Book Of Genesis And Exodus Vocb Flashcards
The time before the invention of writing and recording of historical data.
Primeval History
A short summary statement or profession of faith.
Creed
A title officially bestowed by the Church on those saints who are highly esteemed for their theological writings, as well as their personal holiness.
Doctor of the Church
A term referring to Semites, a number of peoples of the ancient Near East, from whom the Israelites descended.
Semitic
In biblical times, the region commonly known today as the Middle East, including the modern countries of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan.
Near East
The land (Canaan) God promised to the children of Abraham.
Promised Land
A ruler of ancient Egypt.
Pharaoh
The most sacred of the Old Testament names for God, which he revealed to Moses. It is frequently translated as “I AM” or “I am who am.”
Yahweh
The night the Lord passed over the houses of the Isra- elites marked by the blood of the lamb, and spared the firstborn sons from death. It also is the feast that celebrates the deliver- ance of the Chosen People from bondage in Egypt and the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land.
Passover
Little flakes the Israelites collected and boiled or baked into a breadlike substance, symbolizing God as the sole sustainer of life.
Manna
Sometimes called the Decalogue, the list of ten norms, or rules of moral behavior, that God gave Moses and that are the basis of ethical conduct.
The Ten Commandments
The Covenant established with the Israelites at Mount Sinai that renewed God’s Covenant with Abraham’s descen- dants. It establishes the Israelites as God’s Chosen People.
Sinai Covenant
Faithfulness to obligation, duty, or commitment.
Fidelity
The father or leader of a tribe, clan, or tradition. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were the patriarchs of the Israelite people.
Patriarch
Worshipping false gods.
idolatrous
