Theology Final study guide

Scripture

Sacred Writings

Inspiration

God influences a human author to understand and accurately translate his words

Canon

Official list of books in the Bible

God

Supreme being who made all things out of love

Bible

The Story of the relationship between God and creation

Gospel

"Good news" The story of the life death and resurrection of Jesus

Number of Books in the Bible

73 Books

Number of Books in the Old Testament

46

Number of Books in the New Testament

27

Language's in the Bible

Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic

How the Bible is structured

Like a New paper with various different stories that aren't in order with various different author's

Pentateuch

five, The first five major books of the Old Testament

5 stories in the Pentateuch

Gensis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

1st Major section of the Bible

Pentateuch

2nd Major section of the Bible

Historical Books

3rd Major section of the Bible

Wisdom Books

4th Major Section of the Bible

Prophetic Books

Gensis 10:4 (What is Gensis)

The Book

John 12:6 (What is 12)

Chapter

Matthew 7:2 (What is 2)

Verse

Sabbath

the 7th day of rest

Covenant

Sacred promise between God and Creation

Etiology

Explanation for why something is the way it is

Immanent

close, human like

Transcendant

far away, magical

Tradition

A Truth passed down by the Holy Spirit

Myth

A story that brings together the basic parts of existence

Free Will

A humans ability to use reason to choose

Adam

First Man, Father of Cain and Able, and committed first sin

Eve

First Women, Mother of Cain and Able, committed first sin

What is a Snake according to the Bible

cunning

Original holiness

State of Adam and Eve before sin

The Fall

Adam and Eve fall from holiness

What Tree did they Eat from?

Tree of Wisdom

Original sin

first sin committed by Adam and Eve, Cause of Human Brokeness

Sin

A choice that hurts our relationship with God self and Others

Mercy

To show compassion

Adams Punishment

He has to work hard until he dies to get food

Eve's Punishment

Child Birth is Painful

Snakes Punishment

He has to slither to move "You will strike at their heels while they strike at your head"

What god made for Adam and Eve

Leather Clothes

What does God protect after Adam and Eve's Sin

The Tree of Life with a sword of fire

Cain

1st Son of Adam and Eve, killed his brother, Was a farmer

Able

2nd Son of Adam and Eve, was a shepherd

Birthright laws

oldest son inherits a majority of the fathers wealth and status

Complementarity

pairs of opposites

Religious Truth

A lesson we uncover about God ourselves and others

God's warning to Cain

"Sin is at the door"

What Cain says after God asks where Able is

"Am I my brothers keeper"

Cain's punishment

he will have to wonder the earth

Given to Cain so he will not be killed

A Mark that if he is killed will be avenged 7 times over

Noah

Built a Ark, Got 2 of every animal on a ark with his family, was chosen by God

Why God decided to flood the world

Humans are nothing but evil some he want to get rid of them

What measurement system did Noah use to built the Ark

cubits

Who does Noah bring with him on the Ark

his 3 sons and their wifes , his wife

What Noah did right when he left the ark

Built a alter

Alter

Sacred place for offerings and sacrifices

Sign of the covenant between God and Noah, and what is

Rainbow, God will not flood the world again

What Noah and his family were

the new Adam and Eve

Why did God scatter the people at the Tower of Babel?

They built a tower up to the heavens to equal themselves with him

Why is the tower of babel called the Tower of Babel

Because it is where the world was scattered

What happened to people after the scatter at the Tower of Babel

they were all speaking different languages and they couldn't understand each other

Patriarch

the male head of a family or tribe

Canaan

The promised land that God promised to Abraham

tunic

What Jacob gave to Joseph

Egypt

Where Abrahams descendants ended up after Joseph

Abraham

Father of Israel and follows god's instructions (Father of a Multitude of Nations) [old name Abram]

Sarah

Abrahams Full Wife who insists he gets rid of Hagar (Princess) [old name Sarai]

Hagar

Abrahams Cocubine who tries to run away

What religions came from Abraham

Judaism, Christianity, Islam

Abrahams problem

He is gonna die without a male heir with all this land

What is Gods call to Abraham

To move to Cannan

a call

An invitation from God to do good

What is Gods covenant with Abraham

"you have as many descendants as there are stars in the sky

What is the problem with Sarah

She isn't having kids

What does Abraham do to get a male hair

Make Hagar his cocubine, and Sarah his full wife

What does Hagar do when she finds out she's pregnant

She runs away and then makes a covenant with God and goes back.

Ismael

Son of Abraham and Hagar his 1st son, and descendants founded Islam (God has heard)

Isaac

Son of Abraham and Sarah 2nd son and Descendants founded Judaism and Christianity (sounds like laughter)

What Abraham does to Hagar and Ismael

Kicks them out

What God Tells Abraham to do after he has a male heir

to Kill Isaac

What is symbolic about Abraham and Isaac going up the mountain

Isaac is holding the wood that he will be killed on which is like Jesus with the cross

What happens before Abraham kills Isaac

He sends a angel down to tell him he doesn't have to kill him, and that he has proven his worthiness

Rebekah

wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau

What does Isaac do to get a wife

he sends a servant to Haran to get a wife

What is the test Rebekah passes

helped the servant at the well

Esau

1st son of Jacob and Rebekah was red and hairy

Jacob/Israel

2nd son of Jacob and Rebekah, and was cunning

How were Jacob and Esau Born

Jacob was holding onto Esau's Heel

How did Jacob trick Esau

He gave his brother some food for his birthright

How did Jacob trick Isaac on his deathbed

He put goat skin on his hand, and got his favorite food before Esau, did tricking him into thinking he is Esau and giving him the blessing

What did Jacob after he got the blessing

He left to get a wife

Brideprice

husband pays father for bride

Dowry

Dad gives daughter money

How did Laban trick Jacob?

He gave him Leah instead of Rachel for 5 year of work making him work another 5 years for him

How many kids did Jacob have in total

13, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Issachar, Asher, Zebulun, Diana, Joseph, and Benjamin

What does Jacob decide to do

Go back to Canaan wit his family

name change in the Bible

God is giving a new covenant a new call or a new way of life

How does Jacob change his name to Israel

He fights a Angel and wins, hurts his Hip

What do Israel and Esau do

Forgive each other