Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Religion 111
Newberry College Final Exam Montgomery
74
Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
12/06/2011

Additional Religious Studies Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Passover
Definition
10th plague, death of first born, annual celebration
Term
Pentecost
Definition
"feast of weeks" 1 day celebration approx 50 days after passover, outpouring of Holy Spirit
Term
Adonai
Definition
means Lord
Term
Yum Kippur
Definition
Day of atonement, Jewish celebration
Term
proverb
Definition
anthology of sayings and poems
Term
bible
Definition
little books
Term
manuscript
Definition
handwritten
Term
septuagint
Definition
greek translation of Hebrew Bible, 70
Term
Tetragrammaton
Definition
means 4 sacred letters
Term
Elohim
Definition
plural, multiple gods, not Isreal diety
Term
Yahweh
Definition
"I am who I am" YHWH
Term
Apocrypha
Definition
books excluded from the Hebrew canon that were composed thereafter
Term
prophet
Definition
messenger or announcer, "one who is called" "Thus saith the lord, hear this" forth-telling
Term
Major Prophets
Definition
long books, lots of chapters
Isaih, Jeremiah, Ezekiel
Term
Minor prophets
Definition
short books, brief in length
12
Term
Patriarch
Definition
first fathers
Term
Tanakh
Definition
Hebrew Bible, 24 total
T: Torah (pentateuch)
N: Nevi'im (prophets)
K: Kethuvim (writings)
Term
Exodus
Definition
"going out"
Term
Matriarch
Definition
first mothers
Term
Diaspora
Definition
"scattering" distibution of Jews outside the Palestine Kingdom
Term
Eschatology
Definition
"study of the last things" a doctrine of theological concept about the ultimate destiny of humanity
Term
Forty
Definition
meaning a long time
Term
Etiology
Definition
concerned with the origin
Term
Sheol
Definition
place people went when they died "abode of the dead"
Term
Johnathan
Definition
Son of Saul, friend of David, helped him escape Saul
Term
Samuel
Definition
Son of Hannah- barren, Nazarite, priest, judge, kingmaker, kingbreaker. annointed David
Term
Ishmael
Definition
Son of Abraham and Sarah's servant. Threat to divine promise
Term
Moses
Definition
born of Hebrew woman, rescued by Pharoah's daughter,free from Egyptian slavery, burning bush, red sea
Term
Bathsheba
Definition
Wife of Uriah, beautiful, king david sleeps w/ her. Plots with David
Term
Elijah
Definition
contest at Mt Carmel, taken up in a worlwind, never dies
Term
Aaron
Definition
brother of Moses, priests are descendants
Term
Mariam
Definition
Moses' sister
Term
Deborah
Definition
woman, prophetess
Term
David
Definition
chosen by Yahweh, annointed by Samuel, musician, harvest, courageous warrior, killed Goliath, Ist king of United Monarchy, greatest king ever
Term
Hagar
Definition
mother of Ishmael, Sarah's servant
Term
Naboth
Definition
owns vineyard, won't sell to King Ahab, Jezebel has him killed
Term
Zipporah
Definition
wife of moses, Midianite, daughter of Jethro
Term
Nathan
Definition
prophet, plots with Bathsheba to make Solomon king
Term
Jezebel
Definition
wife of King Ahab, worship of Baal, has Naboth killed
Term
Queen of Sheba
Definition
visited Samuel about fame, tested him, remarked on widsom, gave him riches
Term
Saul
Definition
1st king of Isreal, major unsung hero, tries to kill David, commits suicide so the Philistines won't kill him
Term
Elisha
Definition
suceeds Elijah, spirit rested on him, recieved Elijah's mantle
Term
Obadiah
Definition
shortest book in the Old Testament
Term
Tanak TNK
Torah 4-5 cent
Neviim 3 cent
Kethuvim 1 cent
Definition
Name of Hebrew Bible, its divisions, time composed
Term
Psalm 119, 176
Definition
Longest book in the bible, longest chapter, number of versus
Term
Yahweh
Definition
Personal name for God
Term
39
Definition
number of books in the protestant Christian Old Testament
Term
66
Definition
the number of books in the Protestant bible
Term
Kethuvim, 11, 1st century
Definition
the writings (section in the Christian Potestant bible, number of books, period belongs to)
