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Canon
The official list of inspired books from the bible
Deuterocanonical
Works that form a secondary canon. 7 books
Pentateuch
The first five books of the Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Levicitucs numbers and deuteronomy)
Torah
FIVE BOOKS ABT LAW OF GOD
Historical books
Twelve Historical Books) Stories about how they style the land after exodus, Judges prophets kings and how they fought battles.
Wisdom Books
THe seven wisdom books. The Book of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Eccelesiasticus, Psalms, Wisdom. Song of Solomon (Song of Songs), Wisdom of Solomon, and Ecclesiasticus (Wisdom of Sirach) labeled as the wisdom books.
Prophetic Book
17 or 18 books in the old testament written by prophets
Major Prophets
A grouping of books in the Christian Old Testament that does not occur in the Hebrew Prophet. The longest books.
Minor Prophet
The 12 books that contain the minor prophets (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahu,. Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi) Shorter in length
New Covenant
A description of the climax of salvation history: the coming of Jesus Christ and the fullness of God’s Revelation. The promise that god made said he will forgive the sins of those who follow him. The new covenant makes it possible.
Septuagint
The oldest complete edition of the Old Testament. Greek translation. 255 BC took 70 translater
Evangelist
A Latin term that means “preacher of gospels” Good News. Someone who shares the good news. Matthe mark stuff
Gnosticism
The doctrine of salvation by knowledge. It is a heresy. You get wise you become one with god through knowledge.
Gentiles
A term for non-Jews or people not of the Jewish faith. Basically people who are not jews
Kerygma
Kernel, core of the stuff we have to proclaim about Jesus.
A greek word that means proclamation Preaching
