RELIGION CH 1/2 VOCAB WORDS

TESTAMENT

• Proof that something exists or is true

DEAD SEA SCROLLS

• Ancient Hebrew scrolls found in caves in the Dead Sea

OLD TESTAMENT

• The first collection of stories found in the Bible telling the story of the Israelites in the time before Jesus

NEW TESTAMENT

• A collection of stories in the Bible from the life of Jesus and beyond that.

BIBLE

• Collection of Biblical stories telling the history of the Israelites

INSPIRATION

• An idea or thought that brings about an idea

TRADITION

• The passing of belief or culture from generation to generation

MAGISTERIUM

• The authority to decide what is Holy to the Catholic Church

CANON

• A list of texts which a religious community regards as authoritative scripture

PENTATAUCH

• First five books of the Bible

TORAH

• The Hebrew Scripture

CHAPTER 2

GENESIS

• The first book of the Bible that describes creation

FIRST CREATION ACCOUNT

• The seven day story of Gods creation of the Earth in chronological order

POLYTHEISM

• The belief in many gods

MONOTHEISM

• Belief in one god

SABBATH

• The "holy day", a day of rest on the 7th day of the week

CREATIONISTS

• People who believe in Gods creation of the Earth in 7 days

EVOLUTIONISTS

• People who believe we came to live as we do today through evolution

SECOND CREATION ACCOUNT

• A one day occurrence rather than 7 that explains how and in what order God created the Earth

ORIGINAL SIN

• The sin committed by Adam and Eve that gave the rest of the world sin

ADAM AND EVE

• The mother and father of creation, they committed the original sin

CAIN AND ABEL

• The sons of Adam and Eve who betrayed each other for God's favor

NOAH

• The Patriarch who created a ship to save himself and animals during a massive flood, they then had to speak different languages

TOWER OF BABEL

• The tower with which God's people thought they could create a stair way to him

ABRAM

• The patriarch who is the father of all of Judaism

SARAI

• Abrams wife, who gave birth to a new generation

SEMITES

• Jews and Arabs who speak a Semitic language

CANAAN

• A region in the ancient near East in Biblical times

HAGAR

• Abram's second wife after Sarai

ISHMAEL

• Abraham's first son

HOSPITALITY

• The action of warmly inviting someone into your home

ISAAC

• Second son of Abraham, only of Sarai

REBEKAH

• The spouse of Isaac

ESAU

• Born in Canaan, son of Isaac and Rebekah
• Betrayed by his brother Jacob

JACOB

• Stole the birthright from his older son, Esau

ISRAEL

• Gods people, origin of Judaism

RACHEL

• Mother of Joseph and Benjamin

LEAH

• Sister of Rachel

JOSEPH

• Son of Rachel

BENJAMIN

• Son of Rachel