Key Terms 60-79: CALLED TO BE GOD'S PEOPLE, An Introduction to the Old Testament (Andrew E. Steinmann)

Question 1

Material Principle

Answer 1

the main, essential teaching. Justification by grace through faith is the material principle of Lutheranism.

Question 2

Mediate Call

Answer 2

A call from God to an office that is communicated through someone else. Elisha had a mediate call to the prophetic office that came through Elijah (1 Kgs 19; see Immediate Call).

Question 3

Mesopotamia

Answer 3

the land in the Middle East around and between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Question 4

Messiah

Answer 4

from the Hebrew word for anointed, a term used to describe the promised Savior in the Old Testament. The equivalent term derived from Greek is Christ.

Question 5

Moab

Answer 5

an ancient people descended from Abraham’s nephew Lot. They inhabited the Transjordan Plateau east of the Dead Sea. Also the region inhabited by these people.

Question 6

Natural Knowledge of God

Answer 6

information about God from a source other than Holy Scripture or God’s direct revelation. This includes things such as the evidence of nature or the conscience.

Question 7

Nazrite

Answer 7

a person who took a vow of dedication to Israel’s God. The vow included not cutting one’s hair and not eating grapes or consuming any products made from grapes (Num 6:2-21).

Question 8

Negev

Answer 8

the extreme southern portion of the central hills in Palestine. It is a very dry wilderness region.

Question 9

Normative Authority

Answer 9

the ability of the Scripture to determine correct Christian doctrine and practice apart from human opinions and philosophies.

Question 10

Original Sin

Answer 10

the corruption of human nature inherited from Adam and Eve as a result of the fall (see Actual Sin).

Question 11

Palestine

Answer 11

the region consisting in recent times by Israel and the western part of Jordan, also called Canaan in ancient times.

Question 12

Parallelism

Answer 12

the deliberate matching, contrasting or comparing of features from two or more adjacent lines of poetry.

Question 13

Parity Covenant

Answer 13

a covenant made between two parties roughly equal in status or power.

Question 14

Patriarchs

Answer 14

the term used to describe the great male ancestors of the people of Israel-Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Question 15

Patriarchal Narratives

Answer 15

The accounts of the lives of the Patriarchs and their families in Genesis.

Question 16

Pentateuch

Answer 16

From Greek for “five books”; the five books of Moses (Genesis-Deuteronomy), also called the Torah.

Question 17

Pharisees

Answer 17

an ancient Jewish sect that arose in the two centuries before Christ. They resisted Hellenistic influence in Jewish religious belief and practice. The Pharisees’ religious practice was guided by their detailed tradition about the meaning of the laws given by Moses in the Pentateuch.

Question 18

Plain of Acco

Answer 18

the portion of the coastal plain in Palestine that is directly west of Galilee and extends southward to Mount Carmel

Question 19

Plain of Philistia

Answer 19

the portion of the coastal plain in Palestine from Joppa in the north to Gaza in the south. This region was named after the Philistines, who inhabited this plain throughout most of the Old Testament era.

Question 20

Plain of Sharon

Answer 20

the portion of the coastal plain in Palestine south of Mount Carmel to the city of Joppa. In ancient times this plain was mostly marsh and dense forest.