| Term | Definition |
|---|
| book of the judges | the land was perceled out to each tribe |
| writting prophets | latter prophets, whoses messages are passed on to us in separate books; amos, hosea,isaiah, micah |
| evil's commitied by hebrews in isreal and judah | 1) paised other gods 2) mistreated the poor |
| saul, david, solomon | the three great kings of isreal |
| messianic prophecies | predicted the comming of christ |
| kingdom of judah | the kingdom south of Israel that existed from the following Solomon's death until the destruction of the temple |
| isreal | means one who contents with god |
| king cyrus | Decreed that the Jews should return to their homeland |
| samaritians | Mixed remantes of Northern tribes, they wordshiped Yahweh and had a temple in the North. |
| messiah | Jesus Christ |
| king herod | King when Jesus was born; wanted to kill Jesus so he could remain king |
| synoptic | mathew mark and john are similar |
| beatitudes | Jesus' teaching to the true path of happiness |
| sermon on the mount | Jesus preached about happiness/Beatitudes |
| parables | expresses spitual ideas from every day life |
| pharisee | a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions |
| scribes | educated people, Interpreted and tought the law,could read and write |
| gentiles | anyone that wasn't a jew |
| new covenant | the belief that God is a loving God and once you die he will supposedly forgive you for all of the sins that you have commited |
| teachings of jesus | turn the other cheek, repent, forgive, one god, Jesus is the son of god, and the Kingdom of god is in heaven |
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