Religion finals

Tabernacle

The tent that served as the meeting place and temple for the Israelites while they wandered in the desert

What would be the centerpiece of the tabernacle?

The Ark of the Covenant

Ark of the Covenant

Ornate box that held the tablets of the Law

What did the Ark of the Covenant represent?

God’s throne on Earth

For forty days, What visions did God show Moses?

Heaven

What were those a part of the Tribe of Levi called?

Levites

Who answered Moses' call to slay all the idolaters among the Israelites?

The Tribe of Levi

What did the Levites earn the designation of?

Priesthood

How did the Levites earn that designation?

By remaining loyal to God and attacking idolatry

What did the Levites become?

The priestly class

What did the Levites offer?

ritual sacrifices and liturgical service

What did the kingdom of Israel divide into?

Israel and Judah

Northern kingdom of Israel

Israel

Southern Kingdom of Israel

Judah

What is the capital of Israel?

Samaria

What is the capital of Judah

Jerusalem

Septuagint

The Greek translation of the Old Testament that the New Testament writers used

What was the Septuagint originally translated from?

Hebrew

Atonement

Reparation for an offense

Who took over leadership of Israel after the death of Moses?

Joshua

What did Joshua do before his death?

Renew the covenant between God and the Israelites

Samuel

One of the last of the judges and had been leader of the Israelites for a long time

What did Samuel warn about having a king?

That having a king would include taxes, military service, and oppression

Who did Samuel anoint as the new king of Israel?

Saul

Who was the king of Israel after Saul?

David

What came after the Book of Joshua?

The Book of Judges

Judge

Temporary elder appointed by God to lead the people of Israel when enemies oppressed them

Deuteronomic cycle

The pattern of sin and repentance of the Israelites in the Old Testament

Complacent

Self satisfied and usually unaware of dangers or deficiencies

Providence

Divine guidance or care

Anoint

Put oil on something or someone as a sign of consecration

Consecrate

Dedicate to a sacred purpose

King Solomon

Son of David

What were Solomon’s worst burdens?

His many wives

Whose reign was Israel’s peak of glory?

Solomon

What did King David do?

Designated Jerusalem and drove the Jebusites

Gentile

A member of any of the nations outside of Israel (non jew)

Pagan

One who practices idolatry

Apostasy

Turning away from the true religion

What was the Prophet Elijah’s most famous miracle?

The Contest on Mt. Camel

What does the Book of Jonah remind us?

It is impossible to avoid God’s call

What swallowed up the prophet Jonah?

A great fish

Jonah

The prophet in the northern kingdom of Israel who God called to go preach to Nineveh

What is the alternate name for Jerusalem?

Zion

King Manasseh

A wicked king who brought back foreign idols, rebuilt pagan altars, defiled the temple, and persecuted prophets and worshippers of the true God

Who was the king before Josiah?

Amon

What did King Josiah do?

Read the Book of Law to the people of the kingdom and they swore to keep all the commandments of God

What did King Josiah’s reign result in?

A great reform

Resettlement

To conquer a land and force its whole population to live in another foreign land

Remnant

In Isaiah, the small number out of all God’s people who will return to Jerusalem after the exile

Seleucids

Greek rulers of the eastern part of Alexander’s empire

Antiochus IV

Seleucid king who tried to force Hellenism on faithful Jews

Hellenism

The fashion of adopting Greek culture and ideas

Maccabees

Collective name of the Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers who led the Jewish revolt against Antiochus IV

Hanukkah

A festival celebrating the victory of the Maccabees over Antiochus IV

Genre of New Testament Law

The Four Gospels

Genre of New Testament History

Acts of the Apostles

Genre of New Testament Wisdom

The Epistles

Genre of New Testament Prophecy

The Revelation of John

Who wrote the Acts of the Apostles?

Luke

What did the Acts of the Apostles describe?

The emergence of Christianity from its origins in Judaism to its position as a religion of worldwide status and appeal

What are the Epistles

Letters written by to Apostles to the churches they had founded

Saint Paul

Wrote the largest part of the New Testament wisdom literature

John the Baptist

A levite, cousin of Jesus, final prophet, forerunner, and returned Elijah

What did John the Baptist do?

Baptized people and preached repentance, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand

What did the ministry of John the Baptist fulfill?

The prophecy that Elijah would return and “turn the hearts” of the people

Simeon

A prophet promised by the Holy Spirit that he would not die until seeing the Christ child

Anna

A prophetess who recognized the Messiah when Jesus was presented at the Temple

What was Jesus’s first miracle?

Turning water into wine at the wedding feast in Cana

What does Jesus’s first miracle foreshadow?

His sacrifice on the cross and His institution of the Eucharist

What are the three temptations?

Turn stones into bread, Throw yourself down from up high, and worship the devil in exchange for all the kingdoms of the world

Pharisees

A Jewish sect that believed in keeping separate from the Gentiles

Sadducees

A Jewish sect that believed in accommodating Judaism to modern life

Theology

The study of religious faith, practice, and experience

Christology

The branch of Christian theology relating to the person, nature, and role of Christ

Incarnation

The coming of God in human form

What is incarnation Latin for?

Becoming flesh

Monotheism

Belief in only one God

Polytheism

Belief in multiple gods

Theotokos

God bearer or Mother of God

Who is Theotokos?

Mary

Immaculate Conception

Conceived without the stain of original sin

Who was the Immaculate conception?

Mary

Hypostatic Union

The union of the human and divine natures in the one divine person of Christ

Hypostasis

One substance

Holy Innocents

The martyred boys under two years of age, whom King Herod ordered to be massacred

Epiphany

The manifestation of Jesus as the Messiah of Israel, Son of God, and Savior of the World

Martyr

One who dies for the sake of faith in God

What is Martyr Greek for?

Witness

Holy

Dedicated or consecrated to God

Synoptic

Seeing together

Parable

A short story based on a familiar life experience used to teach a spiritual lesson

Pax Romana

Period of unprecedented peace and economic prosperity from 27 BC to 180 AD

What is Pax Romana Latin for?

Roman peace

Gethsemane

Means “olive press”. A garden outside Jerusalem where Jesus went to pray after the Last Supper

Golgotha

A hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified

What does Golgotha mean?

Place of skull

Pontius Pilate

A Roman Governor of Judea. Although he found Jesus guilty of nothing, he sentenced Him to death by crucifixion

Mary Magdalene

The first person to witness the risen Jesus

Joseph of Arimathea

Wealthy follower of Jesus, member of Sanhedrin, and Donated the tomb where Jesus was laid