Religion 10 #1

This Criticism determines how each book took shape from oral tradition to actual writing.

He translated the scriptures into Latin

This Criticism explains how various editors put together their sources and arranged them.

The number of books in the Catholic version of the Hebrew Scriptures

The sacred and literary language of the Old Testament

A significant tale told

An indifference to religion and a belief that religion should be excluded from civic affairs...

The name for the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures

A person who denies the existence of God.

These were composed by the Essene Community

The primary language Jesus spoke

This Criticism helps discover where the biblical authors got their material.

Religions that believe in the existence of many gods and goddesses.

A vice contrary to the virtue of religion that directs us away from God

This is the name of the Latin translation of the Bible

The process used by scholars to discover the meaning of the biblical text.

They believe in the sole primacy of Scripture.

the language of the Roman Empire changed from Greek to this language

The entire Christian Scriptures were written in this language.

Religions that believe there is only one God.

officially recognized collection of sacred books

The belief that God’s existence cannot be known.

the projection of human features or qualities on the divine “making a god in man’s image"

The number of books in the Protestant and Jewish versions of the Hebrew Scriptures

This Criticism tries to determine the historical context of the biblical text.

It is a human expression directed towards the answering of the greatest questions in life.

This tradition is how the biblical stories were passed along initially.