Across
- 2. Figure who embodies liminality; leads Israelites out of Egypt’s oppressive boundaries; crosses the Red Sea
- 6. Hebrew word meaning house; place where God dwells
- 8. The notion that God decides who can live on the land; as monotheism takes hold, creates ethical dilemmas
- 10. Hebrew term for a person from Judah/a Jew; used during the “first Diaspora”
- 11. Type of "ancestor" whose name becomes the name of a people or place; can help explain geographic/political boundaries
- 12. Figure who commands the conquest of Canaan and leads Israelites into the Promised Land; crosses the Jordan River
- 16. 1st imperial conquest; took Northern Kingdom under control (south remained Judah)
- 20. Destruction of a city; used in narratives of the Canaanite conquest
- 21. Someone who "stands in the breach” and speaks for God; divinely chosen
- 22. Egyptian pharaoh who inscribed a Stele identifying Israel as a people rather than a territory
- 23. Name of Southern Kingdom after division
- 24. Type of relationship between God, the people, and the land; explains the complexity of Israel’s boundaries
Down
- 1. Book that draws stark boundaries for Israel's identity and emphasizes exclusive devotion to YHWH. Includes laws such as no idols/physical representations
- 3. 2nd imperial conquest; extended control to include Judah
- 4. The act of extracting meaning from a text; can be used to expose a story in a way that is beyond western tradition; derived from root word meaning “seek”
- 5. Movement referring to Jewish return and renewed presence in Israel
- 7. Described by Ezra as a “detestable practice” and an act of unfaithfulness; emphasizes the importance of “insiders” and “outsiders”
- 9. Persian king who wrote a decree allowing exiles to return home and rebuild the Temple
- 13. Servant who served as a surrogate for Sarah; Angel visits her and her son receives blessing
- 14. Son of Hagar who was excluded from the covenant line but still promised to be made a great nation
- 15. Binding relationship with God; Hebrew term is berit
- 17. Name of Northern Kingdom after division
- 18. Character who interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dreams; shows divine wisdom can cross political boundaries
- 19. Judge who said “the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman” and whose song describes the 12 tribes differently from other texts (i.e. Judah missing)