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, Levitocus, 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: (there were 17)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 is the former and the latter

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 Dates manuscripts

Autograph: Original copy

Original language of the Old Testament: Hebrew and Aramaic

Original Language of the New Testament: Greek and Aramaic

Adams'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 in the wall

Heiroglyphic: used by the Egyptians, symbols and animals

Canaan: A bridge between Egypt and Mesopotamia, used as a trade route by both