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Religion 121
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
09/29/2010

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Septuagint (LXX)
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The Greek edition of the Hebrew Bible
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Tanak
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An acronym for the three parts of the Hebrew Bible
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Apocrypha
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"hidden" books, later editions of the Septuagint which are typically left out of the Bible
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Vulgate
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St.Jerome's latin translation of the Bible
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Torah
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"Law" which primarily refers The first five books of the Hebrew Bible
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Pentateuch
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The first five books of the Hebrew Bible
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Canon
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A standard of measure by which religious communities judge the authority of certain writings
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General revelation
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special revelation
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organic view of inspiration
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God inspired the biblical authors not dictated to them
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inerrancy
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Without error of any kind (historical , technical, etc)
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infallibility
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Without error in the areas the Bible intends to educate us on (Life & Theology)
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divine accommodation
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progressive revelation
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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Babylonian flood story
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Utnapishtim
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Babylonian version of Noah
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Yahweh/the Lord
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The LORD God
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Elohim
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Semetic term for a divine being
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Henotheism
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Belief in the existence of many gods
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monotheism
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belief in the existence of one God
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divine council
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the heavenly assembly of gods
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Anthropomorphism
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Attributing Human characteristics to god
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Documentary Hypothesis (J, E, D, P)
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The theory that the Pentateuch is the result of many generations of writers, revisers, and editors. J (Yahwist), E (Elohist), D (deuteronomist), P (priestly component)
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Primogeniture
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The tradition that the first born son is to inherit
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Genealogies
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A narrative created to explain the origin of a people
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Etiologies
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A narrative created to explain the origin or meaning of something
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Abrahamic covenant
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The sacred promise God made to Abraham
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circumcision
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The ritual mark of the children of Abraham
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theophany
Definition
An appearance of God to a person
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