Old Testament unit 1 study guide

What are the steps in writing the Bible

Oral tradition, development of written books, edit the writing and set the canon

What are the original languages of the Old Testament

Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, not latin

Who has seven extra books and uses the Septuagint as its translation

Catholics

What is false about the Old Testament

Outdated, little use, gives us COMPLETE historical truth, didn’t happen in order, little significance because Jesus isn’t mentioned specifically

What is true about the Old Testament

Magisterium

What does bible mean

Books

What does canon mean

Collection of books that are considered to be scripture

What is the vulgate and who translated it

Latin translation of the Bible done by st Jerome alone

Define exegesis

Critical interpretation and explanation of a biblical text

Name the senses of scripture

Literal, allegorical, moral, anagogical

Describe literal

What the author actually intended

Describe allegorical

How it relates to jesus

Describe moral

What is says about right and wrong

Describe anatomical

What we can learn about heaven

Define enuma Elish

Babylonian collection of creation stories that have many similarities to genesis

Elohist

Elohim, objects to represent God aka burning bush

Priestly

Temple rituals and priesthood

Deuteronomist

From Deuteronomy summarized all 4 books in 1

Define myth

A story through which people interpret their world

What is the story about Cain and Abel

Cain kills Abel out of jealousy

Explain the story of Noah

Righteous man chosen by god to survive the great flood

Define personal sin

Free choice to choose sin

Explain what the story of the Tower of Babel teaches us

Sin spreads to affect the behavior of nations, people are arrogant and put power and wealth before God

What is the purpose of the creation accounts

To explain how things came to be, how evil came into the world, how god created out of order and law

Who was created from dirt in the second creation story

Adam

Who was created from a rib

Eve

Why did the creation writer say god rested on the 7th day

To emphasize keeping the sabbath holy