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Vocab D-H Flashcards

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Historiography

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the literary reconstruction of historical events

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Gospel

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Message of good news

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High Priest

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the highest-ranking authority in Judaism

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Dead Sea Scrolls

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ancient Jewish documents found near the Dead Sea

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Diaspora or Dispersion

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the Jewish community scattered (dispersed) outside the

holy land of Palestine. This dispersion originated in the Babylonian exile of 587 B.C.

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Didache

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an anonymous second-century Christian manual for church life.

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Disciple

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a follower, one who is “taught”

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Halakah

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a Hebrew term (meaning “to walk”); tradition regulating conduct

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Divination

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used to ascertain the will of the gods

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Docetism

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Jesus only seemed to suffer and die.

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Epistle

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a letter of a formal or didactic nature

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Eschatology

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discourse about last things

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Essenes

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an ascetic, Jewish religious group. They stressed radical obedience to the Jewish law.

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Ethics

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a broad term applied to moral code and practices

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Heresy

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Beliefs deemed deviant

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Historical Criticism

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Criticism that approaches the Bible with historical questions

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Eucharist

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derived from the Greek word meaning “thankfulness” and used of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

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Exegesis

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the critical interpretation of a text.

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Hellenization

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spread of Greek language and culture

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Expiation

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“making right,” by means of some act or rite

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Hermeneutics

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the science dealing with the interpretation of texts

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Holy

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Set apart for God

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Gentile

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a non-Jew

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Gnosticism

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Believers possessed a secret knowledge

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Genre

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the literary type or form of a document

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