Unit 2 Test Flashcards
Genesis means
In the beginning
What do we learn about god through the creation
Gos is powerful god has a plan, gos believes in the goodness of his creations
Anthropomorphism
Assigning human characteristics to gos like god breathing life into man
Polytheism
Belief in many gods
Monotheism
Belief in one god
Immortality
Living forever
The snake in the garden represents
Temptation
The first eleven chapter of genesis…
Tell the story of gods creation of the world, sets the stage for gods relationship with Israel, tells how sin enters the world
The end of the flood is represented by
Rainbow
The rainbow represents
Gods covenant with Noah and his promise to never destroy the earth by flood again
The Jedp authorship theory helps us understand that the Pentateuch was told from
Different perspectives
Jedp
J yahwist, e Elohist, d deutoronomist, p priestly
Which story teaches us that we are responsible for one another because god created is all to be brothers and sisters
Cain and Abel
Am I my brothers keepr
We are responsible for one another
The sin of Adam and Eve was
Pride, choosing themselves over god
For something to be a sin..
Must be objectively wrong, know it is wrong, freely commit act
Adam and Eve were tempted by the serpent but…
They still had free will to do what is right to choose to sin or not
The author of Noah was interested in…
Sharing spiritual truth in story, not the historical cause of the great flood
Cain and Abel
Shows feelings ruling behavior, Cain kills Abel bc Abel was favored by god
Tower of Babel
Shows how sin spreads to affect the bahvior of nations. Sons want to rule by creating tower but god confuses language so no one can communicate
Christians celebrate the sabbath on Sunday bc..
Jesus resurrection
Covenant is
Testament
Eve made from the rib of Adam represents
She is for his Side therefore equal to him, she is human like, bone of my bone flesh of my flesh
How are humans different from other creatures created by god
Able to love, can think with reason and use free will have a soul
Things from god are
Good true and beautiful
Free will
Ability to choose to be in a relationship with god or to choose ours own will instead
Sin means
Missing the mark, separated us from god or damages relationship with god
Vocation
Calling from god to fulfill a purpose or mission on life
God rested on the seventh day to show
We should set aside a day for prayer gratitude and rest
We need what to hear god
Quiet time
In the Adam and Eve story what was nakedness representing
Innocence
God created what out of chaos
Order
First five books of bible
Torah
Torah contains
Deuteronomy numbers genesis exodus Leviticus
Noah’s ark was
400 yards long
Fundamentalism
Reading bible by literal meaning
Humans have what over creations
Dominion
What takes place on seventh day
God rested
Catholics believe that the scientific evidence supports the evolution theory and this doesn’t shake creation accounts becuase
God is source of all goodness
What do Adam a me Eve desire by eating fruit from the tree of knowledge if good and evil
Be equal to god and to know all things, pride
Who’s responsible for injustice in the world
Humans do so by own bad choices
God offered what to Noah
Covenant bc he was faithful and obeyed god
The spread of sin after Adam and Eve
To family Cain and able, to society Noah’s and the flood, arrogance amongst nations the Tower of Babel
