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RELG300
Religion 300 Winthrop University
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Torah | the first five books of the Tanakh, also means law and order |
| Tanakh | Synonym for the Hebrew Bible it is Christianity's Old Testament. |
| Talmud | Oral tradition that would be transmitted into text so that Jews all over could stay connected during diaspora |
| Apocrypha | Material texts that did not make it into the Canon. (scriptures, texts, etc.) |
| Convenant | Promise made between God and people. Abraham's Covenant was promised the land of Cannon and he would have offspring, favor, and blessing. |
| Circumcision | Promise made of the flesh between an individual and God. It was to represent the covenant, just as Abraham had done the same. |
| Diaspora | dispersion/scattering |
| Dead Sea Scrolls | Copies of Jewish texts found in a cave near the Dead Sea in 1949 that date back 1000 years earlier then any other text before its discovery. |
| Apocalyptic | Ideas about the end of the world |
| Holocaust | Mass killing of Jews under Hitler, 1/3 of Jewish population in the world was killed. |
| Zionism | The desire for the creation of an independent politically recognized state. |
| Kosher | Meat that has been cleaned by rules under Jewish law, proper food of Jewish Orthodoxy, meat and dairy are not to be mixed |
| Bar Mitzvah | The coming of age ritual/ puberty |
| Rosh Hashannah | Jewsih New Year, based around the lunar calender not the solar |
| Yom Kippur | Day of atonement, fast for whole day looking for the forgiveness of sins. Pray for reconciliation between you and humans and God |
| Hanukkah | Celebration for the re dedication of the temple . Where the oil lasted 8 days |
| Passover | Celebration of the Jewish escape from Egypt, most commonly practiced |
| Orthodox Judaism | The most conservative and traditional way of Judaism |
| Reform Judaism | less traditional and liberal, practice in synagogues not only done in Hebrew. There is no segregation between man and woman |
| Conservative Judaism | Traditional and reformed, but more towards traditional. Make up 2nd largest group. |
| Western Wall | The last remaining structure from the original temple |
| yarmulke or kippah | part of clothing practices for Jews |
| Midrash | Tackling the text and studying its meanings |
| Checkpoints | Check Palestinian credentials when they try and enter Israel, must have special papers to be able to get into Israel. |
| Camps | Area where Palestinians had been moved to, who once lived in Israel |
| Settlements | Israeli villages within the occupied territories, there so Israel may gain more influence in the area. |
| Occupied Territories | West Bank and Gaza Strip |
| hermeneutics | field of theological study that is to interpret scripture |
| Synoptic Gospels | Matthew, Mark, Luke it refers to the fact that they can be seen together as presenting rather similar views of Jesus' life |
| Gentiles | Any person who is not of Jewish faith but worshiped old gods whose religion was in decline. Supporter of emperor as a deity. |
| Pentecost | When the Holy Spirit came down from Heaven and presented herself to Jesus' disciples |
| Easter | Commemoration of the death of Jesus and his rise |
| Christmas | celebration of the birth of Jesus on earth |
| Pope | Bishop of Rome and leader of the Catholic Church |
| Excommunication | expulsion from participating in the sacraments, cutting a person off from redemption of the church. |
| Crusades | Military expedition undertaken by Christians of Europe 11th-13th century, to recover land taken by the muslims |
| Indulgences | remission of punishment for sin by the clergy through either services or payment |
| Sacraments | the sacred rites, outward and visible signs of spiritual grace |
| Eucharist | Christian sacrament by which believers are renewed in mythical body of Christ by partaking in consumption of the bread and wine |
| Fundamentalism | Movement to go back to the fundamentals of Christian faith |
| Evangelicalism | Preach Christian gospel and convert people to Christianity |
| Pentecostalist-charismatic Movement | It is the spirit of the Holy Spirit, they speak in tongues, it is ritualistic to feel the spirit |
| liberation theology | a faith that stresses the need for concrete political action to help the poor. |
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