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Historical Jesus
Vocabulary, Encountering Jesus, Chapter 1
Term | Definition |
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Testament | covenant |
Septuagint | 2nd century BC Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made at Alexandria, Egypt |
New Covenant | the coming of Jesus Christ; the fullness of God's Revelation; the climax of Salvation History |
Inspiration | the guidance given to the human authors of Sacred Scripture |
Evangelist | so they wrote what God wanted written for our benefit |
Canon | the official list of the inspired books |
Catechesis | the process of religious instruction |
Synoptic Gospels | the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke |
Gospel | Good News |
Q | Quelle, source; common source of sayings of Jesus used by Matthew and Luke in the composition of their Gospels |