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theology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| protestant | the bibles of this religion contain 7 fewer books than those within the catholic |
| Exegesis | known as the process of interpreting scared scripture |
| Gentile | a non-jew |
| Exodus | Moses' leading the Israelite out of slavery in Egypt |
| St. Jerome | this saint translated the bible form Greek to Latin |
| Vulgate | the Latin translation of the bible |
| covenant | a sacred agreement with God |
| Historical criticism | uses archaeological information, along with past events, to determine the particular time period of a specific text |
| Form | a type of literary criticism that studies how a biblical book was developed |
| redaction criticism | types of critics make that focuses on how the writer's understanding of God influenced his writings |
| Tacitus Josephus | roman historians |
| Fundamentalists | people who take the bible literally |
| Deuteronomy | means "second canon" |
| Apocrypha | mean "hidden" |
| Inspiration | a method used by God to reveal himself and His truths to the human authors of scripture |
| manuscript | a piece of document written by hand |
| Qumran | where the dead sea scrolls where found |
| dead sea scrolls | found in 1947 in Qumran |
| Koine | Christian fellowship or communion, with God or, more commonly, with fellow Christians |
| canon | official list of inspired books that are contained within a cat |
| scribes | people who could write |
| evangelists | Mathew, mark, Luke and john |
| magisterium | the leading authority in the church when it comes to interpreting the sacred scripture |
| law | a code of conduct established by those in authority |
| Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek | translations the bible has been written in |
| Septuagint | translation of the old testament from Hebrew to Greek |
| lectio divinio | benedictine tradition that helps a person meet God through prayer and scripture |
| literalists | a person who translate text immediately |
| parable | story that is not based on actual events but still concerns a religious truth |
| father of the church | ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers. |
| Divine | the bible is the written word of ______revelation |
| liturgy | the official form of public worship of the church |
| inerrant | meaning "without error" |
| genealogy | researching one's ancestry |
| Catechism of the catholic church | sums up the beliefs of the catholic beliefs |