R-Z Flashcards
Redemption
literally “to buy” or “take back”
Ressurection
a rising from the dead
Revelation
an uncovering,
revealing, or laying bare.
Rhetoric
the art of persuasion
Righteousness
State of complete liberation from sin
Sacrament
“an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace,”
Sanctification
the process of being made holy
Sanhedrin
Council of Jewish leaders headed by high priest
Scribes
a title applied to learned men in postexile Judaism
Semitism
a stylistic or linguistic feature characteristic of Hebrew or Aramaic
Septugate
the Greek translation of the
Hebrew Old Testament
Signs Source
One of the sources of Jesus’s ministry in the fourth gospel
Sins
generally any act that violates the law or will of God.
Sitz im Leben
(“setting in life”): community setting
Soteriology
discourse about salvation.
Soul
a spiritual entity, distinct from the body
Source Criticism
the work of identifying the written sources that were used in the
composition of any given document
Synoptic Problems
relationship between the
Synoptic Gospels
Targum
an ancient translation of the Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament) into Aramaic
Theology
discourse on God
Torah
the Hebrew term meaning law or teaching
Transcendence
God’s distance from the world
Trinity
God exists in three persons
Word
literary designation of a complete saying
Works
the false means of earning
righteousness
