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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