| A | B |
| Catholic celebration of Passion, Death, Resurrection in real time | Triduum |
| animal cursed with sins of the Jews for the past year and put to death | scapegoat |
| Jewish warriors who sought the overthrow of Roman rule in Judea | zealots |
| highly symbolic writing; addresses the end times | apocalyptic writing |
| prophet to return before Messiah comes; John the Baptist fulfilled this role | Elijah |
| record of one's ancestors; in the Bible, usually there to show a person's worth | genealogy |
| material only Luke used in writing a gospel | L |
| end of the world; triumph of Christ; Paul expected it to come soon | parousia |
| early error; Jesus is not human, just divine; you need a special knowledge of God to be saved | gnosticism |
| 64 A.D.;set by Nero; Nero accused Christians & began persecuting Christians | fire of Rome |
| greek copy of Old Testament used in Catholic Bibles | Septuagint |
| area outside the Holy Land where Jews lived | Diaspora |
| mark of the covenant; required of Jewish men; Council of Jerusalem cancelled it | circumcision |
| the Bible is free from Theological error | biblical inerrancy |
| council of Pharisees that evicted Christians from Judaism; 80-90 A.D. | Jamnia |