TORAH
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bears_ua_22 on January 7, 2012
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genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The Old Testament contains how many books? | 46 |
| The New Testament contains how many books? | 26 |
| Why is the bible the greatest book ever written? | because God wrote it |
| We learn from the bible that God.. | created everything that exists, is absolute goodness, and created the world to communicate his goodness to others |
| Greek word meaning "five books" | Pentateuch |
| Hebrew word meaning teaching or law | Torah |
| What is the purpose of the bible? | to grow in knowledge and love of God |
| Means beginning or origin | Genesis |
| ends with slavery in Egypt | Genesis |
| Means departure | exodus |
| God reveals himself to Moses at ________, where he commands Moses to return to Egypt to ask the Pharaoh to free his people. | Midian; exodus |
| This book ends by God covering the sanctuary with a cloud by day and a fire by night. | Exodus |
| Most important commandment | "I am the Lord your God, you shall have no other Gods before me" |
| Gives detailed instructions for divine worship and regulations for priests for national and personal holiness. | leviticus |
| It also gives rules for the different kinds of sacrifices. | leviticus |
| spells out rules so people may remain in ritual purity | holiness code |
| means distinctiveness, otherness, separation | holiness |
| 40 years of wandering in the desert right before invasion of Canaan | numbers |
| theme of how how god acted in history to guide and protect the chosen people | numbers |
| Even Miriam (his sister) and Aaron (his brother) turned against Moses | numbers |
| The 38 years in the wilderness was a time of ________ and _______ | discipline and education |
| Theme: in order to be blessed and prosper, obey God's laws and statutes. | Deuteronomy |
| book that centralizes the worship of the Lord Yahweh in one place - Jerusalem | deuteronomy |
| The idea of temporal reward for keeping the law, and punishment for wrongdoing appears often in the _______________________ | Deuteronomistic Historical Books |
| Deuteronomic history books: | joshua, judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 kings. |
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