Engaging Catholosism Midterm Exam

Canon - - an established set of principles or code of laws (A norm or rule of faith) set forth by a religion Covenant - A solemn agreement between human beings or between God and a human being in which mutual commitments are made (ex: The Abrahamic Covenant where God promises Abraham a land, descendants and blessing) pentateuch - A Greek word meaning "five books," referring to the first five books of the Old Testament torah - the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (the pentateuch) - the most sacred writings in the Jewish tradition The book of Exodus - - second book of the torah/pentateuch - Talks about Israel's slavery in Egypt - God confronting the Pharaoh through Moses - The departure of the Israelites from Egypt and rebelion - covenant at Sinai masada - - Ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. - It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea - At the end of the First Jewish-Roman War, a group of Jews was held under siege on Masada by Roman soldiers. Rather than surrender, the Jews eventually took their own lives. nazareth - - where Jesus grew up - city in Israel four source theory - - The relationship between the three Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke - Matthew = Mark + Q + M(unique to Matthew) - Luke = Mark + Q + L(unique to Luke) apocalyptic - - prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse- eschatological views and movements that focus on cryptic revelations about a sudden, dramatic, and cataclysmic intervention of God in history apocrypha - biblical or related writings not part of the accepted canon of Scripture Q source/"Q" - - A hypothetical written collection of primarily Jesus' sayings. - Part of material found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke - Material drawn from the early Church's oral gospel traditions septuagint - - greek version of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament) - includes the Apocrypha synoptic - to see with one eye (Luke, Mathew, and Mark's gospels are all kind of intertwined together) zealot - - a Jewish sect - Judea Province of the Roman Empire - 1st century CE - sought to expel Romans from the holy land by violent means - wanted to sought to incite the people of Judea Province to rebel pharisees - - Jewish sect - Strict adherence to the law - Believed in resurrection - Well known legal experts