Scriptures Final 1

Unit 1: Intro to the Old Testament Terms/Skills

·       Canon

·       Salvation history

·       Inspiration

·       Deposit of faith

·       Contextualist approach

·       Fundamentalist approach

·       Cite a biblical passage

·       List the Old Testament categories

·       Describe how Catholics are encouraged to approach scripture

·       Explain the steps of Old Testament formation

·       Identify the religious communities that consider some/all of the Bible as sacred

• Discuss the value of using the contextualist approach when reading the Old Testament

Unit 2: The Matriarchs and Patriarchs Terms/Skills

People

·       Biblical Exegesis

·       Exegete

·       Literary Criticism

·       Legend

·       Genealogy

·       Patriarch/Matriarch

·       Covenant

·       Hebrews

·       Israelites

• Describe God's commitment to humanity in the patriarch and matriarch stories.

• Identify motivators (faith, power, hope, or despair) in the choices of the characters in a scripture passage

·       Abraham

·       Sarah

·       Hagar

·       Ishmael

·       Isaac

·       Rebekah

·       Jacob/Israel

·       Esau

·       Rachel

·       Leah

·       Joseph

·       12 Tribes

Unit 3: The Exodus Terms/Skills

People

·       Book of Exodus

·       Passover

·       Sinai/Mosaic Covenant

·       Ten Commandments

·       Historical Criticism

·       Source Criticism

·       Art Criticism

·       Idolatry

·       Interpretive Lenses

·       Liberation

• Describe God's commitment to humanity in the Exodus story.

• Apply art criticism to a scripture passage.

• Apply interpretive lenses to a scripture passage.

• Identify what a scripture passage conveys about liberation

·       Moses

·       Aaron

·       Jochebed

·       Pharaoh

·       Pharaoh’s daughter

·       Miriam

·       Zipporah

Unit 4: Leadership in the Promised Land Terms/Skills

People

• Historical Books

• Book of Judges

• First and Second Samuel

• First and Second Kings

• Judge

• Wisdom Literature

• Psalms

• Messiah

·       Cycle of Apostasy

·       Temple of Solomon

·       Jericho

·       Apostasy

·       Nazarite

·       Ark of the Covenant

• Describe God's commitment to humanity in the stories of the judges and kings.

• Identify what a scripture passage reveals about effective leadership

• Bathsheba

• Delilah

• Rahab

• Joshua

• Deborah

• Jael

• Samson

• Samuel

• Saul

• Ruth

• Naomi

• David

• Solomon

• Gideon

Unit 5: The Prophets Terms/Skills

People

• Prophet

• Social Justice

• Major prophet

• Minor prophet

• Preexilic prophet

• Exilic prophet

• Postexilic prophet

• Non-writing prophet

• Describe God's commitment to humanity in the stories of the prophets.

• Apply the prophetic themes of tending to the poor, believing God is loving and merciful, acting justly or staying hopeful to a scripture passage

• Elijah

• Elisha

• Amos

• Hosea

• Isaiah

• Micah

• Jeremiah