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Religion Test 1
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
01/29/2009

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Messiah

 

Definition

anoited one "blessed"

 

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biblical critiscm
Definition
a descriptive title for series of critical disciplines/perspective that refer to different focal elements as expressed in the text
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Form criticism

 

Definition
Seeks to analyze the individual statements or traditions within the text in order to determine what the sociological conditions were of the early community that caused them to remember the event while forgetting other events
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historical criticism
Definition
seeks to reconstruct the historical context in order to evaluate whether the text is intended to be taken historically, or to be understood in terms of narrative based on historical evidence
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literary criticism
Definition
seeks to understand the literary type or genre encountered in the text
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lower criticism
Definition
the anaylsis of available evidence to determine the original text of the Bible
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readation criticism
Definition
is a method of analyzing certain portions of the Bible which appear to have been created by an editing process in which redactors(editors,compliers) have a combined various source document into the form that we see in the Bible
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rhetorical criticism
Definition
is a discipline within the broader study of rhetoric whereby the researcher seeks to understand those communicative principles that shape the passing on of information in a formal manner
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sociological criticism

Definition
examination of scripture seeking to discern the significance of literary Biblical text through sociological theory and cultural anthropology
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source criticism
Definition
a subdivision of Historical Criticism which seeks to discern original authorship
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source criticism
Definition
seeks to idenitfy the resources used by a writer to develop the theological statement in the text.
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structural criticism
Definition
examination of biblical text based upon understanding the linguistic structures of the text
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textual criticism
Definition
raises questins regarding the reliability of the text itself. What is the nature of the text, where did it come from, how reliable is the text.
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Tradition criticism
Definition
attempts to understand how certain traditions were passed down prior to writing of the text. Some of these traditions may have been oral traditions, some written
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Tanak
Definition
Torah, Nevi'im, Kethuvim
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Torah
Definition
Divine Instruction
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Nevi'im

Definition
Prophets
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Kethuvim
Definition
Writings
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Qur'an
Definition
Islam Sacred Book
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Monotheism
Definition
Single God
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Polytheism
Definition
multiple Gods
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Biblia
Definition
Book, Witness Testimony
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Apocrypha
Definition
14 books inter-testamental peroid
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Pentateuch
Definition
Greek five scrolls, 1st 5 books = Torah
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Canon
Definition
official list, authetic scripture
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oracles
Definition
pronouncement (presumably inspired)
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Apocalypse

 

Definition

"uncovered"

Daniel is the only book in OT that is

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Jacob
Definition
Hebrew etymology (trickster) whose idenity is renamed and consecrated Israel
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Judah Southern state
Definition

Home to david

 alluded to in generality as Israel

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Israel
Definition
first revognized adoption of name by 10 Northern tribes who succeeded creating a cultural schism with remaining counterpart Tribe of Judah
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Judeans

Definition
inhabitants of Judahm substantively the people dwelling in the Southern Tribal area and central governing complex of Sacramental Sovereignty and Governmental Administrative Nation-State.
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Jews

Definition

People of Judah, Judeans

(generally : people of Hebrew speaking ancestery)

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Diaspora
Definition
scattering exiled from homeland or regional area
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Hebrew

Definition
indigenous semitic togue
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Aramaic
Definition
hebrew blended with Armenian and Greek Hellenistic
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Koine
Definition
Common Greek
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Qumran

Definition
Ascetic/Monastic Society credited with Dead Sea Scrolls
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Codex
Definition
A transitional early manuscript form of a book used to replace scrolls
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