Hs Test 1

Front 1

Who gave us a soul?

Back 1

God

Front 2

Name 3 symbolic numbers, tell what they symbol, and give some examples.

Back 2

7-perfection, holiness-creation stories, Joshua and Jacob
12-holiness-the 12 apostles, the 12 tribes of Isreal, 12 sons of Jacob, 12 baskets of food
40-a long time-the time it took for one generation to pass and start again, Noah's ark, Jeusus fast 40 days, Isrealites wandered desert 40 yrs, Jesus was whipped 40x

Front 3

What does "Penta" mean in Greek?

Back 3

sin

Front 4

When does God form a covenant with Abraham?

Back 4

when abram leaves UR and follows God's command to go to a better place

Front 5

refers to the extra books in the (protestant) bible

Back 5

Deuterocanonical

Front 6

In the Critical approach, before we attempt to find out the Hebrews writing we need to attempt to understand what (3)?

Back 6

culture, politics, customs

Front 7

The story of Genisis is the story of what?

Back 7

how God intervened in human history

Front 8

What concept does the scientific approach deny? Give an example.

Back 8

religious truth

there is truth to the religious claim that God created our universe and gave humans a special place in it

Front 9

What is one thing thaat the Concordist would suggest (hint: day)?

Back 9

1 biblical day=several thousand years

Front 10

We need to try to understand what the bible writers were saying to the people of (1) (2) time and culture. If we understand that, we might be able to understand what they are trying to (3) to us.

Back 10

(1)their
(2)own
(3)say

Front 11

Give 3 examples of etiology?

Back 11

"Paul Buyon", Phaeton geography-climate, ice caps, deserts, dark/light skin, "Moabites and Ammonites"

Front 12

Who is the authorship of the Pentatuch generally tributed to?

Back 12

moses

Front 13

What are the 3 creation stories?

Back 13

the world
humans
the covenant between God and man

Front 14

What are the first five books of the bible?

Back 14

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

Front 15

What are the three parts of the covenant that God makes with Abraham?

Back 15

-that Abraham will be the father of a great nation
-that the nation will have a land of its own
-from that nation(land), all the land of the earth will be blessed (talking about Jesus from Isreal)

Front 16

What approach states that there is some reason science and the bible disagree and tries to harmonize the 2 accounts?

Back 16

Concordist approach

Front 17

What approach goes beyond the written record in the bible and tries to understand the bible in its own terms (not ours)?

Back 17

Critical approach

Front 18

What do the root words in Concord mean (con and cord)?

Back 18

con-with
cord-agreement

Front 19

a story made up after the fact to explain something already in exsistence

Back 19

etiology

Front 20

Not only are the 3 main symbolic numbers sacred but also what is sacred?

Back 20

multiples of the numbers

Front 21

In the bible time frame, what 2 things were considered the author?

Back 21

speaker and writer

Front 22

What is the difference between a covenant and a contract?

Back 22

covenant- personal feelings, trust and love, binding with honor
contract-agreement between 2 different parties, responsibilities for all parties, legally binding document, not personal

Front 23

What is the bible (8)?

Back 23

collection of works written by people influenced by God, the word of God, Holy book, the basis for our religion, guide for how we should live, stories about God, history of the Jews, storiews about the life and death of Jesus

Front 24

Is the Bible the "Word of God"?

Back 24

Yes, but not in a literal sense. We need more info to understand the bible correctly.

Front 25

The bible is not a (1) that should be used to prove things. The bible writers were attempting to show that God...(2).

Back 25

(1)textbook
(2)played a role in their lives

Front 26

What kind of truth is the bible and what kinds of truths are there(4)?

Back 26

the bible is RELIGIOUS truth.
mathematical, historical, physical, and religious

Front 27

What approach is it when ever science in the bible disagree or conflict, go with science?

Back 27

scientific approach

Front 28

What approach does the Catholic Church use to understand the bible?

Back 28

critical

Front 29

RELIGIOUS TRUTH
What does it have to do with (hint:prove)?

It is none the less (1) and (2).

Back 29

It has little or nothing to do with having to prove factually any kind of physical data.

(1)accurate
(2)trustworthy

Front 30

RELIGIOUS TRUTH
There are ex. of other truths in the bible, but the bible wasn't written for what?

