Chapter 4 Terms Midterm

Question 1

a literary device in which human emotional qualities and physical traits are attributed to God

Answer 1

anthropomorphic

Question 2

a common Semitic word for God used in the Bible. it appears in Hebrew names

Answer 2

Elohim

Question 3

the babylonain creation myth

Answer 3

Enuma Elish

Question 4

the dogma that God’s eternal son assumed a human nature and became man inorder to save us from our sins. the term means taking on human flesh.

Answer 4

incarnation

Question 5

an inclination to commit sin that arises from our human desires of appetites. it is one of the temporal consequences of original sin, even after receiving baptism

Answer 5

concupiscence

Question 6

a period of time that refers to events or objects that date before the written record existed

Answer 6

prehistory

Question 7

the name for the descendants of the twelve sons of jacob

Answer 7

12 tribes of israel

Question 8

an appearance or manifestation of god, as when he appeared to Moses in a burning bush

Answer 8

theophany

Question 9

the portable sanctuary in which the jews carried teh ark of the covenant throughout their travels in the desert

Answer 9

tabernacle