Religion chapter 4
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Nomad | a wandering herdsmen of sheep and goats in the desert |
| plague/punishment | the king's family is suffering from what? this is why Abram is let go |
| Abraham | Abram's name was changed to ... |
| Babel | a tower built by Noah's descendants who intended it to reach up to heaven ,confusion of voices or sounds |
| incarnation | the dogma that the son of god became man in order to save us |
| Genesis | the first book of the Old Testament: tells of creation |
| Sinai | The exodus event was sealed in this covenant |
| exodus | foundational story in the history of chosen people |
| tabernacle | (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant |
| passover | Jewish and christian faiths both celebrate this event |
| concupiscence | an inclination to commit sin |
| stewards | those who take on the responsibility God gave humans to take care of the earth |
| moses | name means "to draw" |
| original sin | a sin inherited by all descendants of Adam |
| burning bush | God appeared to Moses in this |
| anthropomorphic | attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods |
| YHWH | a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH |
| theophany | apperence of God to Moses in burning bush |
| original holiness | The state of sinlessness when humans first existed |
| ten comandments | The laws governing the Hebrew people |
| grace | a sense of propriety and consideration for others |
| twelve tribes of Israel | the name for the descendants of the twelve sons of Jacob. |
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