Exam 1

Question 1

Canon

Answer 1

Rule and authority

Question 2

Torah

Answer 2

Hebrew for “teaching” or “instruction”

Question 3

Masoretic Text

Answer 3

Hebrew copy of the Old Testament that has come down to us from the Masoretes.

Question 4

Septuagint

Answer 4

Translation of the Old Testament into Greek.

Question 5

Hermeneutics

Answer 5

Science of interpreting the bible

Question 6

Via Maris

Answer 6

Latin term meaning The way of the sea

Question 7

King’s Highway

Answer 7

The King’s Highway was a trade route of vital importance in the ancient Near East, connecting Africa with Mesopotamia.

Question 8

Incarnation

Answer 8

Christian doctrine that God took on human form in Jesus Christ

Question 9

Pharaoh

Answer 9

God-king of the ancient Egyptians, to whom the people gave credit for the Nile’s annual flood.

Question 10

Covenant

Answer 10

Binding relationships between God and humans.

Question 11

Babylon

Answer 11

The whore

Question 12

Jerusalem

Answer 12

Land of Israel

Question 13

Pentateuch

Answer 13

First 5 books of the bible. Means Law

Question 14

Creatio Ex Nihilo

Answer 14

Means creation out of nothing

Question 15

Shalom

Answer 15

Hebrew word meaning peace

Question 16

Documentary Hypothesis

Answer 16

Source criticism

Question 17

Anthropomorphic

Answer 17

Having humanlike qualities

Question 18

Monotheism

Answer 18

Only one God

Question 19

Cosmogony

Answer 19

Account or theory concerning the origin of the universe

Question 20

Enuma Elisha

Answer 20

Akkadian title meaning On High

Question 21

Polytheism

Answer 21

Belief in or worship of more than one God

Question 22

Imago Dei

Answer 22

Means image of God

Question 23

Generations

Answer 23

Used to introduce a genealogy or personal history

Question 24

Epic of Gilgamesh

Answer 24

Written on 12 tablets parallel to the story of Noah

Question 25

Adam

Answer 25

The first man created from the dust of the Earth.

Question 26

Eve

Answer 26

First woman. Adam's companion

Question 27

Noah

Answer 27

The 10th patriarch. The flood

Question 28

Cain

Answer 28

First-born son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel.

Question 29

Ziggurat

Answer 29

Stepped tower of three to seven stages that was characteristic of ancient Mesopotamian temple complexes.

Question 30

Mesoptomia

Answer 30

Means between two rivers was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean.

Question 31

The Tower Of Babel

Answer 31

Tower intended to reach heaven

Question 32

Eden

Answer 32

The paradise garden where Adam and Eve once lived

Question 33

Flood

Answer 33

Great flood returns world to pre creation state. Cleansing

Question 34

Abram/ Abraham

Answer 34

First patriarch.

Question 35

Sarah

Answer 35

Wife of abram/abraham

Question 36

Isaac

Answer 36

Second patriarch. Name means laughter. Son of Abraham and Sarah and father of Jacob

Question 37

Jacob

Answer 37

 son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel.

Question 38

Joseph

Answer 38

son of the patriarch Jacob and his wife Rachel. Was given coat of many colors and sold into slavery by his brothers.

Question 39

Patriarch

Answer 39

Three individuals who stand at the fountainhead of the faith. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Question 40

Ur

Answer 40

A city in the region of Sumer, southern Mesopotamia

Question 41

Shechem

Answer 41

Canaanite city. Is city of tribe of manasseh

Question 42

Moses

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Lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Was raised by Egyptians and found in a rivee

Question 43

Hebrews

Answer 43

Term the Bible uses to describe Abraham and his descendants through Isaac and Jacob.

Question 44

Theophany

Answer 44

Manifestation of God

Question 45

Mount Sinai

Answer 45

the mountain at which the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God

Question 46

The Tabernacle

Answer 46

Dwelling place. Portable Temple of Yahweh

Question 47

Holiness Code

Answer 47

Name given to Leviticus 17-27, a section of Law devoted to right living outside the Tabernacle.

Question 48

Atonement

Answer 48

Removal of sin or defilement

Question 49

Levites

Answer 49

Descendents of Levi, one of the twelve sons of Jacob

Question 50

Shema

Answer 50

Name of important passage "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one"

Question 51

The four Old Testament Covenants

Answer 51

1. The promises God made to Abraham 2. The Law of Moses 3. The New Covenant 4. The oath God made with David

Question 52

Five books of the Pentateuch

Answer 52

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,Numbers, and Deuteronomy