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80 Cards in this Set
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Bible, ta biblia |
(Greek) "the books"; collection of writings that contain salvific truth |
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Scripture, hai graphai, Scriptura |
"Hebrew" Scriptures= Tanak "Greek" Scriptures= New Testament |
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Canon, kanon |
A measuring stick; writings "measured" by a church or religious groups and recognized to contain divine revelation |
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Pentateuch |
First 5 books of the Christian Bible- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; equivalent to the Jewish Torah |
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Torah |
First section of the Jewish Bible; "the Law and Teachings"; equivalent to the Christian Pentateuch |
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Deuterocanonical books |
"second canon"; seven books not originally written in Hebrew; not accepted by Jewish or Protestant canons |
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LXX, Septuagint |
Greek translation of the entire Hebrew Scriptures and all of the deuterocanonical books |
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Diaspora |
586 BC; spread of the Jews from Judah; led to the Hellenization of the Jews |
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Sinai |
the mountain... where Moses was given the covenant |
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Horeb |
another name for Sinai |
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Julius Wellhausen |
suggested the Priestly source be added to the Documentary Hypothesis and that Deuteronomy was written by another source |
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Documentary Theory |
theory that 4 different sources wrote the Pentateuch |
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Yahweh |
the name for God given to Moses; used by the J and E source writers |
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Monotheism |
belief in one god |
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Polytheism |
belief in more than one god |
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Henotheism |
belief in one god, without denying the existence of other gods |
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Theophany |
appearance of divinity |
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Covenant, berit |
God's promise with the Israelites; united the people of Israel |
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TaNaK |
Jewish divisions of the Old Testament; Torah, Nebi'im, Ketubim = the Law, the Prophets, the Writings |
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Testament, testamentum, diatheke |
(Latin) "will"; (Greek) "covenant"; two major sections of the Christian Bible |
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Hellenization |
movement of the Jews to writing and speaking Greek |
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Codex |
used in place of scrolls; in book form without standard length |
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Hermeneutics |
branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation |
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Faith |
confidence or trust in a being; a response to God |
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Primeval History |
Genesis 1-11; written by the J and P sources |
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Elohim |
means God; "faceless word"- does not describe or reveal |
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Etiology |
something in the present is explained by something in the past |
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Merism |
addressing the whole of a thing by naming its parts |
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Enuma Elish |
Babylonian creation story, about 1100 years older than Genesis 1 |
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Gilgamesh Epic |
Babylonian story; similar to Genesis 6-9 (Noah) |
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Dei Verbum |
document released by the Second Vatican Council; The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation concerning revelation, inspiration and interpretation |
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Historical Critical Method |
way of studying the Scripture as a product of human history |
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Tetragrammaton |
4 letters; example: YHWH |
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Exegesis |
"reading from" the text |
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Revelation |
disclosure of God's self |
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Inspiration (Subjective and Objective) |
Subjective: writer being inspired Objective: divine provenance |
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Double Authorship |
God as author; humans as authors - allows for errors |
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Higher Criticism |
interpretation of corrected texts; Source, Form, and Tradition History Criticism |
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Lower Criticism |
detecting what is wrong with a text and finding a better/more accurate reading |
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Protoevangelium |
the first Good News |
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Typology/typological interpretation |
predictive relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament |
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Apocrypha |
books not considered a part of the canon |
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Auctor/author |
person who is responsible for or the cause behind something |
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Source Criticism |
"literary criticism"; finds whether there are written documents behind the present texts |
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Form Criticism |
identifies the type of writing and its possible purpose |
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Redaction Criticism |
"tradition history criticism"; traces the use and reuse of the materials to their earliest forms |
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Gospel, evangelion |
(Greek) Good News; genre |
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Kerygma |
(Greek) Good News |
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Rule of Faith |
implicit understandingof the content of faith; one of three criterion in determining canonicity |
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Tradition |
Comes from 2 Latin words- verb- tradere- act of handing over noun- traditio- things handed over |
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Apostolicity |
proximity to the Apostles; one of three criterion in determining canonicity |
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Hochma |
(Hebrew) wisdom |
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Logos |
(Greek) "word"/rationale/reasoning; John 1:1 |
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sêmeíon/sign |
(Greek) used by John in his gospel to mean miracle |
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Apocalyptic/apocalypsis |
(Greek) "revelation"; to make revelation by a series of signs/symbols; ie earthquake, darkness, etc. |
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Messiah |
(Hebrew) Anointed One; old tradition: a strong, military leader that will liberate the Jews |
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Lamb of God |
refers to the lamb of the Passover. This lamb protected the Jews during the first Passover. Jesus is the sacrificial lamb of the new covenant and is named "the Lamb of God" in the beginning of John's Gospel |
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Hyskos kings |
foreign rulers over Egypt during the time of Joseph |
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Synoptics |
the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke; "together with the eyes" = very similar |
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Synoptic Problem |
The issue of deciding which of the synoptic gospels was written first; the most accepted theory is the Two Source Theory with Marcan Priority |
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Messianic Secret |
In Mark's Gospel; Jesus doesn't want premature confessions to the preconceived notions of Messiah; Mark believes that only in light of the crucifixion is Jesus understood as Messiah. |
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Sophia |
(Greek) wisdom |
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Shechem |
important Israelite capital city of the northern kingdom where the covenant was made between God and the people; where Rehoboam goes to receive the oath of fidelity from the 10 tribes |
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Psalm |
songs and prayers to God, attributed to David; (hebrew) tehillim- "praises" |
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Deuteronomic History |
Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings |
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Shema |
Jewish profession of faith; found in Deuteronomy 6:4; (Hebrew) "here" |
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Classical Prophecy |
opposed to Ancient prophecy; conditional, ordinary, importance in what is said |
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Apiru |
(H) Ebrew; semetic people |
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"Covenantal Fidelity" |
1- Personal knowledge of God 2- exclusive fidelity 3- social justice 4- God is their king |
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Prognosticism |
future telling; characteristic of Ancient prophecy |
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Urim and Thummim |
1 Samuel - Saul becoming king, consults them; way of divining God's will; runes/dice |
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Day of the Lord |
Ancient belief- God coming down to do battle with Israel's enemies *AMOS: God will come and judge but *you* are guilty |
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Tiglath Pileser III |
Kingof Assyria from 745-727 BC that reconquered the West. His new policy whendealing with the conquered nations was to hold the whole nation accountable forresistance to the new rule. |
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Sargon II |
Assyrian king from 722-705 BC; assists in the total destruction of the northern kingdom |
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Reheboam |
Sonof Solomon; caused the split of the northern and southern kingdoms during hisreign as king 922-915 BC |
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Jeroboam |
1st king of the northernkingdom from 922- 911 BC |
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Samaria |
middle of the northern kingdom; became new capitol after the split of Israel in 922 BC |
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Book of Signs |
Chapters1:19-12 of the Gospel of John; Jesus reveals himself to be God |
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Book of Glory |
Chapters 13-20 of the Gospel ofJohn; Jesus’ Passion, Death and Resurrection
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Pascha/Pesah |
(Hebrew/Greek) Passover |
