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Religion Vocab. 2024

This is the Honors Abrahamic Religions Vocabulary study tool.

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Monotheism The belief that there is only one god.
Polytheism Belief or worship of more than one god.
Hebrews A theological treatise addressed to early Christians and included as a book in the New Testament.
Judaism A religion developed among the ancient Hebrews and characterized by belief in one transcendent God who revealed himself to Abraham, Moses, and the religious life in accordance with scriptures and rabbinic traditions.
Torah The body of wisdom and law contained in Jewish Scripture and other scared literature and oral tradition.
Abraham An Old Testament patriarch regarded by Jews as the founder of Hebrew people through his son Isaac and by Muslims as the founder of the Arab people through his son Ishmael.
Gospels The message concerning Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation.
Messiah The expected king and deliverer of the Jews.
Bapitized To purify or cleanse spiritually especially by a purging experience or ordeal.
Disciples One who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another.
Parables Short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious princible.
Saul/Paul The first king of Isreal.
Missionary A person undertaking a mission and especially a religious mission.
Theodosius the Great A Roman Empire emperor from 379 to 395.
Constantine the Great A Roman Empire emperor from 306 to 337.
Hadith A narrative record of the sayings or customs of Muhammad and his companions.
Imam The prayer or leader of a mosque.
Ka' ba Islam's most important mosque.
People of the Book Muslims believe that Jews and Christians have strayed from God's true faith but hold them in higher esteem than pagans and unbelievers. They call Jews and Christians the "People of the Book" and allow them to practice their own religions.
Ramadan The ninth month of the Islamic year as scared with fasting practiced daily from dawn to dusk.
Caliph A successor of Muhammad as temporal and spiritual head of Islam.
Five Pillars of Faith The Five Pillars of Faith: 1. Profession of Faith 2. Prayer 3. Alms 4. Fasting 5. Pilgrimage
Islam The religious faith of Muslims including belief in Allah as the sole deity and in Muhammad as his prophet.
Jihad A holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty.
Makkah A place regarded as a center for a specific group, activity, or interest.
Moses A Hebrew prophet who led the Israelite out of Egyptians slavery and at Mt. Sinai delivered the law establishing God's covenant with them.
David A Hebrew Shepard who became the second king of Israel in succession to Saul according to biblical accounts.
Solomon A son of David and 10th century b.c. king of Israel proverbial for his wisdom.
Ten Commandments The ethical commandments of God given according to biblical accounts to Moses by voice and by writing on stone tablets on Mount Sinai.
Covenant A usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : COMPACT.
Prophet One regarded by a group of followers as the final authoritative revealer of God's will.
Sabbath The seventh day of the week observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening as a day of rest and worship by Jews and some Christians.
Diaspora The settling of scattered communities of Jews outside Isreal.
Talmud The authoritative body of Jewish tradition comprising the Mishnah and Gemara.
Gentile A person of a non-Jewish nation or of non-Jewish faith.
Rabbi A Jew trained and ordained for professional religious leadership. A rabbi is specifically an official leader of a Jewish congregation.
Synogogues A Jewish congregation.
Muslim An adherent of Islam.
Qur'an The book composed of sacred writings accepted by Muslims as revelations made to Muḥammad by Allah through the angel Gabriel
Shari'ah Islamic law based on the Qur'an.
Sunnah The body of Islamic custom and practice based on Muhammad's words and deeds
Trade Routes A route followed by traders.
Crucifixion Extreme and painful punishment, affliction, or suffering.
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