Final Exam Vocab

Question 1

Anthropology

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the study of humanity; theology, humanity as understood within the framework of creation, fall and redemption

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Eschatology

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the study of the last things (death, judgement, heaven, and hell)

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Ecclesiology

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the study of nature and purpose of the church

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Pneumatology

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study of the person and work of the Holy Spirit

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Christology

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the study of the person and work of Christ

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Soteriology

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the study of salvation

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Theology

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the study of God and all things in relation to God

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Systematic Theology

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an approach to theology that prioritizes the logical organization of biblical teaching into doctrinal categories (Christology, Pneumatology, Ecclesiology, Eschatology)

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Inspiration

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the belief that God enabled the biblical authors to write what he intended

Question 10

Torah

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a term referring to the first five books of the Old Testament (from a Hebrew word meaning “instruction”)

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Revelation

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God’s disclosure of his nature, character, and purposes

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Sinaiticus

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the most important uncials, very complete, entire copies of the NT, very valuable

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Papyrii

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earliest known, paper, from 2-3 century

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Antiochus Epiphanes

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installs his own high priest in Jerusalem, burns copies of the Torah, some people revolt

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Maccabees

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a family of Jewish priests who freed Judea from foreign rule, the first native monarchy to rule in Israel since the Babylonian exile

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Pharisees

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Jewish religious sect that believed in the resurrection but believed in following the rules in the Torah

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Sensus plenoir

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a Latin phrase that means “fuller sense” or “deeper meaning”

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Exegetical Theology

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an approach to theology that prioritizes the emergence of doctrine from the exposition of biblical texts

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Comparative Theology

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an approach to theology that compares the thologies of different belief systems

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Dogmatic Theology

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an approach to theology from the perspective of some specific church or denomination

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Historical Theology

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an approach to theology that prioritizes how the church has interpreted Scripture and developed doctrine throughout its history

Question 22

Apocrypha

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a collection of documents not included in the Protestant Old Testament canon (from a Greek word meaning “hidden”)

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Dead Sea Scrolls

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a collection of manuscripts discovered in the Qumran caves near the Dead Sea written by a Jewish community around the first century AD

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Septuagint

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the earliest known Greek translation of the Old Testament (from the Latin word meaning “seventy,” named after the approximate number of scribes believed to have begun its production)

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Pseudepigrapha

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ancient Jewish and Christian writings composed under pseudonyms that were excluded from the canon

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Masoretic text

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the Hebrew text of the Old Testament as preserved and marked with vowels by Jewish scholars called the Masoretes

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Kethubim

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The Writings, 3 poetical books, five scrolls, 3 historical books

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General revelation

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God’s communication of himself to all persons at all times and in all places

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Uncials

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capital letters on parchment (animal skin) 4-10 centuries

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Synoptic gospel

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the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which bear certain similarities not shared by the Gospel of John (from a Greek phrase meaning "seen together")

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Herod the Great

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half-jew, rebuilt the temple

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Zealots

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dealt with Roman intrusion by fighting against it, also known as Sicarii, stopped sacrifices at the temple to the Roman emperor

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Am-ha-aretz

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"People of the land," common folk, each of the 4 parties wanted to control them, Jesus' ministry was primarily to them

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Ascension

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the belief that Jesus returned to the Father's right hand after his resurrection, where he is exalted and intercedes for his people

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Hermeneutics

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the theory and methods of interpreting texts

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Exegesis

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drawing meaning out of a text

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Eisegesis

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reading meaning into a text

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Textual criticism

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the theory and methods of determining earlier forms of a text

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Mishnah

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a collection of Jewish teachings codified in the late second century AD but based on earlier oral traditions and oriented around the interpretation of biblical laws

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Inerrancy

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the belief that the Bible is free from falsehood or mistake

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Infallibility

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the belief that the Bible never fails to tell the truth and is therefore reliable in all the matters it addresses

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Pentateuch

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a term referring to the first five books of the Old Testament (from a Greek word meaning "five scrolls")

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Nebi'im

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The Prophets, Joshua, Judges 1,2 Samuels, 1,2 Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, 12 Minor prophets

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Special revelation

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God’s communication of himself to particular people at particular times

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Miniscules

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lowercase letters, 9th century forward, large group of manuscripts

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Koine Greek

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"common" type of Greek used to write the NT

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Sadducees

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Jewish religious party that did not believe in the resurrection, angels, or basically anything that wasn't in the Law of Moses

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Essenes

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Qumran Community (dead sea scrolls), believed they were the true Israel, dealt with Roman intrusion by separating from the world, believed in 2 Messiahs: Priestly & Royal

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Typology

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the study of correspondences between people, offices, or events throughout history, often used of Old Testament correspondences to the New Testament