Vocabulary Quiz (b.)

God’s sacred name, revealed to Moses. It means ‘Iam who I am’ or ‘I AM.’

Knowledge of the existence of God and who God is that can be discovered by human reason while reflecting on creation.

Hebrew word means to ‘study,’ ‘investigate,’and ‘interpret.’ It means to take ancient stories andbring them to new life

A Hebrew word meaning ‘teaching’ or ‘law.’ It refersto the first five books in the Hebrew Bible.

The four letters of God's name in Hebrew: YHWH.

In the Bible, the first woman, wife of Adam and the mother of Cain and Abel.

A name for God meaning ‘Lord’ or ‘master’ used to refer to God out of respect for the sacredness of the name YHWH.

The story of God’s saving action in human history.

This refers to the way God communicates knowledgeof God to humankind, specifically in the SacredScriptures/Bible.

An attribute of God meaning that God is all-good.

Process used by scholars to discover and unpack the meaning of the biblical text (examples: form and source criticisms)

Using human characteristics to describe something/someone who is not human.

Meaning literally ‘five books,’ this is a Greek term forthe first five books in the Bible.

An attribute of God meaning that God is all-powerful.

An attribute of God meaning that God is all-knowing.

The land God promises to the Israelites. Geographically, this land is the same as ancient Palestine.

In the Bible, the first man.