Religion Flashcards Midterm Review

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Sacred Scripture

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"The speech of God as it is put down in writing under the breath of the Holy Spirit." ~Dei Verbum

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Dei Verbum

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The official church teaching regarding scripture

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Ta biblia

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A plural Greek noun meaning "the books." Demonstrates the special position these books occupy in our lives.

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first 5 books of the Bible

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Known as the Pentateuch. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.

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Number of books in the Bible

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73. Divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament

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Torah

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The Hebrew scriptures. made up of the Pentateuch

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Pentateuch

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First 5 books of the Bible

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Theme of the O.T.

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God saves

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Theme of the N.T.

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Jesus Saves

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Structure of the Bible

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2 Parts, OT and NT. dividing point=birth of Jesus. OT is BC (before Christ) or BCE (before common era). NT is AD (anno Domini in the year of our lord) or CE (common era).

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4 Categories of the OT

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Pentateuch-5 books
Historical Books-16 books
Prophetic Books-18 books
Wisdom and Poetry-7 books (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom, and Sirach)

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4 Categories of the NT

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Gospels-4
Acts of the Apostles-1 book
Letters-21 letters
Book of Revelation

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Inerrancy

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the many important religious teachings found in the Bible are without error

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Original language of the OT

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Hebrew

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Original language of the NT

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Greek&Aramaic

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Books in the OT

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46

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Books in the NT

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27

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Septuagint

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the greek translation of the Bible. Translated by 70 individuals who all had identical translations.

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Vulgate

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the latin translation of the Bible done in 405 by St Jerome

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St Jerome

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translated the Bible into latin in 405

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Contextual approach

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reading the Bible in context. to do this you must know the historical time, culture, literary style and personality of the author.

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Fundamentalism

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A literal or word for word approach

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Oral tradition

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Professional storytellers memorized stories and passed these on by word of mouth. Stories focused on Israel's history, laws and beliefs. Began around 1850 BCE and continued throughout the formation of the Bible.

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Written tradition

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The oral traditions were put in writing to preserve their history, beliefs and identity. The earliest writings took place around 1000 BCE. Much of the OT was written around 500 BCE (Exile).

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Edited tradition

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The stories that best reflect the Hebrew beliefs were gathered, put in a chronological order and preserved. Around 150 BCE there were 46 books that captured the faith of the Hebrew people.

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Bulk of OT writing time period

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500 BCE

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Inspiration

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God communicated His message to human beings but allowed them to tell or write these messages in their own words and affected by their own personality, culture and literary style. During this process, the Holy Spirit guided the authors so that God's message were revealed.

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Protestant Bible

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66 books. The Hebrew Bible (39) and the New Testament (27). King James Version in 1611 AD

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Biblical dictionary

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explanation of Biblical themes, names and places.

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Concordance

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an alphebetical listing of every important word in the bible and gives all the verses where that word can be found

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Biblical atlas

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a collection of maps of biblical lands

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Commentary

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a verse by verse explanation of all the passages in the bible

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Translations

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the bible was originally written in hebrew and greek, but it has been translated into many different languages so that all people can read it and deepen their relationship with God.

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Different versions

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Scripture scholars have studied the oldest manuscripts to give the best translation possible. There are several different Church approved Versions.

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Canon of Sacred Scripture

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in 393 AD the Church recognized these 73 books as the inspired Word of God. These official books of the Bible are known as this.