religion exam (Messina)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 the ban | what it was called when after Jericho falls, the Israelites destroy everything in the city |
| Joshua | assumes leadership of Israel after Moses dies |
| Rahab | made her living being a prostitute |
| West Point | Joshua's statue is located at this U.S. Military Academy hall of fame |
| Gideon | this judge was the most insignificant person in his own family |
| Jephthah | this person vowed that if he won in battle, he would sacrifice whoever came first to meet him on his return |
| Ruth | this person decided to stay with Naomi |
| Philistines | this group was a sea peoples who invaded the eastern coastland of the Mediterranean and were a constant rival with the Israelites |
| Temple of Dagon | this is what Samson destroys |
| Boaz | marries Ruth |
| shofet | Hebrew word for a judge |
| Deborah | the judge that was both a prophetess and a judge |
| Sisera | this person dies by getting nailed to a wall |
| Jael | the person who killed Sisera |
| Amos | the first prophet to have his sayings recorded in written form |
| Hosea | the prophet who acted out his message in his life as much as he preached it, marrying a "harlot" because the Israelites had turned from Yahweh, naming his children for the sins he saw in Israel |
| Assyrians | invaded Israel |
| Moses | the first prophet |
| Nahum | name means comfort and he told his prophecy to Assyria |
| Obadiah | was from Edom, his name means Servant of Yahweh, and he spoke to the Edomites |
| Baruch | was a disciple of Jeremiah and he prophesized about the return of the Canaanites |
| Joel | his main message referred to the disaster of the locust and his father was Pethuel |
| Zephaniah | name means Yahweh hidden |
| Jonah | the only minor prophet that Jesus spoke about, was swallowed by a great fish, was in the fish for 3 days, his father was Amittai, and he was sent to Nineveh |
| Habakkuk | he is most famous for bringing Daniel food in the lion den and his name means to wrestle |
| Haggai | his sole message was to free the temple |
| Malachi | his name means my messenger |
| Cyrus and the Persians | assumed power in the area with the end of the Babylonian Empire |
| Inarus Revolt | an Egyptian revolt against the Persians in 460 that had Greek support |
| Galilee | Jesus' main region of preaching |
| Judea | Jerusalem, Bethany, Bethlehem, and Jericho are all located in this region |
| Greek | common language throughout the Roman empire and the language the Gospels were written in |
| synagogue | from a Greek word meaning assembly |
| Jerusalem | where the Temple was located |
| Passover | this feast is the most important feast because it celebrates the Chosen People's liberation from Egypt |
| Pentecost | this feast is held 50 days after Passover- celebrated Yahweh's giving of the Law of Moses, the Sinai covenant |
| tabernacles | this feast is the fall harvest celebration- recall the time that Jews spent in the wilderness |
| Sadduccees | these people were mainly priests and aristocrats who cared for Temple practices and worship |
| Pharisees | these people believed in strict observance of the Law and actively pursued holiness |
| Essences | these people lived strict, pure lives believing that they would be on Yahweh's side when the great day would come |
| Zealots | these people were an organized revolutionary faction that despised Roman rule |
| women | these people had a lowly position in Palestine |
| Canon of the Bible | the official list of books that is considered inspired |
| St. Paul's Letters | the earliest New Testament writings |
| synoptic Gospels | the Gospels that are seen together |
| Father Osuna | the priest who was arrested twice and tortured and killed |
| Father Grande | Romero's priest friend who was shot while driving in his car with the old man and kids |
| Arista | woman who's husband was captured and killed |
| Lucia | young woman who was taken from her home and later shot at the land fill |
| El Salvador | country where the events in the Romero movie were taking place |
| Lt. Colunna | army lieutenant who sees Romero at the party and orders the bus to be shot at the beginning of the film |
| Nero | the emperor who blamed the Christains for the fire in Rome and then persecutes them |
| Centorion | sees Jesus as the Son of God at the end of Mark's Gospel |
| lion | symbol for the evangelist Mark |
| Elijah | the prophet who Mark compares John the Baptist to |
| the Messianic secret | what Mark refers to Jesus wanting his identity as Messiah to be kept hidden because people would misunderstand his true identity as the suffering servant |
| Gehenna | the Hebrew term which means hell |
| parable | a short story drawn from ordinary life that makes a comparison with a religious message |
| Beelzubul | the Hebrew term which means the devil |
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