Chapter Three Old Testament JCGRTTW

Contains the Jewish Law and important instructions to believe and practice

Ruth was the great grandmother of King Saul

contains many collections of wise saying and bits of wisdom literature

prophets have long books named after them, they are known as 

Contains hymns and prayers

Narrates the history of how the Chosen People lived out the covenant in the Promised Land

The Torah is another name for the Pentateuch

contains stories about the Conquest of Canaan ( the Promised Land)

The Old Testament  focuses on the New Covenant given to us by Jesus Christ.

Joshua was a military leader.

There are forty-six Old Testament books in the Protestant canon.

means standard, measure, or rule. It is the official list of books found in the bible.

 the Greek term for "second canon"

God's messengers (they spoke for YHWH)

Biblical prophets mainly told the future.

Catholics and Protestants agree on the number of biblical books in the canon.

the only book of the Old Testament whose author is identified

The books that Catholics consider to be _____________________, Protestants call ______________.

The Bible translated from Hebrew to Greek by seventy scholars is the

Prophets who did not serve God well were often demoted from major prophet to minor prophet.

The first five books of the bible are called the Septuagint.

 giving worship to something or someone other than God

passed by word of mouth or spoken from person to person

Jews, Christians, and Muslims all look to Abraham as the father of faith.

the first part of the Christian Bible that recounts details of Salvation History 

Greek word that means "hidden" and refers to pious literature

Has stories about Abraham, Moses and Noah

Which of the following statements does NOT sound like it would come from a biblical prophet

Contain the writings of people who spoke for YHWH

One of four sections of the Old Testament is __________________