Vocab Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
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A parchment of scriptural texts affixed to doorways
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Mezuzah
2
Q
Relating to the earliest age of human or world history
A
Primeval
3
Q
Theory of the origins and structure of the world
A
Cosmogony
4
Q
A literary form or style (e.g., history, law, poetry)
A
Genre
5
Q
Worship of one god without denying the existence of others
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Monolatry
6
Q
Manifestation of a divine being in physical form
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Theophany
7
Q
Hebrew term for the “binding” of Isaac in Genesis 22
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Akedah
8
Q
Religious rituals and practices of a group
A
Cult
9
Q
Marriage outside one’s people
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Exogamy
10
Q
Symbolic connection between people/events in different texts
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Typology
