Sacred Stories I:Q3 Review

Question 1

The interpretation of the Bible that takes into account the various contexts for understanding.

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Contextualist

Question 2

"library of books"

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Bible

Question 3

The conditional covenant that God made with Israel at Mount Sinai

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Mosaic Covenant

Question 4

God promises that his descendants will number the stars

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Abraham

Question 5

To revise, edit

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Redact

Question 6

Literature that passes by word of mouth from one generation to the next.

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Oral Tradition

Question 7

"the law" of the Jewish faith; first five books of the Hebrew Bible

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Torah

Question 8

Prophets; the second division within the Jewish Bible

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Nevi'im

Question 9

A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

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Contract

Question 10

Made from Adam's rib

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Eve

Question 11

One Religious Truth from Gen 1 is . . .

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Humans are images of God

Question 12

One who reads and interprets Scripture as factually accurate.

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Literalist

Question 13

The divine assistance the Holy Spirit gave the authors of the books of the Bible

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Divine Inspiration

Question 14

God promises land, descendants, blessings

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Patriarchal Covenant

Question 15

God made a covenant with him, symbolized by a rainbow

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Noah

Question 16

the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham

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Esau

Question 17

A call from God to live a life of holiness in a particular manner and state of life.

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vocation

Question 18

"Writings"; the third section of the Hebrew scriptures

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Kethuvim

Question 19

A state of freedom reached after a struggle

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liberation

Question 20

Belief in one God

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Monotheism

Question 21

Could not conceive a child until she was very old

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Sarai

Question 22

A Religious Truth from the story of Abraham's covenant is . . .

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Abraham trusts God

Question 23

"I am who I am"

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YHWH

Question 24

A name for God which means LORD

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Adonai

Question 25

According to Gen 3. what is the cause of sin and suffering in the world?

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Human Choices

Question 26

Giving worship to something or someone other than the true God.

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idolatry

Question 27

A gift of God's self-communication which is realized by deeds and words over time.

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Revelation

Question 28

Only child of Abraham and Sarai

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Isaac

Question 29

What source refers to God as LORD?

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J

Question 30

Sarah's servant, the mother of Ishmael

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Hagar

Question 31

Abraham and his descendants are . . .

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Morally flawed

Question 32

the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover

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seder

Question 33

The story of God's saving action in human history

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Salvation History

Question 34

the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac

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Ishmael

Question 35

An appearance or manifestation of God to humans

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Theophany

Question 36

Another name for the Ten Commandments

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decalogue

Question 37

food that God gave the Israelites in the desert

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Manna

Question 38

Tricked his father by pretending to be his older brother

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Jacob

Question 39

Sold into slavery by his brothers

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Joseph

Question 40

wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau

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Rebekah

Question 41

a number of peoples of the ancient Near East, from whom the Israelites descended

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Semites

Question 42

made from clay and "breath"

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Adam

Question 43

led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus

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Moses

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