Faith + Rev Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz Review

The "anointed one" promised by Old Testament prophets. A descendant of David who would set up an ideal kingdom

Refers to the 10 tribes from the Northern Kingdom that disappeared after being enslaved and exiled by the Assyrians.

You can grow in your relationship with God when you use the Bible as a Book of ______

The covenant God made with His Chosen People through Moses.

An event celebrated by the Jews commemorating when the angel of death 'passed over' the houses with lambs' blood on door

Jewish Feast of Dedication which celebrates the recovery and purification of the Temple from the Syrians in 164 B.C.

One who proclaims in word and deed the Good News of Jesus Christ

2nd Century BC Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made in Alexandria, Egypt

Inspired words of individuals that express God's Will

A critical interpretation used by scriptural scholars to understand the Bible

The name of the Southern Kingdom after the splitting of the monarchy.

Means "first gospel"; the initial sign of the good news that God did not abandon humanity's first parents or descendants

He was the first King of Israel

A sign and source of grace instituted by Christ + entrusted to the Church by which divine life is bestowed on us

God created us in His ____ and ____, which gives us a soul with intellectual powers, free will, and capacity to love.

A day of rest and prayer for the Jewish people on the seventh day of the week.

The portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant throughout their travels in the desert.

One part of the state of Adam and Eve before sin. This guaranteed inner harmony of human person + between man and woman

A term for non-Jewish people

Meeting places for study and prayer introduced by the Pharisees to study the Law and adherence to the covenant code.

Story that is not based on actual events, but still conveys a religious truth

Diffusion of Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean world after the conquest of Alexander the Great.

The official public worship of the Church

The official list of inspired books contained in the Bible; Hebrew word meaning "measure" or "list"

The name for the fallen angel who refused to accept God Kingdom; another word for him is Satan, or "Evil One"

Sacred Scripture teaches us the _______

Summarizes the Law, serving as its basic guide

People trained to write using the earliest form of writing before literacy was widespread

Statement of religious belief in the Church

The capacity to choose among alternatives... to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility.

A Benedictine prayer tradition of "sacred reading"; intent is for the person praying to meet God through the Scriptures

Number of Creation stories in the book of Genesis.

The process of relating stories and other information by word of mouth

The physical sign of the covenant between God and Noah.

The denial of God and the repudiation of faith

The first name given by biblical authors to the Chosen People.

The leading authority in the Church when it comes to interpreting Sacred Scripture

Those who interpret the Bible literally

Hebrew word for a Jewish master or teacher of the Torah.

The physical sign of the covenant between God and Abraham.

Killed his brother and asked "am I my brother's keeper?"

One part of the state of Adam and Eve before Sin. This grace was for people to share in God's life

A foundational event in which Moses led the Chosen People out of slavery from Egypt

Old Testament manuscripts discovered in a 1947 in a cave which predate the birth of Christ

A name to describe the "fathers of faith", namely Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

The second and greatest king of Israel, famous for uniting the Israelites again. 

Describes Adam and Eve's expulsion from paradise in the Garden of Eden into exile as a consequence of their disobedience

In ancient Israel, they acted as temporary military leaders as well as arbiters of disputes within and between tribes

St. Jerome's 4th Century translation of the Bible into the common language of the people at the time-- Latin

God's sacred name, revealed to Moses; it means "I am who am" or "I AM", and is never said by the Jews.