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| What part of the bible established the foundation for the relationship between God and his people | Scriptures found in the Old Testament |
| What presents the covenant the God made with the Israelites? | the Scriptures |
| What do Christians have to understand in order to fully understand God or their faith? | the Old Testament |
| How do the Jewish community mark the days? | from sunset to sunset |
| When does the Sabbath start and end? | starts on Friday at sunset and ends on Saturday at sunset |
| What does the Sabbath commemorate? | the end of God's work of creation |
| What is the Sabbath also a day of? | to remember Israel's liberation from slavery in Egypt |
| What is the Sabbath? | a sign of the everlasting covenant God made with his people |
| What is a striking characteristic of the celebration of the weekly Sabbath? | typically celebrated more at home than at synagogue. The celebration of the Sabbath begins with the ritual meal on Friday evening |
| How do Christians celebrate Jesus' Resurrection? | gathered on Sunday for a ritual meal as Jesus had instructed during the Last Supper. They would break bread in his memory, read from Scripture, discuss Jesus' teachings, and celebrate Christ as their new Passover |
| How does the Church celebrate Jesus' Resurrection today? | today, the Church sets aside Sunday as a day of rest |
| What is Biblical inspiration? | the process by which God assisted a human author in writing a book of the Bible. |
| What is Divine Revelation? | God's communicating of himself and of his plan of goodness throughout history |
| What is the Bible? | the written record of God's revelation |
| Canon | the official collection of inspired books of sacred scripture |
| What language was the Old Testament written in? | Hebrew |
| Why were many Jews dispersed and living in a world influenced by Greek culture and language? | Babylonian exile |
| What does Septuagint mean? | seventy |
| What does Septuagint mean seventy? | it was translated by seventy scholars in seventy days |
| What are the books not considered part of the traditional Jewish canon called? | Deuterocanonicals (second canon) |
| What does the canon of scripture reflect? | the faith of the Church |
| Who was the original audience of the Old Testament? | Israelites |
| Where do the events of the Old Testament take place? | the ancient Near East |
| What is the Fertile Crescent? | a semicircle of rich farming and grazing land extending from the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea and the head of the Persian Gulf |
| When did Oral Tradition exist? | before the invention of writing |
| What were the written sources for the Old Testament? | letters, memoirs, genealogies, and palace and temple records |
| How were the human writers of the Old testament influenced? | by other cultures of the ancient near east |
| What were the first five books referred to as? | "The Law", "Torah", and "Pentateuch" |
| What are the large groups of the Old Testament? | The Law, historical books, wisdom books, and prophetic books |
| What are the 5 books of the Law? (in order!!) | Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy |
| Origin Story | an explanation of how something came to be |
| Short Story | a type of brief narrative in which characters and a plot are fully developed |
| Psalms | poetic |
| Epic | the detailed story of a hero/ exaggerated |
| Folklore | the composite of traditional customs, art forms, tales, and sayings preserved among a people |
| Parable | a short illustrative story that teaches a moral |
| Oracle | consists of words of wisdom or advice |
| Narrative | a story |
| Myth | symbolic language a reality that transcends experience |
| Imagery | refers to the concrete sensory details that make a literary work vivid and realistic |
| What are the 2 most common types of figurative language? | simile and metaphor |
| Parallelism | the repetition of words and phrases, or the repetition of thought patterns |
| Irony | a literary technique in which what is said or done is contrary to what is expected |
| Symbolism | the representation of abstract or intangible things through symbols |
| An ancient symbol of God's protection and presence | Art of the Covenant |
| Departure of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery under the leadership of Moses, who was led by God | Exodus |
| the founding mothers of Israel | matriarchs |
| the worship of one God | monotheism |
| the moral order that is part of God's design for creating the law that expresses the original moral sense | natural moral law |
| the worship of many gods | polytheism |
