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191 Cards in this Set
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Fait
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a personal knowledge of the heart and experience of God and love. Relationship
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Theology
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reflection on our faith experience and attempting to interpret that experience
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Belief
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is a product of faith and theology
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Revelation
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the showing and telling of God's self
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salvation history
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a record of chronological events of people who have a relationship with God and God's saving deeds
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Bible
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the inspired books
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Old testament
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god's covenant of love made with the israelis through moses, the hebrew scriptures
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New Testament
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God's covenant of love carried out throught Jesus, contains 27 books
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Jew
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God's chosen people, the hebrews, the israelites
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Oral tradition
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the passing of stories and traditions by word of mouth
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parchment
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made from skins of animals that were sewn together to make strips for writing on
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Papyrus
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made of a plant that was soaked and pressed into a paper-like substance
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Inspiration
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god used human creativity and insight to convey the religious truth
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Literary forms
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different forms of literary devices used to convey a meaning
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Allegory
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an extended comparioson in which the details of a story stand for deeper realities
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biography
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a written account of a person's life
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creed
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a formal statement of religious belief
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etiology
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a story that gives the cause of something
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riddle
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a question that posed to somebody that needs to be pondered upon to find the answer
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contract
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a mutual agree ment between two or more parties that something shall be done or forborne by one or both
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ledgend
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traditional sroty that is handed down, generation to generation
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Parable
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a short, simple lesson that teaches a moral
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Fable
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a brief story with a morla
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history
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a chronological narrative or record of events
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law
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a rule of conduct or standard behaviou established by proper authority, society or custom
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prophecy
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an inspired utterance made by a prophet which expresses god's will
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anthology
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a collection of literary gathered into one volume
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canon
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the list of biblical books that the church recognizes as inspired
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septuagint
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a greek translation of the Jewish scriptures
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Deuterocanonical
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second canon
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Apocrypha
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hidden or withdrawn from common use-the 7 Greek scriptures
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Torah
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sacred books that contain the Jewish Law and important instruction on elief and practice
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Pentateuch
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the first five books of the Old Testament, also called the Torah
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Historical books
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narrate how the Chosen People lived out the covenant in teh Promised Land
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Wisdom Books
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contain some of the most beautiful and practical religious literature in the world
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Prophetic books
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contains the writings of the prophets
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Canaan
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the heartland of 3 major religions
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Canaanites
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phlytheistic people that lived in canaan
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Ppolytheistic
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belief in more than one god
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Monotheistic
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belief in one God
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Israel
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teh name given to Canaan after the twelve tribes decended from Jacob (israel), now referred to the northern kingdom
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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Discovered in 1947; contains religious writing and OT scriptures
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Jacob
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Joseph's father, known as israel
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Judah
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the southern kingdom of Israel and named after the largest trib
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Palestine
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teh Greek name for israel Conquered by alexander the great
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1280
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teh beginning of the Exodus with Moses
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Hellenism
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greek culture
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philistines
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a sea-faring people who settled along the coast of israel
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Fertile crescent
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teh area that surrounds the middle east
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Mediterranean sea
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a large body of water that is in the middle of the middle east
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Jordan river
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the name of a river in palestine
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ancestor
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from one whom a person is descended
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exodus t
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the book that tells the story of deliverance and records the covenant between God and the people
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Babylonian captivity
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many leading Jews were carried off to babylon by the babylonians and made captive
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diaspora
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teh dispersion of the jews once freed from the captivity
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aramaic
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teh common language spoken in babylon and the whole middle east
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vulgate
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common or the church's official teaching in latin
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concordance
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lists all of the occurances of a word in the bible
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biblical atlas
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helps you navigate around teh ancient biblical world with maps
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biblical dictionary
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referance works that treat many themes, names, places and other topics
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1000
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david is anoint king
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7221
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the fall of the northern kingdom to the assyrians
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587-538
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babylonian captivity
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genesis
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origin
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pentateuch
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five scrolls
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torah
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law
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law
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another name for the pentatuech
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exodus
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journey of moese to the promised land
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leviticus
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the commands of the chosen peopl
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numbers
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the laws that help from the israelites during their forty years in the desert
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deuteronomy
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instructs its readers on teh meaning on the meaning of the exodus experience
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myth
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expresses a spiritual ttuth or a basic belief of a particular culture by means of a narrative
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prologue
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and introduction
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pre-history
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before history
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patriarch/ matriarch
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father/mother
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moses
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the person chosen by god to lead the israelites out of captivity
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ezra
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during ezra's timek the pentatuech was combined
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yahwist
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a type of tradition that calls god yahweh, is very eathy and vivid, anthropomorphic, origins in judah around 950 BCE and key themes are divine promises
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anthropomorphic
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viewing of God as human
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Yahweh
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God
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Elohist (E)
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a tradition that views God as abstract, calls God Elohim, originates in Ephraim around 850 BCE. vcovenant is the central theme
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Elohim
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god
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deuteronomist
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means second law, calls God Yahweh, emphasizes morals, originated around 650 BCE
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Priestly
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emphasizes preistly concerns, originated during the babylonian captivity and uses lists
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four source traditions
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sources that created the Torah
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Ruah
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wind, spirit
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Enuam elish
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the babylonian creation myth
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sabbath
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holy day of rest
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historical critical method
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when readinug the bible, tryin to get hte real meaning, not just the literal one
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textual criticims
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reading the bible literally
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transmission history
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analyzes the development f the oral traditions that were handed down
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form criticism
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breaks down a text into its smaller components to discover the literary forms that were used
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redaction criticims
