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20 Cards in this Set
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Context
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the historical cultural
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Pictograms
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the earliest form of writng in which pictures represent
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scribes
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people trained to write using the earliest form of writting
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Writing
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an ancient form of writing
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prehistoric
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refers to the events or objects that date to a time beforewriting devolped and written
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Syncretism
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A blending of two or more religious
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Diasopora
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A group migration or flight away from the homeland into one or more other countries
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Myths
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symbolic stories that express a spirtual truth or a basic belief about God
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ancestor
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any person towhom you are related by blood who comes before you only a family tree
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evolution
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the scientific theory whch proposses that curent forms of life
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Covenatnt
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a binding and solemn agreement between human beings or God and his people, holding wach to a particualar course of action
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angel
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a spirtual, personal, and immortal creature, with intelligence and free will, who glorifies God and serves as God
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Pagnism
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the profession of no religion
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patriarchs
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male rulers elders or leaders The patriachs of faith or israel are Abrham
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story cycles
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the series of short stories in Genesis that are centured around a particular character or group
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Cirumcision
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the surgical removal of the male foreskin, it was the physical sign of God
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hyksos
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a group of non-Egyptians who came to power in Egypt between 1650 and 1500 B.C
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Murmurings
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the stories in the book of Exodus of the complaints of the israelites in the desert against Moses and against God
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elders
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mature, usually male, members of the Israelites community who met reguraly to rule on specific disputes whithin the cummunity
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natural law
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the participation of man in Gods eternal law that revals what he inteend us to do and avoid according to his wise and loving plan
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