Unit 1: Terms

Question 1

Define Covenant

Answer 1

A special agreement between two parties.

Question 2

What is a special agreement between two parties?

Answer 2

Covenant

Question 3

Define Matriarch/Patriarch

Answer 3

The key historical men/women who founded the religion we know as Judaism.

Question 4

What word is used to describe the key historical men/women who founded the religion we know as Judaism?

Answer 4

Matriarch/Patriarch

Question 5

Define Hebrew

Answer 5

A collective group of ancient tribes that made up the earliest ancestors of the Jewish people. Abraham, Isaac & Jacob were Hebrew.

Question 6

What was the collective group of ancient tribes that made up the earliest ancestors of the Jewish people called?

Answer 6

Hebrew

Question 7

Define Apostles

Answer 7

The people who give witness to the resurrection of Jesus and spread the good news.

Question 8

Who are the people who give witness to the resurrection of Jesus and spread the good news?

Answer 8

Apostles

Question 9

Define Jesus of History

Answer 9

Term for the Son of God; who actually walked the Earth in the person of Jesus Christ.

Question 10

What is best described by the term for the Son of God; who actually walked the Earth in the person of Jesus Christ?

Answer 10

Jesus of History

Question 11

Define Passover

Answer 11

The Jewish celebration commemorating the exodus of the Hebrews from captivity in Egypt. It usually falls in the month of April.

Question 12

What is the name of the Jewish celebration commemorating the exodus of the Hebrews from captivity in Egypt?

Answer 12

Passover

Question 13

Define Christ

Answer 13

Derived from the Greek word “Christos”, meaning “anointed one”.

Question 14

What word is derived from the Greek word that means “anointed one”?

Answer 14

Christ

Question 15

Define Encyclical

Answer 15

A papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 16

What is a papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church known as?

Answer 16

An Encyclical

Question 17

Define Monogamy

Answer 17

The practice or state of being married to one person at a time.

Question 18

What is the practice or state of being married to one person at a time known as?

Answer 18

Monogamy

Question 19

Define Synoptic Gospels

Answer 19

The three Gospel books (Matthew, Mark and Luke) that all use the same or similar sources or one another’s work when writing their accounts. Synoptic means to see together.

Question 20

What term is used to describe the three Gospel books that used the same or similar sources to write their books?

Answer 20

Synoptic Gospels

Question 21

Define Adultry

Answer 21

Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse.

Question 22

What is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse know as?

Answer 22

Adultery

Question 23

Define Betrothal Peroid

Answer 23

The betrothal period is the time leading up to a man and woman getting married. The woman still would suffer all the same punishments for committing adultery as a married woman would.

Question 24

What is the time leading up to a man and woman getting married called?

Answer 24

Betrothal Period

Question 25

Define Messiah

Answer 25

Somebody regarded as the savior or liberator of a country, people or the world. Jesus is regarded as the messiah according to Christian faith. Messiah is derived from a Hebrew word meaning "anointed".

Question 26

What is somebody regarded as the savior or liberator of a country, people or the world called?

Answer 26

Messiah

Question 27

Define Resurrection

Answer 27

Refers to the belief that Jesus rose after his death, on Good Friday.

Question 28

What refers to the belief that Jesus rose after his death?

Answer 28

Resurrection

Question 29

Define Gentile

Answer 29

Any person who is not of the Jewish faith.

Question 30

Who are people not of the Jewish faith?

Answer 30

Gentiles

Question 31

Define Israel

Answer 31

The national name for the people known as Hebrews.

Question 32

What is the national name for the people known as Hebrews?

Answer 32

Israel

Question 33

Define Christ of Faith

Answer 33

The title for Jesus, which recognizes that he was raised from the dead by God, and that he truly is the Lord and Savior.

Question 34

What is the title for Jesus that recognizes that he was raised from the dead by God, and he truly is the Lord and Savior?

Answer 34

Christ of Faith

Question 35

Define Incarnation

Answer 35

The official church teaching that God took on human nature/form in Jesus Christ. Literally means "in the flesh".

Question 36

What is the official church teaching that God took on human nature/form in Jesus Christ?

Answer 36

Incarnation

Question 37

Define Yahweh

Answer 37

Hebrew name for God. The Israelite people considered it a very sacred name. Lord, or the symbol YHWH were and are often used as a substitute out of respect.

Question 38

What is the Hebrew name for God?

Answer 38

Yahweh

Question 39

Define Tax Collectors

Answer 39

The people who collected money from the Jews for the Romans. They were hated and considered traitors.

Question 40

Who were the traitors that collected money for the Romans?

Answer 40

Tax Collectors