Patriarch
founders
Matriarch
women founder/leader
Abraham
Founder/ Patriarch of Jewish faith
Monotheism
Belief in one God
Polytheism
Belief in many gods
4 sections of books in OT
the Pentateuch
the historical books
the wisdom books
the prophetic books
five books of the Pentateuch
Genesis
Exodus-moses
Leviticus
Numbers -Deuteronomy
Canon
the list of books recognized as divinely inspired and thus the primary source and guide for our religious belief and practice
Word of God
what God communicates through revelation
Despersion
to spread out
diaspora
biblical inspiration
the Holy Spirit guided the human authors to teach without error
salvation history
the story of God's actions and the peoples responses over many centuries
magisterium
the Church's' official teaching voice or office
exile
when someone is forced out of their home land
revelation
self communication with God and his will to teach us
Old Testament
from God
different sources-can be varied and even contradictory versions of the same events
put together over a long period of time
46 books
New Testament
27 books
about Jesus life
fidelity
faithful