Duplicate of Old Testament Unit 2/Chapter 3

This name passed into history as a symbol for any oppressive empire or state

Genesis Chapter 4

A combination of idol worship (idolatry) and worship of many gods

The innermost, spiritual aspects of humans

A spiritual, personal, & immortal creature with intelligence and free will, who glorifies God, serves as God’s messenger

Binding & solemn agreement between human beings or between God & people, holding each to a particular course of action

Baptism

Genesis Chapter 3

God will not wipe out humanity with a flood again, no more destruction by flood

The scientific theory that proposes that current forms of life developed gradually out of earlier ones

Epic of Gilgamesh corresponds closely with which Genesis story

A more generic name for Israel’s God, translated simply as “God”

Polygamy

The name of the land God promised to give to Abraham

The surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis; the physical sign of the covenant between God and Abraham

Gentile

The new name given to Jacob by God

A wanderer and The “father of faith,” not only for Judaism but also for Christianity and Islam

physical sign of the covenant between God and Noah

good angel, but became evil through his own choices, along with other angels, who then are called “demons” or “devils.”

patriarchs

The first eleven chapters of Genesis are considered to be examples of this

Genesis Chapter 2

Genesis Chapter 1

The Dreamer

Symbolic stories that express a spiritual truth or a basic belief about God

 The sin of disobedience committed by Adam and Eve that resulted in their loss of original holiness and original justice

How the ancient Hebrews preserved their stories for thousands of years, prior to its written form