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NT World of Jesus
Vocabulary, Encountering Jesus Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gentiles | Non-Jews |
| Abba | Aramaic term for "daddy" |
| Chi-Rho | First two letters of the Greek word for Jesus Christ |
| apocalypse | "revelation" or "unveiling" |
| Pentateuch | First five book of the Old Testament |
| Angels | God's messengers |
| Torah | The Law or divine teaching revealed to Judaism |
| Ark of the Covenant | portable shrine holding tablets on which Moses wrote the Law |
| Sanhedrin | The seventy-one member supreme legislative and judicial body of the Jewish people. |
| Hasmonean Dynasty | Descendants of the Maccabees who ruled in Judea after the Syrians were ousted in 128BC |
| Dead Sea Scrolls | ancient scrolls containing the oldest known manuscripts of the OT in Hebrew |
| Qumran | ancient Essene monastery on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea |