Definitions
The Hebrew people's understanding of the universe's structure
Biblical Cosmology
Adam
The ancient region lying between the Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the Mediterranean and was the land promised by God to Abraham.
Canaan
The books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
Pentateuch
We are born with a built-in urge to do bad things and to disobey God
Original sin
The vast solid dome created by God during the Genesis creation narrative to divide the primal sea into upper and lower portions so that the dry land could appear
Firmament
First woman God created in Genesis
Eve
Tower of Babel
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.
The 12 tribes of Israel
The right of the son born first in a family to inherit his father's possessions and authority
Birthright
Seen as the right to dominate and to possess absolute control over the entire earth. God has this
Dominion
A man that God commands to build an arc that would save all living species and his family.
Noah
The mountain where Noah's arc came to rest after the flood.
Mt. Ararat
2 cities destroyed by God because of their wickedness
Sodom and Gomorrah
The distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger
Cubit
Old testament Hebrew term for God
Yahweh
God sent him out to find new land
Abraham
Abraham's original hometown
Ur
The structure that saved Noah, his family, and all animals
The Ark
Hebrew bible
Torah
Belief in only one god
Monotheism
A sinner that God forgave and sent to Egypt and used to send Jesus into into the world.
Jacob
Also called Mizraim in the Old Testament
Egypt
Son of Haran and was Abraham's brother
Lot
A Christian teaching about how God transforms a person and makes them fit for a holy purpose.
Sanctified