SCRIPTURE CH/ 3 TEST
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- 1. Abram-
- God promised him a land and a people; from him God established a community, the people of Israel (later renamed Abraham)
- 2. Abraham-
- means “Father of the Multitudeâ€
- 3. 1850 BC-
- is middle of the Bronze Age; it is the date given to the living time of Abraham.
- 4. Sarai-
- wife of Abram, Abram deceived pharaoh by claiming that his beautiful but childless l wife was his sister (later renamed Sarah)
- 5. Sarah-
- formally Sarai means “princessâ€
- 6. Hagar-
- Sarah’s maid who was offered to Abraham to conceive a son so Abraham would have an heir; the child was named Ishamel
- 7. Folklore-
- Beliefs, traditions, practices, and legends transmitted orally, often in story form.
- 8. Legend-
- story coming down from the past
- 9. Bronze Age-
- 2300-1600 B.C. (facts recorded in the biblical stories about marriage customs, legal contracts, travel, and lifestyle of semi-nomadic peoples all took place during this period)
- 10. Amorites-
- means “Westerners,†a Semitic people that began to migrate westward out of Mesopotamia around 2100 B.C.
- 11. Semites-
- decedents of Shem, Noah’s son.
- 12. Semite-
- derives from Noah’s son Shem, ancestor to Abraham.
- 13. Anti-Semitic-
- those of Jewish prejudice
- 14. Ur-
- is the Sumerian city, which Abraham originally came from.
- 15. El, Elohim-
- Chosen people Semitic name, El, to refer to God. Canaanite had a got named El, the father of all other gods and of all creatures. Elohiim is a plural form of El.
- 16. El Shaddai-
- means “God Almightyâ€
- 17. Yahweh-
- Hebrewâ€to be†Latin Vulgate translation is “I am who am†and Septuagint render the sacred name “He who is.â€
- 18. Adonai-
- means “Lordâ€
- 19. Jehovah-
- the combination of the vowels of Adonai, a-o-a, were added to create the hybrid word “Jehovah.â€
- 20. Tetragrammaton-
- 4 letters; YHWH; Greek for “four lettersâ€
- 21. Islam-
- trace their ancestry back to Ishmael
- 22. Covenant-
- an open-ended contract of love God makes with people. (Christians believe that Yahweh made a perfect covenant w/ all people everywhere for all time in time in the person of Jesus Christ)
- 23. B’rith-
- Hebrew word for covenant
- 24. Hesed-
- Hebrew word; the loving kindness/ mercy of God shown toward the Hebrew people of the Covenant
- 25. Circumcision-
- symbol of the Abrahamic Covenant
- 26. Sodom-
- the city destroyed by God because of their wicked perverted ways.
- 27. Flaming Torch-
- represented God as he walk thru the animal halves
- 28. Brazier-
- smoke/ fire represents the presence of God
- 29. Isaac-
- the son of Abraham & Sarah, the covenant would live though him
- 30. Ishmael-
- the son of Abraham and Hagar, Sarah’s maid.