Quiz 1 Flashcards
(114 cards)
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monism (nondualism)
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unity of all into one single divine reality
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Numinous
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arousing spiritual or religious emotion; mysterious or awe-inspiring
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Sumer
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conglomerate of a dozen independent city‐states
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Uruk
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city dedicated to Anu . First independent Sumerian city-state. Contains the White Temple
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Eshnunna
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LOOK UP
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Anu
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Sumerian God chief diety of Sumerians; sky god, power ruling over heavens; god of Uruk
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Inanna
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Sumerian God goddess of fertility, love, and war
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Nanna
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Sumerian God chief diety of Ur
moon god
The illuminator
represented as 7 or 30 (lunar cycle)
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The Eshnunna votive statues
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one who offers prayers
list of accomplishments in honor of God
wakefulness is important
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Akh
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Egyptian spirit that survives death
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Ba
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individual personality; unique character
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Ka
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soul located in the heart (this is weighed at death) (the trial of great balance)
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Horus
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falcon god, sky god, associated with living king: son of Osiris and Isis
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Isis
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Mother goddess; wife of Osiris and mother of Horus; protects coffins
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Osiris
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God of the underworld; associated with deceased king
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The White Temple
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Ziggurat. The Temple of Anu
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The Warka Head
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The Warka Vase
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Naked Priest carries gifts to Inannas shrine. Inanna welcomes them at the door
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Ziggurat at Ur
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the one that looks newer, was restored.
Dedicated to nanna
surrounded by necropolis
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Henotheism
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inclusive monotheism, adhere to one particular god out of several
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Midrash
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interpretations of the Torah, explain jewish law
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Halakha
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jewish law
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Aggada
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non-legal jewish matters
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Rosh Hashanah
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jewish new year
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yom kippur
day of atonement
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Kosher
ritually fit for consumption
cut vein in single cut
cloven hooves
no shellfish
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The Torah Shrine, west wall
in Dura Europa
closed ark and menorah
binding of isaac scene
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586-38 BC
Babylonian Exile, Captivity under Nebuchadnezzar II
development of rabbinical judaism/ synagogue
promise land concept developed
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90 AD
Torah codified
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Abraham
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David
Reunites Jewish tribes and recaptures Jerusalem
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Solomon
Builds the first Temple in Jerusalem
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Moses
.
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Dead Sea Scrolls
.
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Talmud
Text of rabbinical judaism
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Tanakh
Hebrew Bible
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Kabbalah
the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible
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King David
Second king of kingdom of Israel
1000 BC
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King Herod
Roman King under Judes
73BC
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The Arch of Titus
Rome, shows sack of the second temple
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Mikvah
bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism
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Piyyut
religious poetry
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Tabernacle
Tabernacle means “tent,” “place of dwelling” or “sanctuary.”
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Temple Mount
On top of mountain in Jerusalem
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Zion
.
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The Parthenon
Athens 5th century BC
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The Oracle at Delphi
Priestess
consulted before undertakings
thanked afterwards by offerings
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The Pantheon
Rome
cosmology
mathematics of sacred
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Acropolis
Athens, Highest point of the city
Parthenon is on top
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Coffers/Coffering
inset panels
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Columns and Column capitals
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Dome
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Frieze
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Naos
The inner chamber or sanctuary of a Greek or other ancient temple
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Oculus
eye in pantheon
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Oracle
a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.
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Pediment
the triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style, typically surmounting a portico of columns.
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Peripteral Temple
free standing columns in the front (colonnaded portico) whereas the columns along the sides are engaged in the peripheral walls of the naos or cella.
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Portico
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a building.
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Polis
a city state in ancient Greece
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Rotunda
a round building or room, especially one with a dome.
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Temenos
sacred enclosure or precinct
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Triglyph and metope
In classical architecture, a metope is a rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze, which is a decorative band of alternating triglyphs and metopes above the architrave of a building of the Doric order.
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Hajj
pilgrimage to Mecca
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Hijra
Emigration of muslims from Mecca to Medina. Year one in Islamic calendar
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Ihram
State of ritual purity
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Islam
submission to god's will
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Ka'Ba
cube
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Kiswa
Covering on the Ka'ba
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Qibla
direction of prayer
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Qur'an
Recitiations
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Shahada
The proclamation of the faith
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Tawaf
Circumambulation
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Umma
the whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion.
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Al-Masjid al Haram
the sacred Precinct, mosque in mecca
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Mina
Tent city/ ritual stoning of Satan
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Plain of Arafat
Where adam and eve found each other
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Jabal Rahma
Mount of Mercy, location of muhammad's last sermon
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Feast of Sacrifice
celebrates abrahams attempted sacrifice of Ishmael
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Jumrat
ritual stoning of satan
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Sa'i
running, striving between mounts of Safa and Marwa
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Zamzam
well of pure water
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Basilica of Saint Denis
Paris
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The Chalice of Abbot Suger
.
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Narthex
an antechamber, porch, or distinct area at the western entrance of some early Christian churches, separated off by a railing and used by catechumens, penitents, etc
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Nave
the central part of a church building
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Apse
a large semicircular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof, typically at the eastern end, and usually containing the altar.
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Saint
a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and typically regarded as being in heaven after death.
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Martyrium
a church built above the tomb of a martyr or in honor of a martyr.
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Crusades
medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims
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Gothic style
characterized by slender vertical piers andcounterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
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anagogy
A mystical interpretation of a word, passage, or text, especially scriptural exegesis that detects allusions to heaven or the afterlife.
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transubstantiation
the conversion of the substance of the Eucharistic elements into the body and blood of Christ
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The reliquary statue of saint-Foy
young Christian convert living in Roman-occupied France during the second century. At the age of twelve, she was condemned to die for her refusal to sacrifice to pagan gods, she is therefore revered as a martyr, as someone who dies for their faith.
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Pilgrim's Badge of the Shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury
impressed badge shows the shrine of the martyred saint before it was plundered
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Penance
voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong.
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Reliquary
a container for holy relics.
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Pilgrim Badge
sold as souvenirs at sites of Christian pilgrimage and bear imagery relating to the saint venerated there.
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Effigy
a sculpture or model of a person.
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Visionary Experience
.
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Bona Fide
"good faith"
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Intercession
the action of intervening on behalf of another.
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Spolia
Parts of earlier buildings recycled and used in later structures, e.g. Roman column
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Hagiography
the writing of the lives of saints.
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Inti
sun god of the incas
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The ushnu site at Vilcashuamán
(Pyramid building with the steps) Inca
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Coatlicue
is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huitzilopochtli, the god of the sun and war.
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Coyolxauqui
was a daughter of Coatlicue and Mixcoatl and is the leader of the Centzon Huitznahuas, the southern star gods
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Huitzilopochtli
War aztec god
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Ceque System / Ceques
system was a series of ritual pathways leading outward from Cuzco into the rest of the Inca Empire
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Huacas
are believed by the Inca people to be a thing such as a mountain, passage, valley, or building
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Tawantinsuyu
The Inca referred to their empire as Tawantinsuyu, "the four suyu".
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Ushnu
ushnu platform was therefore a kind of stage from which the Inka king and his lords could observe and rule over an annual round of seasonal festivals and ceremonial events.
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The Chalice of the Abbot Suger
Acquired by Abbot Suger for the French royal abbey of Saint-Denis, near Paris, the stone cup was set in gold and probably used in the consecration ceremony for the new altar chapels of the church
