

Chapter 03 The Diverse World of First-Century Judaism     
Multiple Choice Questions
  1. (p. 45) The "greatest" commandment, given by Yahweh in the Old Testament and Jesus in the New Testament, is to 
A. hate sin.
B. love yourself.
C. love others.
D. worship Yahweh exclusively.   2. (p. 45) The name of Israel's Deity, Yahweh, means 
A. "The Alpha and Omega."
B. "I Rule."
C. "I Am."
D. "The Holy One."   3. (p. 45) "Hallelujah" me...

Quiz 8 1) The title for the person sent by God to rescue the Jewish people from suffering is _____________. ((messiah)) 2)) T or F The Jewish sabbath begins Saturday night at sunset A) True B) False 3) T or F Judaism may have been influenced by outside views in the diaspora. A) True B) False 4) Non-Jewish peoples may be referred to as ___________.((gentiles)) 5) The movement emphasizing ecstatic piety is called A) Haggadah B) Pesach C) Hasidism D) Midrash 6) What is the name for th...