| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Genesis | means origin or beginning in Greek |
| Prologue One | 7 day story |
| Prologue Two | Adam and Eve |
| Prologue Three | Cain and Abel |
| Prologue Four | Noah's Ark |
| Prologue Five | the tower of Babel |
| The Patriarchs | Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph |
| Exodus | 450 years after Joseph, means departure |
| Moses | leads the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, crosses the sea of reeds |
| Mt. Sinai | Where the covanent between Yaweh and the Israelites was formed |
| Ten Commandments | what God gives Moses |
| Decalogue | another name for the ten commandments |
| Leviticus | named after the tribe of Levi(priests), a law book |
| Ritual/worship | the emphasis in Leviticus |
| Numbers | named after the two censuses near chap.1 and chap. 26 of the desert journey |
| Continues | the journey begun in Exodus |
| 38 years | From Mt. Sinai to Promised land |
| Combonation | of law and history |
| Deuteronomy | Means Second Law |
| Partial repetition | the explanation of the law proclaimed at Mt. Sinai |
| Summary | info found elsewhere in Pentateuch |
| Location | plains of Moab, between desert and Jordan, no more than 40 days |
| Form | speech by Moses to the Israelites on the eve of his death |
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