Chapter 4 Terms Midterm Flashcards
a literary device in which human emotional qualities and physical traits are attributed to God
anthropomorphic
a common Semitic word for God used in the Bible. it appears in Hebrew names
Elohim
the babylonain creation myth
Enuma Elish
the dogma that God’s eternal son assumed a human nature and became man inorder to save us from our sins. the term means taking on human flesh.
incarnation
an inclination to commit sin that arises from our human desires of appetites. it is one of the temporal consequences of original sin, even after receiving baptism
concupiscence
a period of time that refers to events or objects that date before the written record existed
prehistory
the name for the descendants of the twelve sons of jacob
12 tribes of israel
an appearance or manifestation of god, as when he appeared to Moses in a burning bush
theophany
the portable sanctuary in which the jews carried teh ark of the covenant throughout their travels in the desert
tabernacle
