Chapter 1 Flashcards
Religion
A comprehensive worldview, addresses questions of human existence, believes in something beyond
Polytheistic vs. Monotheistic
Poly= Belief in multiple gods
Mono= Belief in one god
Agnostic vs. Atheistic
Agnostic= people that are not sure if there is a god or if there is not (open to possibility)
Atheistic= taking a position in which a person says there is no god
Pluralism vs. Secularism
Pluralism= people of all different faiths living together
Secularism= keep faith to self (no longer has an acceptance in public)
Revelation
Deliberate self-disclosure of God to humanity
Salvation
Salvation from eternal and everlasting death, sickness, illness, and suffering
The Last Four Things
Death
Judgment
Heaven
Hell
Old Testament
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Founder of Judaism
Abraham, hears and responds to God’s call, promised descendants, a great nation, bless all nations, and land for descendants.
Who is Isaac?
Son of Abraham, father of Jacob
Twelve Tribes of Israel
!2 sons of Jacob are the twelve tribes. Judges lead these tribes
Book of Exodus
Jewish people go to Egypt and are enslaved there. Moses is the leader of Exodus.
Golden Age of Israel
David’s time as king
Babylonian Exile
Destruction of the temple, people were removed to Babylon. Ultimate punishment of God. Forms the Israelites.
Letters of St. Paul
14 Letters, 13 letters have pauls name, paul wrote 7 of 13, remaining 6 are written by disciples. Written earlier than the Gospels
First Creation Account- Gen 1
Priestly
written after second account in genesis
highlights that creation is good, god is source of creation, creation is distinguished from god, creation brought about divine spoken word
Second Creation Account- Gen 2
Yahwist
Written before genesis 1
God is presented as humanlike, more human centered, different sequence and time frame, different understanding of relationship between god and humanity
Prophets
Arise at time of david
Charasmatic leaders called and chosen by God
Express God’s will and God’s view of the state of the covenant relationship
New Testament
27 Books (4 Gospels, Acts of Apostles, 13 letters of St. Paul, Letter of the Hebrews, Revelation is criticism of Roman emperor, 7 Letters of epistles)
Gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
Had to be traced back to an Apostle
Widely circulated
Consistent with practice of early church
Synoptic Gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke
High Christology
Mark is shortest (65 A.D)
Matthew and Luke (85 AD)
Life and teaching of Jesus Christ told in a similar way
Christology
Low Christology: focuses on the humanity of Jesus
High Christology: focuses on divinity of Jesus
