Chapter 7 Flashcards
T or F Hebrew people believed that sickness was a punishment for their sins
True
Who asked the question “is anyone among you suffering”
St James
Because of this human nature is weakened and inclined to sin
Original sin
Early israelites believed that all suffering directly resulted as punishment for sin
Law of retribution
Theology question that tries to connect belief in gods justice with the reality that sometimes good people suffer unjustly and lie
Theodicy
T or F job accepts the conventional wisdom of his time that his suffering is caused in some way by his sins
False rejects
Enactment of gods justice to after death or to an end time when good people will be rewarded and evil people punished
Apocalyptic writing
Israelites lived among peoples of other religions who also looked at sickness as a
Moral condition
T or F Jesus did not say as much about suffering as he acted on suffering
True
In mosaic law how could one become unclean and what were consequences
Touched sick person
Couldn’t partake in community and pray
T or f Jesus defied the local customs of his day and touched the sick and disabled
True
T or F Jesus directly explained why god allows human suffering
False he didn’t
How did god show he shares our suffering
By becoming man
Jesus ultimately answered the question about the meaning of suffering through his own
Passion and death
T or F without the help of the Holy Spirit, suffering will not free a person to love
True