Bible writers wanted others to know that they believed that God was what?

Back 30

those purposes.

responsible for everything.

Front 31

Who were a primative people and what was there a tremendous amount of?

Back 31

The HEBREWS were a primative people that had a tremendous amount of FEAR.

Front 32

What are all humans afraid of? Name one example. What has helped us define our world?

Back 32

All humans are afraid of the UNKNOWN, like the DARK. SCIENCE and INTELLIGENCE has helped to define our world.

Front 33

In order to calm fears of the unknown, what did the primative people do? What is there always in this?

Back 33

They created MYTHS. Myths always had SOME TRUTH to it.

Front 34

The Ancient Hebrew culture was a culture that involved the what that was passed down from generation to generation?

Back 34

spoken truth

Front 35

Since our cultures are so (1), it is important that we attempt to (2) (3) culture before we try to (4) what they were saying.

Back 35

(1)different
(2)understand
(3)their
(4)understand

Front 36

The Hebrews believed that God had what in their lives?

Back 36

a saving presence

Front 37

What changed stories over the years before they were written down?

Back 37

word of mouth

Front 38

The bible was eventually (1) and (2). What were the 3 stages the bible undergoed when they were written down?

Back 38

(1)edited
(2)chronologized

oral, written, edited

Front 39

What do all humans seek answers for?

Back 39

questions concerning their fears, superstitions, and the "unknown"

Front 40

What are the questions that science can't answer even though they are legitiment and deserve answers (5)?

Back 40

Who am i? What am I worth? Am I important? What's life really about? Do i fit in?

Front 41

What are three things based on faith (hint: not including religion)?

Back 41

friendships, partnerships, marriages

Front 42

Because we must use language to display our thoughts, emotions, and feelings, and because language is a vehicle that is less than perfect, we make up for it by the use of what?

Back 42

conscious exaggeration

Front 43

What is the religious truth in the story "Joshua and the Battle of Jericho"?

Back 43

that the Jews felt that God had saved them

Front 44

Inspiration is a (1), we cannot explain it. [(2) (3)] (4) inspiration is a (5) also that we cannot explain. Inspiration is motivated by the (6) or (7) of someone else.

Back 44

(1)mystery
(2)mysterious
(3)connection
(4)biblical
(5)mystery
(6)words
(7)actions

Front 45

Why is biblical inspiration very different from inspiration?

Back 45

b/c authors of the bible could have been unaware that what they were writing was God's word. They wrote what they felt strongly about (their belief in God, who cared for them)

Front 46

refers to the fact that there are no mistakes of religious truth in the bible

Back 46

inerrancy

Front 47

What is the basic, literal approach?

Back 47

fundamentalist

Front 48

When reading the "Word of God", what do fundamentalists tend to ignore? By ignoring this, it allows what kind of attitude?

Back 48

the meaning

self-righteousness, "God is on my side"

Front 49

What are some words that have changed meanings? Give their old and new meaning.

Back 49

nice-foolish, silly-kind
gay-carefree, happy-homosexual
cool-cold-in style, fashionable
tight-stingy-cool, bad, sweet
the bomb-explosive-cool, bad, sweet

Front 50

What kind of changes that have taken place in our world do we have to be aware of? (fundamentalist)

Back 50

changes in word meanings, that in the bible simple logic is denied, changes in cultures

Front 51

What are 4 examples of where simple logic is denied?

Back 51

creation story- day 1 God seperates light from darkness while on day 4, he creates the sun, moon, and stars
battle arms- the earth stops rotating
evolution took long periods of time while creation was 6 days
2nd law of Thermodynamics(things left unintended tend more disorganization)-some kind of force is necessary in this creation business

Front 52

What pope condemned Fundementalism as "referal to understand scripture"? What period was this?

Back 52

Pope Pius XII, 1940s

Front 53

Where are the 3 covenants fulfilled?

Back 53

in the book of Genesis, exodus-- OLD TESTAMENT is a the story how the jews win land

Front 54

What two reasons did Jesus come to us?

Back 54

to show us how to live and to save us

Front 55

Give some examples of how Jesus "saved us".

Back 55

open gates of heaven
died for our sins
life after death
destroys original sin