religion BC 1-25
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 polygenism | the belief that there were many first parents on earth |
| humani generis | pope puis XII wrote this to counter the opinions concerning catholic doctrines-adam=first parent and all humanity take their origin from him |
| typology | the study of types in the old testament, a way of teaching by analogy, (ie. adam is a type of christ) |
| eve | means mother of all the living |
| firmament | vault or arch of the sky |
| genesis | means beginning in greek |
| bereshit | hebrew for beginning |
| paralleslism | poetic devise of recurring similarities in scripture |
| anthropomorphism | speaking of god in human terms as if he had a body |
| pedagogy | teaching method |
| berah | 'to create' in hebrew |
| ishah | hebrew for man |
| ishsha | hebrew for woman |
| hawa | hebrew for eve |
| preternatural gifts | gifts lost due to original sun of our first parents |
| pentateuch | greek for 5 books |
| yawhweh | "I am" |
| prehistory | time prior to written records |
| elohim | plural form for most high in hebrew |
| protoevangelium | means 'first gospel' in greek-genesis 3:15 |
| concupiscence | humanity's inclination toward sin since the fall of adam |
| enuma elish | babyonian creation story |
| gilgamesh epic | flood story similar to noah believed by some scholars to be the origin of the flood story of the bible |
| ziggurat | sacred babylonian tower, means to build high |
| futility | means pointless to struggle |
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