History class set 2
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connor_mulcahy on October 19, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Origin Stories | tales that a group of people tell about where they came from and how the earth came to be |
| Fundamentalism | the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth |
| Secularism | a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations |
| Monotheism | belief in a single God |
| Polytheism | belief in multiple Gods |
| Deity | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force |
| Shamanism | an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans |
| Israel | an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea |
| Covenant | (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return |
| Zionism | a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine |
| Abrahamic Faiths | Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. |
| Judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud |
| Ishmael and Isaac | 2 sons of Abraham |
| Exodus | a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment |
| Sabbath/Shabbat | the day from sunset on Friday until sunset on Saturday that is set aside for rest and religious celebration, as decreed by one of the Ten Commandments |
| Kosher | food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law |
| Torah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written |
| Rabbi | a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher |
| Diaspora | the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel |
| Reform | a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses |
| Conservative | a person who has conservative ideas or opinions |
| Orthodox | adhering to what is commonly accepted |
| Martyr | one who suffers for the sake of principle |
| Messiah | the awaited king of the Jews |
| Abraham | the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac |
| Jesus of Nazareth | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth |
| Reformation | a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches |
| Great Schism | a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378-1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office |
| Proselytizing | trying to convert someone else to your religion |
| Crucifixion | refers to Jesus' death on the cross, the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering |
| Extra-Biblical Evidence | ... |
| Shround of Turin | ... |
| Vatican | the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City |
| Hierarchy | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body |
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