Vocabulary
Books that the Church has determined are not inspired by God
What is Pseudapigrapha
Genesis, Exodus, Numbers
What are Law Books
Practices and beliefs that transmit God's truth in the Gospel through the Church.
What is Tradition
What is the Magisterium
The events of the Old Testament took place next to these major rivers
The Tigris and the Euphrates
Rolls of papyrus found in caves in the Holy Land, which contain some of the oldest existing copies of many of the books of the Old Testament
What are The Dead Sea Scrolls
Judges, Joshua, Judith
A number of methods of studying the Bible that aim to discover what God is communicating- both to the people of the Bible and today
The Books of the Bible that the Church has determined were not inspired by God?
Pseudapigrapha
The area known as the Promised Land for the Israelites
What is Tradition
Isaiah, Baruch, Ezekiel
What are Prophetic Books
Examples of these include pottery, tools and clothing. Used by archaeologists to help learn about humans and their lives in the past.
What are artifacts
The concept that written Scripture along with its interpretation was handed down from the first Apostles, to the leaders of the Church today
Apostolic Succession
The area of land next to two rivers where early civilizations, including Israel, first began. Shaped like a moon.
The Fertile Crescent
An official list of books belonging to the Bible, both the Old Testament and the New Testament
What is Canon
Sirach, Proverbs, Psalms
What are Wisdom Books
Scripture was written by human men, but they were given assistance by the Holy Spirit. What is the word used to describe the help given by the Holy Spirit in writing Scripture
What is Inspiration
Aramaic, the language which Jesus spoke and much of the Old Testament is written, is a combination of Hebrew and which other language?
What is Arabic
Moses led the Jews out of enslavement from this civilization in Northern Africa
A term meaning "second canon". Books included in the Catholic Old Testament but not the Hebrew Bible
What is deuterocanonical
Another name for the Law Books. Also used to describe the first five Books of the Hebrew Bible
What is The Pentateuch
The idea that some things are caused, and we can not have an infinite amount of causes. There must be a first cause that was not caused by anything else.
The Argument of Causality/Infinite Causality
True or False: The Church teaches that all of the events in the Bible are literally true
What is False
The river in the Holy Land in which Jesus was baptized
The Jordan River