Review the Reader's Guide (Assignments)

Can you describe, evaluate, or explain the significance of

Persons:

Aaron
Abel
Abram/Abraham
Achan
Adam
Amalekites
Ammonites
Balaam
Balak
Barak
Benjamin
Boaz
Cain
Caleb
Canaan
Deborah
Dinah
Ehud
Eliezer of Damascus Enoch
Esau
Eve
Gideon
Hagar
Ham
Haran
Ishmael
Israel
Jacob
Japheth
Jephthah
Jethro
Joseph
Joshua
Judah
Laban
Lamech
Leah
Levites
Lot
Melchizedek
Miriam
Nahor
Naomi
Noah
Potiphar Rachel
Rahab
Rebekah
Ruth
Samson
Sarai/Sarah
Shem
Tamar
Terah
Zipporah

Places:

Ai
Aiyalon
Ammon
Bethel
Edom
Egypt
Euphrates
Babel
Gomorrah
Goshen
Haran
Hebron
Horeb
Jericho
Kadesh-barnea
Midian
Moab
Mt. Ebal
Mt Gerizim
Red Sea/Reed Sea
Sinai
Sodom
Ur
 

Subjects:

Ark of the Covenant
benei 'elohim (sons of God)
circumcision
cities of refuge
clean/unclean
covenant
day
Decalogue
documentary hypothesis
'ehyeh 'asher 'ehyeh (I Am that I Am)
'el 'elyon (God Most High)
everlasting covenant
promise
Joseph's dream
land
kinsman redeemer
manna
offerings/sacrifices
passover
plagues
suzerainty treaty
tabernacle
toledoth
torah
Yahweh yireh (LORD will Provide)

 

Can you identify the significance of the following passages:

Genesis

1-2
3
5-9
12
15
18
22
29-30
48
50

Exodus

1-2
3
12
20
24
32
40
 

Leviticus

1-7
19
20

Numbers

6
20
22-24

Deuteronomy

4
5
6
12-26
17
27-28
34

Joshua

1
2
3-4
9
22
24

Judges

1-2
4
5
16
18
21

Ruth

1
2
3
4

 

You will want to be familiar enough with the content of each book to be able to recognize the source of significant (reflecting theme or story-line content) quotations.

For example, in which book will one find "everyone did what was right in his own eyes"

 

Synthesis: be ready to discuss significant issues or themes.

For example, is the Pentateuch best seen as a unified corpus or a collection of disparate texts? What are the issues concerning the date of the Exodus? What is the theme of the book of ____?