2979378608 | Theodicy | The study of the origins of evil | 0 | |
2979381344 | Genesis | Greek name of the first book of the Hebrew Bible | 1 | |
2979388452 | Star/shield of David | Two triangles--one of the ancient signs of a man interposed on a female--creation--number 6 (there are six points) is significant | 2 | |
2979402385 | Holocaust | Burning sacrificing on the altars--sacrifice is flawless and faultless. | 3 | |
2979410351 | Apostasy | To turn your back on God | 4 | |
2979411317 | Atonement | To bring yourself back to God | 5 | |
2979413780 | Rabbi | Teacher | 6 | |
2979416458 | Relevation | Book is finished | 7 | |
2979416459 | Exegisis | To bring out from (Greek word) | 8 | |
2979420668 | Tanak | The name for the Jewish Bible--Acronym for Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim. All subsequent religiouns come from this book—religions of the book—book becomes the foundation. | 9 | |
2979444764 | Semitic Peoples | Originated in Mesopotamia—but they were nomadic, unlike the ones who settled and made their own empires. Not Arabian. Common stories, common language. All Semitic languages are templatic. All Semitic languages come from a common route. | 10 | |
2979458873 | Israel | Both a place and a people—where name for modern country comes from. | 11 | |
2979464386 | Diaspora 70 CE-1948 | Roman empire kicks the Jews out—jews rebelled often, so Romans said that if they returned they would be killed on sight. | 12 | |
2979483317 | Covenant | A legal agreement between two parties—if god is one of the parties, no choice to say no. | 13 | |
2979496806 | Masoretic Text | Hebrew text of the Old Testament | 14 | |
2979507451 | Torah | Means "Law." The pentateuch, books of Moses, first five books | 15 | |
2979513877 | Nevi'im | Prophets--anything that has to do with prophets | 16 | |
2979516473 | Ketuvim | Writings. Is further separated into different sections including a group of history books, wisdom books, poetry books and psalms. | 17 | |
2979549954 | Covenant of Noah | Will not destroy the earth again--by water | 18 | |
2979552951 | Noah--sign of the covenant | Rainbow | 19 | |
2979554497 | Covenant of Abraham | He will be the father of many nations | 20 | |
2979557247 | Abraham--sign of the covenent | Circumcision | 21 | |
2979561755 | Covenant of Moses | Jews will be God's people (and to do that, they must obey). | 22 | |
2979564193 | Moses--sign of the covenant | Ten commandments (decalogue) | 23 | |
2979566375 | Covenant of David | Royal bloodline of kings | 24 | |
2979570436 | David--sign of the covenant | Temple--a place to house God | 25 | |
2979574286 | Primogeniture | Everything goes to firstborn son. | 26 |
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