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126 Cards in this Set
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Spitiual exercises
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book written by ignatius to help bring about spiritual fitness
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examen
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spiritual exercise which practices discernment
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discernment
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process of discovering God's will
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consolation
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doing God's will
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desolation
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not doing God's will
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prayer
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wholeness not holinesss
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why study the bible
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helps us understand the sacred mysteries, worlds greatest literature, shapes the way the west views the world
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The Bible is not
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1. history book
2. holy book of pious stories 3. newspaper |
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definition of bible
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library of literature containing a partial record of the religious interpretation of the real history of the Israeites and the surrounding early Christian communities
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King James edition
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most loved, old English
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New American
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used in Catholic liturgies
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Jerusalem edition
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popular Catholic translation
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Revised standard
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colleges and universities
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Good news edition
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Paraphrased, 6th grade reading level, easy to understand
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commentary
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articles about bible stories
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concordance
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location of every word in Bible
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apocryphal books
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7 books not in Hebrew Bible
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Papyrus
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Paper made by reeds
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Parchment
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made out of animal skins, very expensive
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Septuagint
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Greek translation
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Vulgate
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latin translation
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Ancient people's idea of God
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powerful, unpredictable, consorts, sacrifices by priests, king-please
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revelation
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GOd self-communication
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Word of God
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Bible
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3 phases of Bible development
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1. Oral
2. Written 3. Translation |
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J writer
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South, 900 BC, Yahwest, God=human
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P writer
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priestly, 540 BC, South, geneaologies, order, God is above
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D writer
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North, Deuteronomist, 622 BC, law, god: lover of Israel
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E writer
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Eloist, North, 850-800 BC, dreams and illusions
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Hebrew people's idea of God
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Warrior god to loving god, history, angels, no consorts, father figure
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Literal Interpretation
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word for word
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Contexual interpretation
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finding deeper meaning through symbols, making connections
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Purpose of myth
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1. easy to remember
2. easy to understand 3. interesting 4. superior way of learning |
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Big bang theory
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all matter compressed into a tiny ball
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size of universe
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over 140 billion galaxies
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age of universe
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13.7 billion years
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tree of knowledge
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God's dominion over the world
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tree of life
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God center of everything, immortality
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clay and breath
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products of god and earth
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malus
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bad and apple
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woman from rib of man
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equality, protection, intimacy
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five types of alienation
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1. self : nakedness
2. God : hiding 3. each other : blaming 4. nature : man-work for food, woman- pain in childbirth 5. nation vs. nation |
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Adam
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human being (hebrew)
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Eve
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mother of living
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Cain
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farmer
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Abel
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Shepherd
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Bedouin hospitality
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stay 3 hours or 3 days
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main teaching of Noah story
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sin takes away life
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Ur
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birthplace of Abraham, Mesopotamia
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Tell
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artificial mound (built on top of each other)
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Bedouin
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lived in desert
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Terah
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father of Abraham
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Nahor
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brother of Abraham
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Abimelech
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king abraham and Isaac lies to
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Machpelah cave
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burial site of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, etc.
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Hebron
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present city of Machpelah cave
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Sodom and Gommorah
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cities destroyed because of sin
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Lot's daughters
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become pregnant with his children
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Bethuel
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father of Rebecca
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Sarah
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Abraham's wife
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Hagar
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Sarah's slave, has Abraham's 1st child
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Ishmael
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Hagar + Abraham
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3 patriarchs
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Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
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3 Matriarchs
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Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel
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covenant
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people worship yahweh, yahweh gives land
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circumcision
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8 days after birth
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Mt. Moriah
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place where Isaac is almost scraficed
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Isaac
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Sarah + Abraham
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Rebecca
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wife of Isaac
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Rachel
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wife of Jacob
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Leah
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first marries Jacob, older sister of Rachel
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Bilhah
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slave of Rachel
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Zilhah
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Slave of Leah
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Reuben
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oldest son of Jacob
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Jacob
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son of Isaac
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Esau
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son of Issaac
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Bethel
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Jacob has stariway to heaven dream
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Dream at Peniel
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E writer- wrestles with God
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Dinah
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daughter of Jacob and Leah
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Shechem
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Rapes Dinah
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Haran
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city where Yahweh tells Abraham to move to Canaan
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Jerusalem
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capital of ancient Israel
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Egypt
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EXODUS
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Stairway to heaven dream
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lays on a rock, pours oil on rock, angels moving up and down stairs, God at foot of stairs
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Yam suph
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sea of reeds
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Hebrews
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Abraham to Moses
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Israelites
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Moses to Babylonian captivity
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Jews
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539 BC to present
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Israelis
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Modern day term
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4 major teachings of Genesis
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1. only 1 god
2. creation is good 3. creation was planned 4. the sabbath is holy |
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4 major teachings of genesis 2
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1. intimacy-men and women
2. God shares power with humans 3. equality of sexes 4. marriage is normal |
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Mesopotamian creation myth
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chaos: no good in creation
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Apsu
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male
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Tiamat
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female, gives birth to demons who fight the gods
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Ea and Marduk
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from Apsu and Tiamat
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Ea
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kills Apsu
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Marduk
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kills Tiamat
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Mesopotamian: earth
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comes from carcus of Tiamat
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Mesopotamian: man comes from
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clay and blood of Kingu
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cain and able story
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sin has spread to the next generation
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maximum age of a person
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120
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Where did the ark come to rest
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Mountains of Ararat
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Malchizedek
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king who blesses sarah and abraham
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Laban
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Rachel's father, has Jacob marry Leah
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3 proofs of Moses speaking to God
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1. staff into snake
2. hand turns leprous, then clean 3. water to blood on dry land |
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Holy ground
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remove sandals
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plagues
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Yahweh is more powerful than any other god
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passover
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allowing past to come into present
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unleavened bread
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speed of leaving Egypt
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bitter herbs
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suffering of ancestors
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red sauce
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mortar on bricks
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greens
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spring
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red wine
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blood on door
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leftover food
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is burned
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what led the Israelites by day/night
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coloumn of fire/ smoke
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Miriam
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Aaron's sister, prophetess
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economics
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how society, using limited resources, goes about producing, distributing and consuming goods and services to meet the needs of its members
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Mathew's audience
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Jewish converts
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year of composition
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~70 AD
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place of composition
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modern day Syria
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theme of Matthew's gospel
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Jesus is the new moses
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Jesus
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god saves
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angel appears to joseph
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patriarchal society
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gold
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kingship
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frankincense
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divinity
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myrrh
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humanity
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