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investigates how an editor used written sources and wht the edition tells us about he editor's theological interets
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archeology
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unearths artifacts, written materials and other evidences of the civilization of anciet israel
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fundamentalism
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interprets scripture in an absolutely literal way
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etiology
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A STORY THAT TRIES TO EXPLAIN THE CAUSE OF SOMETHING
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paradox
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a statement or tent contrary to reciewved opinion or belief, especially one that is difficult to believe
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sin
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doing something gainst the will of God that humans fully consent to
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temptaion
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giving into sin
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Alienate
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to turn away form
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eve
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mother of the world
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adam
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man of clay
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symbol
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something the stands for a deeper meaning
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cain
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kills his brother abel in his jealousy
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abel
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is killed by brother cain
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Abram
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trusted in a love god who promised thema land and a people; came from Ur; lived around 1800 bce
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Abraham
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father of a multitude
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1850 bce
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when abrahma was alive
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sarai
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abraham's wife before the name change
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sarah
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princess
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hagar
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the maid sarah offered to abraham to have a son
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folklore
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the traditional beliefs, legends and custms, current amoung the common people
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ledgend
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a story, history, account
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bronze aga
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2300 BCE-1600 BCE
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amorites
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westerners
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semites
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a person belonging to the race of mankind which includes most of the peopls metioned in Gen;jews
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nomads
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people who moved from one place to anothe
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semite
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a person belonging to the race of mankind in genesis
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anti-semitism
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against semitism
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Ur
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the city where abram originated
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el, elohim
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god, gods
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el shaddai
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god almight
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yahweh
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god in teh J source
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adonai
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lord
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Jehovah
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hybrid of the word adonai
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YHWH
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I am who am
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Tetragrammaton
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the word yahweh as YHWH in teh jewish scriptures
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islam
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the religion that follows Muhammod
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covenant
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promsie between a peope/person and God
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B'rith
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covenant in hebrew
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Hesed
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teh quality of god in the covenant (loving kindness, mercy that is shown to the people of the covenant)
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circumcision
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practiced as a religious rite by Jews and muslims and by various other nations; also a surgical operation; the sigh of Abraham's and God's covenant
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sodom
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a very evil, sinful city that god wanted to destroy
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flaming torch
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a symbol for god
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brazier
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a portable over and the smoke and fire represents god
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isaac
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laughter; given to sarah's and abraham's son
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ishmael
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the son of abraham and hagar and means "god has heard"
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holocaust
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burnt offering
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3 qualities of faith
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1. trust in god
2. obedience to god 3. belief in god |
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Esau
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"red, hairy one"; son of Isaac and Rebekah
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Jacob/Israel
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had 12 sons and one daughter; founding of a whole new nation
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Harah
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place where Jacob fled to/where laban lived
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Rebekah
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Isaac's wife
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Laban
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offers Isaac Rebekah as a wife and tricks Jacob in working for his daughter Rachel and Leah
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Rachel
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Jacob's favourite wife;bore him Joseph and benjamin
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Leah
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Jacob's least favourite; kept bearing sons to win jacob's love
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bilhah
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Rachel's maid; bore Dan, naphtali
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zilpah
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Leah's maid; bore gad and asher
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Dinah
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only daughter of jacob, is raped
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polygamy
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practice of many wifes/husbands
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Metanoia
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radical change of heart
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potiphar
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bought joseph as a slave, made him keeper of his household
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benjamin
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youngest son of Jacob and Rachel
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judah
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fourth son of jacob and leah;has sex with his daughter-in-law
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Manesseh
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Joseph's son
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Ephraim
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Joseph's son
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Zaphenath-peneah
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joseph's egyptian name
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pharaoh
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has joseph interpret his dream, makes him second-in-command of egypt
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asenath
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joseph's wife
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propeht
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someone who speaks the word of God to ppl
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mediator
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person who goes back and between people and god and talks to them
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apiru
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hebrew in egyptian
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moses' mother
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hid him so he wouldn't be killed, sent him down the river to be taken in by the pharaoh's daughter and then nursed him
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moses
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"drawn from water"; lead the chosen people out of egypt
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midwife
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were instructed to kill all boys born by the Hebrews
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puah and shiphrah
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midwifes ordered by the pharoh to kill all hebrew boys
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pharaoh's daughter
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took care of Moses and found in the river
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miriam
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moses' sister
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midian
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place where moses fled after killing an egyption
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jethro
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moses' father-in-law
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zipporah
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moses' wife
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gershom
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moses' son
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burning bush
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symbolizes God's presence in a theophany
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theophany
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a showing or manifestation of God
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Aaron
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Moses' brother and speaker
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ramses II
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Pharaoh during the time of Moses
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Exodus
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Journey
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1250 BCE
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Time of the exodus
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Passover/10th plague
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Passover is when the Hebrews were to kill a lamb, spread it's blood on the door frame, eat it's meat with unleavened bread and bitter herbs and eat like ready to leave/death of the first born
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Matzoh
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unleavened bread;comemorates when the hebrews couldn't use yeast in teh original exodus
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salt water
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the tears of the israelite slaves
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bitter hearbs
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symbolic of the bitterness of their slavery
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haroseth
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reminicent of teh mortar used by slaves
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Red sea/reed sea
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Moses parted this water to escape teh egyptians
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manna
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bread
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sinai covenant
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israelites are to be "god's chosen people", enables pepole to become a nation blessed by God, heart of teh religion of Israelites. Revealed God's mercy and love.
Stipulations: 1. People must follow commandments 2. ppl must be faithful through obedience and worship |
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Mt. Sinai
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place where teh 10 Commandments were made
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Golden Calf
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statue constructed to represent God since the hebrews had thought he had left them
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Ark of the Covenant
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box that carried the commandments
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Joshua
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person who eventually led the Chosen people into the Promised Land and was Moses' helper
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Code of Hammurabi
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Commandments were based upon this
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