Scriptural Foundations, Unit II (Chs. 2-3) Review

Military leaders who led the Israelites in battle against rival nations in the land of Canaan (e.g. Deborah, Samson)

Greek for “letter”; (New Testament) letters written to a particular church community

Official list of books considered to be divinely inspired, which therefore belong in the Bible

(Gk. = “placing two things side by side”]) a short story that illustrates a moral or spiritual lesson

Law given to Moses by God on Mt. Sinai, which, according to Jewish tradition, consists of 613 mitzvoth (commandments).

Greek for “teaching”; a summary of Christian teaching & practice; the earliest known Christian writing

Process of biblical interpretation employed by scholars to determine the literal meaning of a text

Sign & source of grace, instituted by Christ, by which divine life is bestowed on us through the Holy Spirit

Chest in which were kept the Tablets of the Law, brought down from Mt. Sinai by Moses

Originally just meant “nation” or “people” → non-Jews (i.e. all the nations besides the nation / people of Israel)

The process of sharing stories and other important pieces of information by word of mouth

A type of writing that has a particular form, style, or content

Second-century B.C. Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from Alexandria, Egypt.

Large mountainous region in the north of modern Israel-Palestine where Nazareth is located

Collection of ancient Jewish texts (c. 300 BC – 100 AD) discovered in Palestine near the Dead Sea between 1946-56

Hebrew for “teaching,” “instruction,” or (less correctly) “law”; refers to the first five (5) books of the Hebrew Bible

The mass departure of the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt, led by Moses

Greek for “five scrolls”; refers to the first five (5) books of the Hebrew Bible (a.k.a. the Old Testament)

Most influential theologians from the first eight (8) centuries of Christian history

The official public worship of the Church in which the 'People of God' participate (e.g. Mass)

Greek for “revelation” or “unveiling”; highly symbolic literature depicting the End of Days and the Final Judgment

Conference of bishops called by Pope John XXIII to consider the Church in the modern world (1962-65)

St. Jerome’s 4^th century translation of the Bible from Greek into Latin (common language of his day)

Seven OT books included in Catholic & Orthodox but NOT Protestant & Jewish canons; also called “Deuterocanonical Books"

Old English for “good news”; Jesus’ message of redemption and liberation; the four accounts of Jesus’ life in the NT

4th-5th century saint & theologian who translated the Bible into Latin

“Meaning conveyed by words of Scripture, discovered by exegesis, following rules of sound interpretation.” (CCC, 116)

Term for exiles during the Babylonian Captivity who were expected to return to Judea and rebuild the Temple.

Greek for "preaching" or "proclamation"; the core message of the Gospel

Greek for “universal”

Someone who spreads the ‘Gospel’ (lit. ‘Good News’) → author of a Gospel

Latin for “sacred reading”; tradition of prayerfully reading Scripture as a means of encountering/experiencing God.

Deeper underlying meaning of Scripture

People professionally trained to write before widespread literacy