vocabulary
The personal name for God of Israel, revealed to Moses on Mt. Sinai, meaning "I am who I am."
What is Yahweh?
God's promise to Abraham
What is descendants as countless as stars?
Who is Moses?
The first five books of the Old Testament; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
What is Passover?
how the old testament is divided
What is into 4 books: the pentateuch and wisdom, prophetic and historical
The sin that Adam and Eve committed, and what they lost
What is original sin and the loss of God's grace and human immortality
God's saving intervention in history by which he liberated the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt, made a covenant with them, and brought them into the Promised Land. The Books of Exodus, the second of the Old Testament, narrated the saving history
central theme: beginnings, creation, human rebellion (the fall) and the choice of the patriarchs
key focus: the creation of the universe, the introduction of sin, and God calling Abraham's family to start the lineage of promise (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph)
(hint! it is one of the books of the pentateuch)
What is Genesis?
While shepherding his flock, God called to Moses from this
What is a bush that burned but was not consumed?
Also known as Pasch; Jewish feast commemorating the deliverance of the Jewish people from death by the blood of the lamb sprinkled on the doorposts in Egypt, which the angel of death saw and passed over. The Eucharist celebrates the new Passover.
What is passover?
≥Central Theme: Redemption, freedom from slavery, and covenant formation
Key focus: God rescuing the Israelites from Egypt through Moses, the Passover, the parting of the Red Sea
(hint! one of the books of the Pentateuch)
What is Exodus?
The action of Moses that shows our flight from sin and death through the waters of Baptism
What is the crossing of the Red Sea?
Third book of the Bible; named from its contents which deal entirely with the service of God and the religious ceremonies to be performed by the members of the tribe of Levi, both priests and Levites
The books of the Pentateuch
What are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy?
The five proper forms of worship according to Moses
What is the holocaust or principal sacrifice, The peace offering, The sin and trespass offering, the bloodless sacrifice, and the guilt offering?