religion7 midterm Flashcards
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Yahweh means
I am
Another name for a gospel writer is a
Evangelist
The Aramaic word for father was
Abba
Among all the scriptures ————– are our principle teaching about the life of Jesus.
The gospel
Synoptic means
Looking at together
The different gospel writers
Wrote for different audiences and gave different emphasis.
Ancient and historical methods of writing
Are very different
God making himself known to us is called
Divine revelation
Ancient writers frequently set truth into the form of a story because
It helped their hearers to remember and pass it on verbally
The type of writing that authors chooses to get a message across is called
Literary form
How is the account of John’s birth similar to births of Old Testament figures?
Angel choirs sing at his birth
Someone who comes immediately before another to indicate a persons approach is
Precursor
The 3 religions that make up Israel in Jesus,s time
Samaria
Galilee
Judaea
Jesus knew these languages
Aramaic
Hebrew
Greek
A favorite pastime in Jesus’s day was
Dancing
Instead of going to the theatre Jews of Jesus’s time
Listened to traveling storytellers and teachers
The one who had overall authority in the temple was
The high priest
What is Solemn agreement between god and his people called
A biblical covenant
For the Jews ————- is a day of fasting and repentance
Day of atonement
Where did Jesus go to pray in Nazareth
The synagogue
The special influence of the Holy Spirit on human authors of the bible is called
Inspiration
The bible is not like any other book because
It has divine origin and authority
By saying that god is the divine author of the bible we mean
He acted in and through the writers inspiring them.
Gods revelation passed on by word of mouth is called
Tradition
