Exam 1 Flashcards

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1
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Canon

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Rule and authority

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Torah

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Hebrew for “teaching” or “instruction”

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Masoretic Text

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Hebrew copy of the Old Testament that has come down to us from the Masoretes.

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Septuagint

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Translation of the Old Testament into Greek.

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Hermeneutics

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Science of interpreting the bible

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Via Maris

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Latin term meaning The way of the sea

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King’s Highway

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The King’s Highway was a trade route of vital importance in the ancient Near East, connecting Africa with Mesopotamia.

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Incarnation

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Christian doctrine that God took on human form in Jesus Christ

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Pharaoh

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God-king of the ancient Egyptians, to whom the people gave credit for the Nile’s annual flood.

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Covenant

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Binding relationships between God and humans.

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Babylon

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The whore

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Jerusalem

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Land of Israel

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13
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Pentateuch

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First 5 books of the bible. Means Law

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14
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Creatio Ex Nihilo

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Means creation out of nothing

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15
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Shalom

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Hebrew word meaning peace

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16
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Documentary Hypothesis

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Source criticism

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Anthropomorphic

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Having humanlike qualities

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18
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Monotheism

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Only one God

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Cosmogony

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Account or theory concerning the origin of the universe

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Enuma Elisha

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Akkadian title meaning On High

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21
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Polytheism

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Belief in or worship of more than one God

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Imago Dei

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Means image of God

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Generations

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Used to introduce a genealogy or personal history

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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Written on 12 tablets parallel to the story of Noah

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Adam

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The first man created from the dust of the Earth.

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Eve

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First woman. Adam’s companion

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Noah

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The 10th patriarch. The flood

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Cain

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First-born son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel.

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Ziggurat

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Stepped tower of three to seven stages that was characteristic of ancient Mesopotamian temple complexes.

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Mesoptomia

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Means between two rivers was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean.

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The Tower Of Babel

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Tower intended to reach heaven

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Eden

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The paradise garden where Adam and Eve once lived

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Flood

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Great flood returns world to pre creation state. Cleansing

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Abram/ Abraham

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First patriarch.

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Sarah

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Wife of abram/abraham

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Isaac

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Second patriarch. Name means laughter. Son of Abraham and Sarah and father of Jacob

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Jacob

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son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel.

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Joseph

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son of the patriarch Jacob and his wife Rachel. Was given coat of many colors and sold into slavery by his brothers.

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Patriarch

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Three individuals who stand at the fountainhead of the faith. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

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Ur

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A city in the region of Sumer, southern Mesopotamia

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Shechem

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Canaanite city. Is city of tribe of manasseh

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Moses

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Lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Was raised by Egyptians and found in a rivee

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Hebrews

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Term the Bible uses to describe Abraham and his descendants through Isaac and Jacob.

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Theophany

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Manifestation of God

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Mount Sinai

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the mountain at which the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God

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The Tabernacle

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Dwelling place. Portable Temple of Yahweh

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Holiness Code

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Name given to Leviticus 17-27, a section of Law devoted to right living outside the Tabernacle.

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Atonement

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Removal of sin or defilement

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Levites

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Descendents of Levi, one of the twelve sons of Jacob

50
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Shema

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Name of important passage “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one”

51
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The four Old Testament Covenants

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  1. The promises God made to Abraham
  2. The Law of Moses
  3. The New Covenant
  4. The oath God made with David
52
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Five books of the Pentateuch

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Genesis,Exodus,Leviticus,Numbers, andDeuteronomy