Bible- Chapter 2 Flashcards
Bible
collection of books, showing Gods revelation
apocalyptic
of or pertaining to revelation especially bout Gods ultimate plan
canon
list of books in the bible
contextualist approach
context + literal meaning
covanant
sacred promise With God and humans
deuterocanonical books
2nd list of books in bible; only for christians
fundamentalist approach
looks only at literal meaning
gentile
non jew
messiah
“anointed one” jesus for Christians
Pentateuch
1st books of bible
prophets
“mouth pieces” for God; people who share and preach Gods word
sacred scripture
holy writing, for christians the bible
salvation history
events in the human history in which God reveals his saving actions
synoptic
relating toA brief condense statemen tgiving a general view of the subject (Jesus)
testament
covant
torah
A.k.a. the Pentateuch first books of the bible
Who wrote and inspired the Bible
inspired by God written by humans
what history does the Bible contain
history of salvation
explain. The two approaches to Scripture
fundamentalist: only looks at literal meaning when reading Bible
contextual: looks at a literal meaning and context
what were the first languages of the Bible
Greek Hebrew Aeromic
what year does the Old Testament cover
200 BC - 5 BC
creation - Jesus’ Birth
sections of the Old Testament; List major ideas
Torah/Pentateuch: Origins and covenant
historical books: settling the promise land
wisdom and poetry: advice
Prophets: keeping the people faithful
what is different about the order of the Old Testament from the Jewishscriptures and the Christian Bible
prophet section for Christians is moved to the end because it prepares us for Jesus. The Christians moved it. For Jewish people prophets is second after the Torah because it explains the Torah
how many Deuterocanonical books are there? Who excludes them and why.
five books
jews: they were written in Greek
protestant: they went with the Jewish canon
what years does the New Testament cover
4BC-100CE
birth of Jesus – Catholic foundation
List the sections of the New Testament in and List the major ideas
historical: Jesus and church formation
letters: instruction and support for the church
apocalyptic: encouragement during persecution
The four Gospels which ones are synoptic
Matthew Mark Luke and John
Synoptic: Matthew Mark and Luke
what was the writing style and purpose of the gospels
written like a persuasive essay; purpose: to tell about Jesus’ life death and resurrection
what was Jesus convicted of? Did he actually do it?
blasphemy:; no he did not do it
what are the parts of the Paschal mystery
passion death resurrection and ascension
what was Jesus is teachings all about (how he summarized the beatitudes)
Love your neighbor as yourself
should Catholic today still blame Jesus’s death on Jews
no
Who wrote the letters in the New Testament
Paul and others
what is important to remember when reading the New Testament
that we only have half of the side of the conversations of letters
what is the book of revelation about?
– That it is not the end of the world
–God is still with us
–encouragement and hope during prosecutions
