Christian Scriptures Exam 1

Incarnated Word

Jesus

Written Word

The Bible

Preached Word

The gospel message about Jesus in the church

Testament

Covenant

The Pentateuch

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Historical Books

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

Wisdom Literature

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

Prophets

17 total, including Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Minor Prophets (Hosea through Malachi)

The Hebrew Bible

Has 3 parts (TaNaKh)

The Torah

Has 5 books and is the Law

Neviim

Has 8 prophets and includes former and latter prophets

Ketuvim

Contains 11 writings

Scriptures

Authoritative religious writings inspired by God

Canon

Measuring stick/ a normative official body of scriptures

Septuagint

Became the early bible of the church

Apocrypha

Deuterocanonical books

Parchment

Animal skins used to write on (sheep or oxen)

Papyrus

Made out of papyrus plant (type of paper)

Codex

The ancient version of a book

Codex Sassoon

One of the oldest, complete Hebrew bible manuscripts

Dead Sea Scrolls

Oldest Hebrew dated manuscripts

Autograph

Original copy

Original language of the Old Testament

Hebrew and Aramaic

Original Language of the New Testament

Greek and Aramaic

Adam's Job

To tend to and maintain the Garden of Eden

Why were animals made?

God said man should not be alone.

God is immanent

Next to us

God is Anthropomorphic

Depicting God as a human being

How does God Create?

By his spoken words.

What does God promise Abram?

Descendants, land, and blessing.

Mesopotamia

The fertile crescent.

Cuneiform

A type of writing from Mesopotamia using wedge-shaped characters.

Hieroglyphic

Used by the Egyptians, symbols and animals.

Canaan

A bridge between Egypt and Mesopotamia, used as a trade route.