Questions on the Bible

The assighment is based on three seperate questions that should be answered seperately in the form of introduction, body, and conclusion. An answer of the question should include the answer from the bible and an analysis. also, should mention the topic in regards to the Torah, the Deuteronomistic History, the Prophets, the Writings, and the New Testament, and for time periods, the formative, the
monarchic, the exilic, Persian, Greek, and Roman periods. Sometimes a topic may not be a theme of one of these sections or periods, but most topics are.
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Question 1
The Development of the Bible as Literature and Sacred Scripture
a. Main Question: How did the oraliture and literature that is found in the Bible become considered sacred and holy?
b. The material found in the Bible may not have not always been considered holy scripture. How and when did it develop over time and become considered scripture? Describe the stages as proposed in class.
c. Who wrote in the ancient world? Who were they sponsored by?
d. What role did the conflict between the north and the south have on the development of scripture? Were there competing traditions that became unified?
e. Some traditions seem political in nature: are they more political or religious? Does this make a difference when state and temple were not separate?
f. Be sure to discuss the traditions in Genesis-Exodus, the Deuteronomistic History, the novellas, the prophets, and the Gospels.
Question 2
Social Justice in the Bible
a. Main question: One of the major themes of the Bible is social justice (“creating a fair and equal society in which each individual matters, their rights are recognized and protected, and decisions are made in ways that are fair and honest”). How does the concept of social justice manifest in the Bible and develop in Israelite, Jewish, and Christian cultures from the beginnings through to the New Testament?
b. What is the evidence for the social justice theory of the beginnings of Israel? What are the social justice items in the Torah? How does the monarchy change the socio-economic environment? What was the situation in the monarchy? What do the prophets say about these issues? How were things in the Persian Period? What does the New Testament and Jesus say on the subject?
Question 3
The Bible as History
a. Main question: Should we consider the authors of the historical books of the Bible to be writing history?
b. Much of the Bible presents itself as history but it is not how we would present history. Describe the different genres used in the biblical books of Genesis and Exodus, the Deuteronomistic History, Chronicles, the novellas, the gospels, and Acts, and how these ways of writing history differ from how we write history.

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