Term
Enoch and Elijah
Definition
Persons who did not die, was taken up, left this world
Term
Abraham, Sarah
Isaac, Rebecca
Jacob, Rachel
Definition
names of the Matrirchs and Patriarchs
Term
2, Gen 2, 1, Adam and Eve
Definition
number of creation stories, place found in the bible, first male and female
Term
Cain killed Able
Definition
first murder in the bible, persons involved
Term
through Human Disobedience
Adam and Eve, Satan
Man: kicked out, work for livlihood
woman: kicked out, man rule over her, pain inchild birst
serpent: travel on belly
Definition
explain how sin came into the world, persons involved, punishments
Term
Ester and Ruth
Definition
onlt books in OT named after woman
Term
Jeremiah and job
Definition
men who cursed the days of their birth
Term
Ester
Definition
book not mentioning God
Term
Job
Definition
lost everything, even his health
Term
Black or ethipoian, Zephaniah
Definition
words kushite means, associated with what
Term
Ecclesiastes
Definition
Pessimistic book, "nothing under the sun"
Term
Job
Definition
got drunk, had sex with daughters
Term
5 books of the festival scrolls
Ester- Purim (pentecost, harvest)
Lamentation- destruction of the temple
Song of Solomon- passover
Ruth- feast of the week
Ecclesiates- feast of the tabernacles booth
Definition
The Megillot- definition, books, issues addresses, and festivals
Term
a sacred song, praises
hymn book of the temple
150
David
Royal enthronement, wisdom, complain, lament, thanksgiving, songs of praises
Definition
Psalms- meaning of word, purpose, number of Psalms, authorship, types of Psalms
Term
Psalms, Proverbs, lamentations, job
similies, metaphor, allegory, parellism, personification
types: synonyms, antthetical, synthetic/ format
Definition
Hebrew Potry, devices used, types of parallelism, personification
Term
Ezra reads from the book of the law of Moses
divorce accoring to law
circumcision according to law
refers to duetronomy

doubt:
creation story
Joseph sold into slavery
legal stipulations related to legal slaves (men vs woman)
Definition
Mosaic authorship and the documentary hypothesis
Term
delay of rebuilding 2nd temple
crop failure droubt, sterilty, unable to save wages "hole in a bag"
people have not rebuilt the temple
Definition
Haggai
Term
books universalism: a promise that "all the families of the earth will worship Yahweh alone"
building of temple is central role
Isreal's period of punishment is over
Definition
Zechariah
Term
people urged to repent of their sins and return to God
the day of the Lord: Judah restored Jerusalem inhabited forever other nations will be doomed
result of repentance: land fertility returns locusts and Judah's enemies will be gone
Definition
Joel
Term
concern: conditions in Judah a few generations after the return from the exile
focus of disputation: sacrificial cult at the rebuild of the sanctuary
god's complaint: people and priests insult him by offering deffective animals
Definition
Malachi
Term
books concern: God summons Jonah to Niniveh (reluctant to accept God's call)
Ninevah repents, wear sack cloth and and fast, Yahweh doesn't destroy Ninevah
Definition
Jonah
Term
mission: offering reassurance
theme: universalism
chapters: 55-56
result: the restored community becomes the world 'light" a bearer of social and economic justics
Definition
3 Isaih
Term
Theme: association w/ the wicked, blessings associated with the wise living
personified wisdom
proverb- concise, short wise saying on the meaning and truth about life
Definition
Proverbs
Term
answer to suffering:
1. keep faith during suffering and you will be rewarded
2. suffering may be a test of your faith
righteous, blameless man tested by God
Definition
Job
Term
a search for meaning amid a world in which evil flourished and good goes unrewarded
everything is futile, vain
challenges that the righteous are rewarded and the wicked are punished
pessimistic
Definition
Ecclesiates
Supporting users have an ad free experience!