Test 2 Flashcards
Who is the central figure of the Pentateuch
Moses
How many creation stories are found in the book of Genesis
2
What group of editors are credited with writing the first creation story
Priestly class
How are we connected to the sin of Adam and Eve
We are implicated in their original sin
Where does the pre history of the bible end
The tower of babble story ends the pre history of the bible
What is the name of Abrahams legitimate son
Isaac
From who’s line of sons do the 12 tribes of Israel come from
Jacobs sons
Who’s Isaac’s favorite son
Esau
What ability did Joseph posses
He could interpret dreams
The book of Genesis ends with this story
Joseph in Egypt with his brothers
God changed his name to signify that he would be the father of a multitude
Abraham
This type of law is the expression of what a person knows in his or her own soul to be right or wrong
Natural
There are 613 of these in the last four books of the Pentateuch
Laws
This is the result of the deprivation of grace due to the fall
Original sin
For the Israelites to escape the tenth plague they had to kill an unblemished
Lamb