Quiz Flashcards
Babylon
Ancient Near Eastern Empire located in southern Mesopotamia, which dominated Judah in the later seventh and sixth centuries BCE.
Assyria
A major ancient Near Eastern Empire, located in Mesopotamia, which dominated Israel and the entire region from the ninth through the seventh centuries BCE.
Canaan
Name of the region in Palestine, before being named Israel. (The land promised to Moses and the children of Israel, the land of milk and honey).
Canon
From a Greek term of “rule,” or “standard.” Any list of religious writings deemed authoritative.
Cosmos
Referring to the entire universe considered as an ordered whole, as opposed to the chaos that precedes and stands against cosmos.
Covenant
A formal, sacred treaty or agreement between two parties with wash assuming obligation. Relationship between God and the Israelites.
Elohim
Hebrew for “gods” or “God.” Most common name for God in the Tanak.
Epistle
From the Greek, means letter.
Exile
The period during the sixth century BCE when part of the population of Judea was taken into captivity in Babylon.
Exodus
Becomes a powerful biblical symbol for God’s deliverance of the chosen people from bondage.
Genre
A literary term designating literature according to basic, distinctive types.
Gospel
The Good News of Victory. Also the first four books of the New Testament.
Hermeneutics
An area of study dealing with the principles and process of the interpretation of the Bible or other literature.
Israel
The name of the 12 tribes that the Tanak says descended from the patriarch Jacob. A political destination for the people who inhabited the land of Canaan.
Jew
A designation of the people from the Judean Kingdom.
Judah
- Son of Jacob and Rachel
- Region of Southern Palestine associated with the Tribe.
- Ruled by the Davidic dynasty until the Babylonian conquest.
Messiah
The only King. Hebrew for “anointed one.”
Monotheism
The belief in one all-powerful god to the exclusion of all other deities.
Moses
The leader of the people of Israel. Who led them out of bondage from Egypt. He was the communicator between God and the people of Israel, who led them into covenant with God. Known as the lawgiver.
Myth
Stories that embody the traditional foundations of a culture.
Palestine
Name for the area along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. Also known as, Canaan, Israel, and The Promised Land.
Passover
The Jewish festival commemorating God’s deliverance of the people of Israel from bondage.
Pentecost
Celebration that happens 5 weeks after the Passover.
Prophet
One who serves as an instrument of communication between God and humans.
