Studied by 3 peopleScripture
Sacred Writings
Inspiration
God influences a human author to understand and accurately translate his words
Canon
Official list of books in the Bible
God
Supreme being who made all things out of love
Bible
The Story of the relationship between God and creation
Gospel
"Good news" The story of the life death and resurrection of Jesus
Number of Books in the Bible
73 Books
Number of Books in the Old Testament
46
Number of Books in the New Testament
27
Language's in the Bible
Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic
How the Bible is structured
Like a New paper with various different stories that aren't in order with various different author's
Pentateuch
five, The first five major books of the Old Testament
5 stories in the Pentateuch
Gensis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
1st Major section of the Bible
Pentateuch
2nd Major section of the Bible
Historical Books
3rd Major section of the Bible
Wisdom Books
4th Major Section of the Bible
Prophetic Books
Gensis 10:4 (What is Gensis)
The Book
John 12:6 (What is 12)
Chapter
Matthew 7:2 (What is 2)
Verse
Sabbath
the 7th day of rest
Covenant
Sacred promise between God and Creation
Etiology
Explanation for why something is the way it is
Immanent
close, human like
Transcendant
far away, magical
Tradition
A Truth passed down by the Holy Spirit
Myth
A story that brings together the basic parts of existence
Free Will
A humans ability to use reason to choose
Adam
First Man, Father of Cain and Able, and committed first sin
Eve
First Women, Mother of Cain and Able, committed first sin
What is a Snake according to the Bible
cunning
Original holiness
State of Adam and Eve before sin
The Fall
Adam and Eve fall from holiness
What Tree did they Eat from?
Tree of Wisdom
Original sin
first sin committed by Adam and Eve, Cause of Human Brokeness
Sin
A choice that hurts our relationship with God self and Others
Mercy
To show compassion
Adams Punishment
He has to work hard until he dies to get food
Eve's Punishment
Child Birth is Painful
Snakes Punishment
He has to slither to move "You will strike at their heels while they strike at your head"
What god made for Adam and Eve
Leather Clothes
What does God protect after Adam and Eve's Sin
The Tree of Life with a sword of fire
Cain
1st Son of Adam and Eve, killed his brother, Was a farmer
Able
2nd Son of Adam and Eve, was a shepherd
Birthright laws
oldest son inherits a majority of the fathers wealth and status
Complementarity
pairs of opposites
Religious Truth
A lesson we uncover about God ourselves and others
God's warning to Cain
"Sin is at the door"
What Cain says after God asks where Able is
"Am I my brothers keeper"
Cain's punishment
he will have to wonder the earth
Given to Cain so he will not be killed
A Mark that if he is killed will be avenged 7 times over
Noah
Built a Ark, Got 2 of every animal on a ark with his family, was chosen by God
Why God decided to flood the world
Humans are nothing but evil some he want to get rid of them
What measurement system did Noah use to built the Ark
cubits
Who does Noah bring with him on the Ark
his 3 sons and their wifes , his wife
What Noah did right when he left the ark
Built a alter
Alter
Sacred place for offerings and sacrifices
Sign of the covenant between God and Noah, and what is
Rainbow, God will not flood the world again
What Noah and his family were
the new Adam and Eve
Why did God scatter the people at the Tower of Babel?
They built a tower up to the heavens to equal themselves with him
Why is the tower of babel called the Tower of Babel
Because it is where the world was scattered
What happened to people after the scatter at the Tower of Babel
they were all speaking different languages and they couldn't understand each other
Patriarch
the male head of a family or tribe
Canaan
The promised land that God promised to Abraham
tunic
What Jacob gave to Joseph
Egypt
Where Abrahams descendants ended up after Joseph
Abraham
Father of Israel and follows god's instructions (Father of a Multitude of Nations) [old name Abram]
Sarah
Abrahams Full Wife who insists he gets rid of Hagar (Princess) [old name Sarai]
Hagar
Abrahams Cocubine who tries to run away
What religions came from Abraham
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Abrahams problem
He is gonna die without a male heir with all this land
What is Gods call to Abraham
To move to Cannan
a call
An invitation from God to do good
What is Gods covenant with Abraham
"you have as many descendants as there are stars in the sky
What is the problem with Sarah
She isn't having kids
What does Abraham do to get a male hair
Make Hagar his cocubine, and Sarah his full wife
What does Hagar do when she finds out she's pregnant
She runs away and then makes a covenant with God and goes back.
Ismael
Son of Abraham and Hagar his 1st son, and descendants founded Islam (God has heard)
Isaac
Son of Abraham and Sarah 2nd son and Descendants founded Judaism and Christianity (sounds like laughter)
What Abraham does to Hagar and Ismael
Kicks them out
What God Tells Abraham to do after he has a male heir
to Kill Isaac
What is symbolic about Abraham and Isaac going up the mountain
Isaac is holding the wood that he will be killed on which is like Jesus with the cross
What happens before Abraham kills Isaac
He sends a angel down to tell him he doesn't have to kill him, and that he has proven his worthiness
Rebekah
wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
What does Isaac do to get a wife
he sends a servant to Haran to get a wife
What is the test Rebekah passes
helped the servant at the well
Esau
1st son of Jacob and Rebekah was red and hairy
Jacob/Israel
2nd son of Jacob and Rebekah, and was cunning
How were Jacob and Esau Born
Jacob was holding onto Esau's Heel
How did Jacob trick Esau
He gave his brother some food for his birthright
How did Jacob trick Isaac on his deathbed
He put goat skin on his hand, and got his favorite food before Esau, did tricking him into thinking he is Esau and giving him the blessing
What did Jacob after he got the blessing
He left to get a wife
Brideprice
husband pays father for bride
Dowry
Dad gives daughter money
How did Laban trick Jacob?
He gave him Leah instead of Rachel for 5 year of work making him work another 5 years for him
How many kids did Jacob have in total
13, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Issachar, Asher, Zebulun, Diana, Joseph, and Benjamin
What does Jacob decide to do
Go back to Canaan wit his family
name change in the Bible
God is giving a new covenant a new call or a new way of life
How does Jacob change his name to Israel
He fights a Angel and wins, hurts his Hip
What do Israel and Esau do
Forgive each other
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