Genesis
The father of faith
Who is Abraham?
the Jewish practice/feast coming from the 10th plague in Egypt
What is passover?
the name for the military leaders who save the Israelites from enemies
Who are the judges?
Main purpose of the prophets
What is call to repentance?
Who is God?
The genre of the creation story
What is myth?
God's name; revealed to Moses
Who is YHWH (or "I AM WHO AM")?
The leader of Israelites after Moses' death
Who is Joshua?
The line from which the Messiah will come
What is Judah?
The actual or original meaning of Scripture
What is the literal sense?
Jacob's new name
Who is Israel?
The PRIMARY sin or failure of the Israelites in the desert
What is idolatry/golden calf?
the first prophet of the kings
Who is Samuel?
The event that affected the southern kingdom
What is the Babylonian Exile?
The person who translated the Bible into Latin (called the Vulgate)
Who is St. Jerome?
The son of Abraham and Hagar
Who is Ishmael?
God's PRIMARY gift to the Israelites in the desert
What is the Ten Commandments?
the books that David is known for writing
What are the psalms?
The invaders of the northern kingdom
Who are the Assyrians?
The spiritual sense of Scripture that has to do with the religious meaning of a symbol or foreshadows Christ
What is the allegorical sense?
The tendency to sin; result of original sin
What is concupiscence?
The place where Israelites could worship and experience God's presence
What is the tabernacle?
The name of the two divided kingdoms
What is Israel and Judah?
Meaning of the word Messiah
The magisterial document that explains how we understand and read Scripture as God's Word
What is Dei Verbum?