Key terms fall semester for Beasley bible
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abraham | receives 3 promises from God. The Land, The Seed, and Nation; he does not fulfill them |
| Jacob | Son Of Abraham; He was placed under bondage; he had 12 sons; He received Abraham's 3 promises when Abraham Died. |
| Joseph | He becomes Prime Minister of Egypt |
| Moses | born in Egypt; From Levi; Joshua takes over after his death; God Commissions him to lead the Israelites from Egyptian Bondage |
| Joshua | Divides the land into tribal territories; After Moses' death he takes over; He leads the Israelites Army into Canaan to control land; Forces them South and North. |
| Deborah | Only female Judge; She encouraged Barak to lead Israelites in battle to annihilate the native people |
| Samuel | Last judge; anoints Saul and David as king in the United Kingdom |
| Saul | (Benjamin) appointed to be first king of UK. His faithlessness leads him out |
| David | Appointed second king of UK; pleases the Lord and successful; God promises enduring throne |
| Solomon | Last king of UK; constructs temple of Jehovah in Jerusalem; he turns away from God; he turns to other deities and many portions of his kingdom is taken away from him |
| Rehoboam | Judah's First King |
| Jeroboam | Israel's first king, he makes cult sites. |
| Cyrus | Led the Persians to defeat Babylonians; he allowed people to stay in homeland |
| Nehemiah | returned to reconstruct the city walls in Post exilic war. |
| Esther | marries Persian King, Xerxes during Post exilic |
| Ptolemy I | Established rule in Greek City, Alexander |
| Seleucid I | Hasmonean family that led the Jews against the rule of Seleucids in Maccabean Revolt |
| Judas Maccabeaus | Led revolt with the Jews against Seleucid Rule |
| Caesar Augustus | becomes emperor of Roman Empire in 14 BC; he establishes stability in the Roman Empire; Pax Romana |
| Jesus | Was born in 7-4 BC in Bethlehem in Roman Providence of Judea |
| Monotheism | belief in one God |
| Hellenization | Seleucids force this on the Jews |
| Hanukkah | Holiday celebrating the Jews capture of Jerusalem in 164 BC |
| Diaspora | spreading out of the Jews across the Mediterranean |
| Pax Romana | State of Roman Peace; no civil war |
| Judge | Military Leader |
| Metanarrative | Disappear |
| Pluralism | Presence of Numerous competing ideologies or value systems and philosophies with in the same culture or geographical setting |
| Information | Data; ever changing; may or may not be accurate |
| knowledge | substantial solid; you can count on it being there tomorrow |
| Durra | type of Grain mixed with Milk |
| Ghee | Semiliquid butter made from cows milk |
| Shirk | Blasphemy against Allah |
| GOS | Islamic Government of Sudan Khortorum |
| Condominium Rule | When two countries rule one country |
| INS | US Immigration and Naturalization service |
| Jihad | A Muslim Holy War against those who do not follow Islamic beliefs |
| "Lost Boys" | The boys who ran and survived from soldiers attacking their villages |
| Tsetse Fly | carrier of the Sleeping Sickness |
| Qur'an | Islam sacred text or revelation from God |
| Shari'a | The code of law based on the Qur'an |
| Abid | Arab for black slave; used by GOS |
| SPLA | Sudan's People Liberian Army |
| Mission | Gods Plan for us |
| Missions | Our Plan for God |
| Missionary | A person who goes out on missions to act on God's Mission |
| Contextualization | Communicating in the Gospel for recipients to understand theology church for life in ministry based CULTURALLY and BIBLICALLY |
| missiology | formal study of Gods message and applying it to living under Gods Lordship |
| 3 disciplines of Missiology | Theology, Biblical, Historical |
| Death of God | Modern |
| Tradition of Authority | Pre-modern |
| Rural | pre-modern |
| agricultural | pre-modern |
| perpetuating life as is | pre modern |
| Science is King | Modern |
| Predictability | modern |
| industrial revolution | modern |
| we believe in what we read | modern |
| pre literate | postmodern |
| emphasis on personal experience | post modern |
| skepticism | post modern |
| who knows what will be | post modern |
| Supernatural world view | post modern |
| Humans as consumers | post modern |
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