theology (adcock)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 oracle | judgment speeches |
| theocracy | a nation ruled by God |
| Messianism | the belief in a messiah as the savior of the people |
| Christos | the greek word for "anointed one" |
| Chrism | the oil used for anointing |
| monarchy | establishing a political and religious unit |
| dynasty | a king's descendants who continue to rule in succession |
| vow | solemn promise to God |
| covenant | a sacred agreement |
| biblical inspiration | the process by which God assisted humans in writing the Bible |
| divine revelation | God's deliberate and gradual disclosure of himself |
| the third commandment | keep holy the Sabbath |
| Jewish Sabbeth | starts on Friday at sunset and ends Saturday at sunset |
| How many books are in the Old Testament? | 46 books |
| What language was the Old Testament originally written in? | Aramaic or Hebrew |
| Septuagint | the greek translation of the Old Testament |
| canon of the bible | the lists of books accepted as inspired |
| priestly tradition | developed the final version of the Pentateuch |
| yahwist tradition | God deals directly with humans (2nd creation story) |
| elowist tradition | God deals with humans indirectly (1st creation story) |
| deuternomic tradition | encourages people to obey the law out of love |
| deuteronomy | means "Second law" |
| elohim | means "God" |
| What does Abraham's name mean? | Father of a host of nations |
| Who was Abraham's nephew? | Lot |
| Hagar | the mother of Ishmael |
| Bedouin | nomadic people who roam the desert in the Middle East |
| sign | points beyond itself to some one/thing else |
| manna | bread from God |
| wonder | something astonishing that instills marvel in the people who witness it |
| Sinai | God gives the ten commandments here |
| Moses | Epic hero of the Book of Exodus |
| Joshua | takes over the leadership of the Israelites after Moses' death |
| Jericho | the first city the Israelites conquered |
| What did the Ark of the Covenant contain? | the ten commandments |
| What river did the Israelites cross before entering the Promised land? | the Jordan |
| Elkanah's two wives | Hannah and Peninnah |
| Who was the "Servant of Yahweh"? | David |
| Another name for Jerusalem | Zion |
| Solomon | David's successor to the throne |
| Who was the most influential character in the Old Testament? | Moses |
| Myth | symbolic story to show the relationship between humans and divine |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| Pentateuch | greek word meaning "five books" |
| monotheism | belief in one God |
| patriarchs | male ancestors of the Israelites (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, etc.) |
| ten commandments | laws describing the moral obligations of the Israelites |
| biblical exegesis | critical interpretation of Sacred Scripture |
| salvation history | the saving action of God throughout history |
| genre | a type or form of something especially literature |
| canon | the official collection of inspired books of sacred scripture |
| history books | stories of Israel's entering the Promised land and the growth of the nation |
| Additional books | The second canon books contained in all Catholic Bibles |
| law books | contains stories of humanity's origin, the Patriarchs, and the Exodus |
| poetry/wisdom books | ancient hymns of personal struggles and national pride as well as lessons about suffering |
| prophetic books | reveals God's message on how to treat one another and remain faithful to God |
| anthropomorphism | attributing human characteristics to non human realities |
| social sin | a collective sign that society has distanced itself from God |
| original sin | humanity's need for salvation based on the first humans' choice to disobey |
| evolution | explains the origins of humans through science |
| right relationship | living as if God is the giver of the covenant |
| sin | a free choice to do something that is the opposite of good |
| personal sin | something spoken, a deed, or an attitude contrary to God |
| creationism | literal interpretation of the stories in Genesis 1-11 |
| serpent | symbol for temptation |
| What is the Promised land? (where) | Canaan |
| Another name for Mount Sinai | Horeb |
| What is Jacob renamed? | Israel |
| Sheol | the Hebrew place of the dead |
| The father of Islam | Ishmael |
| providence | divine guidance and care |
| geneology | shows a person's ancestry |
| concubine | a female servant who bears children for a man when his wife is sterile |
| Patriarch | a leader of "father" of a religion |
| type | an object, event, or person used to express something else or foreshadow a greater truth |
| anti-type | the object, event, or person that is foreshadowed |
| Name the three great monotheistic religions | 1) Christianity 2) Judaism 3) Islam |
| judge | a tribal leader though whom God delivers the people from destruction |
| Rahab | the Canaanite prostitute who helped the spies Joshua sent |
| sapping | a practice of tunneling under walls to weaken them |
| ban | a practice in which conquerors destroy everything in a conquered town |
| canaanites | Israel's enemies |
| levirate marriage | his wife would marry his closest male relative |
| Jael | the woman who killed a canaanite army general named Sisera enabling the Israelites to win in battle |
| Ruth | this woman became an ancestor of the great King David |
| Talmud | a collection of Jewish oral law and commentary |
| canaan | Joshua and Judges both deal with the conquest and settlement of this city |
| Ramesees II | believed to be the pharoah in the Exodus story |
| Aaron | built a golden calf that the people worshipped |
| Jews | after the exile in Babylon, the Israelites became known as this |
| gleaning | to gather up grain which has been left after the reaping |
| Hapiru | may have been the ancestors of the Hebrews |
| apostasy | to deny God |
| prophet | persons who communicate a divine message from God |
| Rabbi | a Jewish teacher |
| idolatry | worshiping something in the place of God |
| metanoia | major change or conversion |
| canticle | a song praising God |
| Ark of the Covenant | this symbolized God's presence with the Israelites |
| Levites | Priests of the Israeliets |
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