Theology midterm 2
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- monothesis
- 1 god
- polytheistic
- many gods
- agnostic
- unsure if god exsist
- ateistic
- deny god exsist's at all
- religion
- way of seeing and relating to ourselves, other people, the world we live in, and possible realities beyond this world
- 7 dimension: experimental/emotional
- encountering natrual or supernatural force that produce a sense of fear or awe
- 7 dimension: social/institutional
- ppl who seek out others with similar experiences and form groups for support
- 7 dimension: narrative/mythic
- ppl who pass on their experience in stories
- 7 dimension: doctrinal/philosophical
- ppl ask questions about the experiences and the stories they explain them rationally.
- 7 dimension: pratical/ritual
- group that understands their experiecnes to relate to powers or beings beyond visible everyday realilty.
- 7 dimension: ethical/legal
- group that decides what actions and way of life are appropriate to their experience and understanding of those experiences
- 7 dimension: material/artistic
- living out the 6 dimensions group produces material things in a way to express thier experiences and their understanding of those experiences.
- Denominations
- different forms of christanity
- faith
- belief in God
- theology
- intellectual displine that explors the reality from a particular perspective.
- general revelation
- deliberate self disclosure of Gods to humanity
- special revelation
- given to particular groups of human beings
- soteriology
- study of salvation
- anthropology
- study of human beings
- subdivision: biblical theology
- study fo the written documents found in the bible
- subdivision: historical theology
- study of how the christian faith dveloped in the various periods of history after the biblical era
- subdivision: systematic theology
- study of the basic formulations of christian belief (dogmas/doctrines)
- subdivision: moral theology
- focus on the value arising from christian belief and attempts to identify the behaviors that are (in)congruent w/the values
- Elohist
- 8century B.C.E
- Deuteronomist
- 76century B.C.E
- yahwist
- 9century B.C.E
- priestly
- 65century B.C.E
- documentary hypothesis
- theory that pentateuch was produced by combining 4 strands of tradition
- omnipotence
- all powerful
- antrhopomorhpism
- humanlike characteristics to God
- myth
- story that tells about people and their world
- benevolence
- goodness
- character of yhwh 1
- he was more powerful than egyptian gods and gods of canaanites
- character of yhwh 2
- he cared about earthly oppression and material needs. he rescued israelites from slavery and settled them in a land that had resources
- character of yhwh 3
- he supported the israelites in the desert place where food/water couldn't be found
- character of yhwh 4
- he was a strong warriro who led israel in battle against hostile neighbors
- plague 1
- water into blood
- plague 2
- frogs
- plauge 3
- gnats
- plauge 4
- flies
- plague 5
- pestilence
- plague 6
- boils
- plague 7
- hair/thunder
- plague 8
- locusts
- plague 9
- darkness
- plague 10
- death of first born.
- commandment 1
- no other Gods
- commandment 2
- don't use the Lords name in vain
- commandment 3
- remember the sabbath
- commandment 4
- honor mother/father
- commandment 5
- do not murder
- commandment 6
- do not commit adultery
- commandment 7
- do not steal
- commandment 8
- do not bear false witness against your neighbor
- commandment 9
- do not covet your neighbors house
- commandment 10
- do not cover your neighbors wife mal femal ox etc that belongs to him
- sacrifice
- pratice of offering gifts to god(s)
- passover
- jewish holiday celebrates when god rescued the isralites from egypts by killing firstborn
- former prophets
- historical narratives
- latter prophets
- bear the name of actual israelites prophets and contain their prophicies
- (3) kings
- saul, david solomon
- books of former prophets (4)
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joshua
judges
1-2 samuel
1-2 kings - books of latter prophets (12 and 3)
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isaiah
jeremiah
ezekiel
12 (hosea, joel, amos, obadiah, jonah, micah, nahum, habakkuk, zephaniah, haggai, zechariah, malachi) - pagan
- not christian not jews
- mystery religion
- secret cult that conducted ritual initiations into the mysteries foa particular god(ess)
- imperial cult
- political party in honor of the emperor who was recognized as a superhuman.
- orthodoxy
- right teachering or right opinion
- Jerusalem conference
- meeting of christna leaders held in jerusalem in 48C.E. purpose was th determine whether gentile converts to christianity needed to follow all of the requirements of judaism.
- partriach
- early father of people, exa: abraham isaac and jacob.
- abraham
- 1st partriach of israelite ppl. god formed covenant.
- moses
- greatest prophet of isreal who led the israelites out of slavery in egypt and into the promist land of cananan.
- jacob
- son of isacac. patriach of the isrelte ppl
- abraham promise
- new future. have many decendants make him a great nation through him all nations of the early will be blessed.
- covenant
- promise betweeen God and the people. promise between two people. etc.
- ishmael
- son on abraham who is sent away into the desert but is rescued by God.
- isaac
- son of abraham and patriarch of the israelite ppl with whom the covenant with the israelites is continued and through whom the promises to abraham are fulfilled.
- jacab
- son of isaac and patriarch of the israelite people renamed isreal by God.
- aaron
- jacob's brother. helped assisted.