Introduction to the Bible Vocabulary
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kmclaughlinstx on September 16, 2011
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Torah | Law |
| Pentateuch | "five books," refers to the first five bookd in the Old Testament |
| Bible | Books |
| Hebrew Scriptures | Old Testament |
| Christian Testament | New Testament |
| Christian Scriptures | The entire Bible |
| genre | a type of writing |
| motif | characteristics of setting, theme, plot, characters, symbolism, etc that repeat throughout a genre |
| oral tradition | transmission of a peoples' history, culture, religion, laws, etc. by word of mouth from one generation to the next |
| oral culture | culture in which the spoken word is the trusted source of knowledge |
| biblical inspiration | God's guidance of the biblical writers in their efforts to understand God's truth and communicate that to his people |
| revelation | when inspired searching culminates in the unfolding of one of God's mysteries |
| fundamentalist | method that interprets the Bible word for word, interprets each story as true in all senses: historically, scientifically, spiritually, etc. |
| contextualist | method that interprets the Bible with a focus on the deeper truth that God intends to reveal, puts each passage in its literary, historical & faith context to aid understanding |
| epistle | letter |
| gospel | "good news" |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| BCE | Before the Common Era |
| CE | Common Era |
| patriarch | male founder of the faith |
| matriarch | female founder of the faith |
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