Test #2

Hope this helps everyone. Some of these won't make much sense if you weren't in class, but I hope you'll get the gist.

Hagiography - holy writing, those writings about someone that only reveal their saintly nature and leave out everything else

Kairos (similar to epiphany) - decisive moment of time that obliterates time (Frye)

Kerygma - proclamation of what one must do to be saved - every single sentence in the NT is kerygmatic in relation to the other sentences (it's all a matter of context)

Frye- the sermon on the mount is a positive version of the Decalogue - 10 Commandments

In the Book of Job, Satan is the accuser within a judicial process, rather than the judge/devil

An attack on the structures of your expectations is a parable

Job is not being punished; he is being tested

Sexson says that the 3 greatest tragedies are Brothers K, King Lear and Job because they all contain theodicy - the questioning of the justice of God

God's reply to Job? He doesn't reply - he demonstrates his power & asks Job, "Who are you?"

Define epiphany - sudden manifestation of God - God's appearing to Moses (burning bush) and Job (whirlwind) are both epiphanies

Define sublime - a mixture of the awesome and awful, that which is terrifying (or horrifying) and beautiful - the Grand Canyon is a good example

Enthusiasm - entheos - possessed by the gods

Opening of Ecclesiastes? "Vanity of vanities . . . all is vanity"

Hebel: translation of word vanity - vapor, mist or fog - prevents you from seeing

T/F Jesus individualizes the book of Exodus - TRUE - the story of Jesus is standing for the book of Exodus

Fill in blank - The Lord (giveth) and the Lord (taketh away)

T/F (in this class) Job is a model of patience FALSE - look at main body of story, NOT prologue and epilogue

Apocalypse - the removal of the veil so one may see

Frye's stages of the Bible - refer to first test

There will be a question re. parataxsis (breathless way of connecting events using "and")

(Slave) What is Wanda's name changed to? Sarah Why? all converts to Judaism are named Sarah - daughter of Abraham

Moses, David and Jesus are archetypal heroes

A couple of questions re. mystery religions - event in Mark 14 suggests Christianity was originally a mystery religion and Demeter and Persephone were central figures in Eleusinian mystery religion

Eschatology - doctrine of the last things, the end of the world - this issue underwrites nearly every chapter of the NT

Biographies - (Frye) question related to Gospels

Maria was born in Whitefish, MT, November 17, 1981 to Robert and Nancy - this is part of her archetype. An archetype is the transcendent meaning and a signature is the specific historical example, so Maria is the signature - Tat tvam asi "that thou art" - you're it

Taking the ordinary and making it into a holy history is heilsgeschichte

Which book does "fool" come from? Book of Proverbs

According to Erica, according to Bloom, who is J's last great character? Moses

Which natural image occurs @ the beginning and the end of the Bible? water