What are the first five books of the Bible (Torah/Pentateuch)?
100
The first three kings of Israel
Who are Saul, David, and Solomon?
100
God's proper name revealed to Moses, which means "I Am Who Am" or "I will be what I will be"
What is YWHW?
100
God's promise to never destroy the earth through a flood again
What is the Noahic covenant?
100
A capacity granted to human persons by God in Gen 1:26 that entails responsibility for the good of the earth and its creatures
What is dominion?
200
A genre of Biblical literature intended to convey important truths about God, human beings, and creation through narrative and story
What is myth?
200
The first historical (i.e., non-mythical) character in the Hebrew Bible, the father of Israel
Who is Abraham?
200
Two terms that describe God as all-powerful and all-knowing
What are Omnipotent and Omniscient?
200
The first covenant to mention the land as part of God's promise to the Hebrews
What is the Abrahamic covenant?
200
The three interdependent and overlapping aspects of the Hebrew Bible (Hint: each starts with "L")
What are Land, Liberty, and Law?
300
The books that are considered part of the canon of Scripture by the Catholic Church but not by Protestant churches
What are the Apocrypha or the Deuterocanonical books?
300
The two most significant events in the Hebrew Bible for the development of monotheistic religion known as Judaism.
What are the Exodus and the Babylonian exile?
300
The four sources of theological reflection, also known as the Wesleyan quadrilateral.
What are Scripture, Tradition, Reason, and Experience?
300
God's promise that a descendent of David will remain on the throne of Israel forever
What is the Messianic promise or the Davidic Covenant?
300
The name scholars give to the creation account in which God tells the first humans "to till and keep" the land
What is the Yahwist creation account (in Gen 2:4-25)?
400
A shorthand version used to refer to the Torah (Law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings) that make up the Hebrew Bible
What is the TANAK?
400
The two foreign nations who destroyed the Temples
Who are the Babylonians and the Romans?
400
A term that refers to those Jews who live outside of the land of Israel or Judah
What is the diaspora?
400
The unconditional covenants of the Hebrew Bible
What are the Noahic covenant and the Davidic covenant (or Messianic promise)?
400
The two events that occurred before the first Genesis creation account (the Priestly) was written, which effect the way in which the idea of "dominion" is to be interpreted
What are the Exodus and the return from the Babylonian exile ?
500
Two qualities of God that emphasizes God's fairness and God's capacity for forgiveness.
What are justice and mercy?
500
The people who continued to live in the region of the northern kingdom (Israel) after it was destroyed by the Assyrians in 722 BCE, and who were not respected by the Jews during the time of Jesus
Who are the Samaritans?
500
In Hebrew, it means "steadfast love" and refers to God's eternal faithfulness to God's people and to God's promises
What is 'hesed'?
500
The series of commands that indicate how the Israelites are to behave in relation to God, and to each other, from which all the other commandments are derived
What are the Ten Commandments (or the Decalogue)?
500
The medieval rationalist philosopher who introduced the scientific study of nature into Jewish philosophy and theology