Final Flashcards
Epistemology
Study of how we know what we know
Renissance
rebirth of greco-roman paganism, c. 1300-1500
Pre-flood epoch
time from creation to the flood, c. 5000-3000 BC
Post-flood epoch
time from flood to tower of babel, c. 3000-2500 BC
OT epoch
time from tower of babel to last OT prophet, 2500-400 BC
Greco-Roman epoch
time from last OT prophet to Reformation, c. 400 BC-1500 AD
Modern epoch
time from reformation to present
Alexandria
Egyptian city founded by Alexander the Great, c. 330 BC
Dominion Mandate
man to be steward over earth, Gen. 1:28
Hittites
iron-using near eastern culture flourishing, c. 1000
Telecommunications
telephone, tv, fax, internet
Zoroastrianism
false religion of ancient Persia; re-emerging today
Indo-European
family of languages common to europe and India
Semitic languages
those spoken by jews, arabs, and related people
Hamitic Languages
those spoken by the orient
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
atop rebuilt tower of babel, c. 600 BC
Multiculturalism
religions of all cultures are equally true; False
Enuma Elish
ancient Babylonian creation story
Gilgamesh Epic
ancient babylonian flood story
Book of the Dead
ancient babylonian religious book
Megalith
massive ancient stone structure
Cyclic Reality
belief that all history repeats endlessly; False
Waldensians
baptistic believers in Europe; c. 1000-1500
Albigensians
baptistic believers in France; c. 1200
Gnosticism
belief that human reasoning can know all; False
Neo-Platonism
philosophy of plato absorbed by the Roman church
Thomistic philosophy
ideology of Aquina’s double-revelation theory
Aristotolianism
Medieval philosophy based on Aristotle’s teachings
Arianism
denial of divinity of Jesus and Holy Spirit
Wundt, Wilhelm
founded first psy. lab; 1870’s
Hall, G. Stanley
founded first american psy. lab; 1880’s
Metaphysics
belief in unobservable phenomena as “science”
