MID-TERM REVIEW
- HEBREW SCRIPTURES –
This exam is very straightforward. It is developed from the following lecture material and your careful reading of Old Testament Survey. I will not be testing you on Kingdom of Priests. However, that does not mean that you will not see material from that book on final exam. Thus, in order to best prepare for your exam, I’ve put together what I think is most important for you to know. The first section of this review is from the lecture material I’ve given you. The lecture material you will need is on my website. I will only test you on what you see below. Also, I’ve given you page numbers and sections you will need to know from Old Testament Survey for this mid-term exam. I’ve also supplied some answers to help you with review.
II. From the Lecture Material I want you to focus on the following:
A. Lecture 4: What are the Four Major Attitudes Towards Theology?
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B. Lecture 4: Why Theology is Controversial?
C. Lecture 4: Central Divisions in Theology:
1. Apologetics
2. Exegetical Theology
3. Systematic Theology
4. Practical Theology
5. Historical Theology
6. Natural Theology
D. Lecture 5: Major Terms in Theology:
1. Prolegomena
2. Theology: Study of God.
3. Theology Proper
4. Hamartiology
5. Soteriology
6. Israelology
7. Ecclesiology
8. Soteriology
9. Christology
10. Pneumatology
11. Eschatology
12. Hermeneutucs
13. Satanology
14. Demonology
15. Angelology
16. Sanctification
E. Know the following arguments (syllogisms) & terms from God’s Existence: Lecture 5.
1. What is a worldview?
a. Remember, your worldview is composed of the following:
1. Your view of God
2. Your view of reality
3. Your view of truth
4. Your view of ethics
5. Your view of humanity
6. Your view of evil
7. Your view of knowledge
b. Recall, your worldview is formed (in part):
1. Informally
2. Uncritically
3. Habits
4. Inter-generationally
5. Community of shared beliefs
6. Over time.
c. Also, remember:
1 Presuppositions are fixed biases that do not change unless extreme pressure is applied.
2 Preunderstandings are moldable influences that come and go; they are fluid-like.
2. Cosmological Argument (argument from beginning) (you do not need to study Cosmological Kalam or ontological argument):
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3. Teleological Argument:
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4. Moral Law Argument:
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5. Religious Need Argument:
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6. Argument from Joy:
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7. Innate Idea Argument:
F. Understand the basic ideas of Intelligent Design & Anthropic Principle (See lecture 5b and lecture 5c):
G. Know outline of Genesis as understood from my chart: lecture 6.
II. From your reading of Old Testament Survey: Pages 3-123:
A. Chapter 1:
1. What is the Pentateuch? (pg. 3)
2. What is the Torah? (pg. 3)
3. Understand the unity of the Pentateuch (pp. 3-4)
4. Building blocks of the Pentateuch (pp. 4-5)
B. Chapter 2:
1. The name, structure, and theology of Genesis (I’m not including the section on contents or literary genre): pg., 15, 16, 22-31.
C. Chapter 3:
1. The literary genre of the Patriarchal Narratives (pp. 44-45)
2. Theology of the Narratives (pp. 46-51)
D. Chapter 5: All sections in Exodus (pp. 63-79).
E. Chapter 6: Leviticus:
1. Name and Contents
2. Purpose
3. Six major divisions (pg. 82)
4. Names, purpose, kind, nature, actions, and actions of offerings (pg. 83)
5. Understand the significance of the “sin offering” and the “guilt offering” (pg. 85-86)
6. Understand the essential reason for ritual purity (pp. 86-87)
7. Understand the Day of Atonement (pp. 88-89)
8. Message of Leviticus (pp. 91-98).
F. Chapter 7:
1. Introduction to Numbers on pp. 99-100
2. How the name “Numbers” came about: pg. 100
3. Theology of Numbers: pp. 106-110.
G. Chapter 8:
1. Introduction to Deuteronomy, pp. 111—113.
2. Theology, pp. 118-127.
The exam could be comprised of true/false; matching; multiple choice questions. Please be scantron 882E form and # 2 pencil.