Theology II Austin Mid term
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holdenmar on December 7, 2009
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St Louis class of 2014, St. Louis
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Biblical Inspiration | process by which humans were inspired to write the bible |
| covenat | sacred agrement betwene god and his people |
| divine revelation | gods communicating of himself and his plan throughout history |
| monotheism | worship of one god |
| natural moral law | concience |
| patriarchs | ancestors of isralites |
| polytheism | worship of many gods |
| diffrance b/t literal and religous truths | that it is more important to know THAT god made the world rather than HOW |
| Sin | offense agins reason truth and right conscience |
| rainbow | appears afther the great flood |
| context | set of circumstances or facts that surround a pitucalar event, or situation |
| fertile crescent | Area of land in which abraham travles through to settle in haran |
| concubine | person selected by sterial wife to carry out her duties of bearing a son |
| cutting a covenant | cutting an animal in half and walking b/t it. ancinet form of contract |
| creationism | Literalist, take things word for word |
| What is a birthrite | right given to oldest son to inherit family property |
| what is a "blessing" | given by father to son when he comes of age |
| Why did esau give up his birthright to jacob | because he was hungary and did not care much about it |
| who recieves Isacs blessing? | jacob |
| what are the three stages of scripture development | Life, ora, and written |
| stage of scripture development in which people in storyies were living | life |
| stage in scripture development in which people passed stories down | oral |
| stage in scripture development in which stories were written | written |
| books that make up the torah | Genisis, leviticus, exodus, numbers, deutronomy |
| 4 traditions in the hebrew scripture | yahwist (J), Elohist(E), Deuteronomic(D), Priestly(P) |
| Yahwist | tradition in which god is referd to as Yahweh |
| elohist | present god as a god of love but to be feared |
| deuteronomic | focuses on covenat w/ god |
| priestly | final version of pentatuch written during this time |
| what are the four main stories in primeval history | creation, the fall, noah and the great flood, tower of babel |
| hagar | slave given to abraham by his wife to bear a son for him |
| sarah | abrahams wife |
| ishmael | hagars son with abraham |
| isaac | son of abraham and sarah |
| rebekah | isaac's wife, brother of leban |
| jacob | isaac and rebekah's son, brother of esau, younger, father of 12 tribes of israle |
| esau | son of isaac and rekbekah, brother of jacob, older |
| rachel | wife of jacob, prefered by him |
| leah | wife of jacob, sister of rachel, less liked, but had more children |
| bilhah and zilpah | names of concubines given to jacob by lean and rachel |
| joseph | son of rachel and jacob, jacobs favorate son of jacob |
| benjamin | also son of rachel and jacob, rachel died after giving birth to |
| how many children besides joseph and benjamin did jacob have | 10 |
| Primeval history | time befour recorded history |
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