Religion Vocab
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- Kingdom of Judea
- the kingdom south of Israel that existed from the time following Solomon's death in 925 BC until the destruction of the temple in 586 BC
- Hebrews
- peoples enslaved in Egyupt who eventually became the community known as Israel
- vow
- a solemn promise
- allegory
- symbolic characters that presents religious truths of generalizations about human nature
- dynasty
- a succession of rulers in the same family line, frequently father to son
- ark of the covenant
- an ancient symbol of God's protection and presence
- matriarchs
- the founding mothers of Isral-Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, Leah
- Passover
- refers to when the Israelites were "passed over" by the angel of death as dicatated by the 10th plague; a holiday celebrated by Jews as a day of deliverance
- divine justice
- the moral standard by which God judges human conduct; the realization of that standard by God; an expression of God's righteousness, pity, love, and grace
- theocracy
- a nation ruled by God
- Jews
- term originally used to describe the people who resettled in the area of Judah following the Babylonian Exile; most commonly used to refer to followers of Judaism
- Divided Kingdom
- the result of the division of Israel into 2 separate nations: Israel and Judah
- messiah
- king or deliverer expected by the Jews; the "anointed one"
- covenant
- a sacred agreement between God and his people
- Talmud
- a collection of Jewish oral law and commentary; a guide for conduct in particular circumstances
- divine revelation
- God's communicating of himself and his plan of goodness throughout history
- ban
- ancient custom of completely destroying everything in a defeated city
- canon
- the official collection of inspired books of sacred Scripture that contain the witness and instruction for our faith
- salvation history
- the saving action of God throughout human history
- social sin
- a collective, societal act or sign that society has distanced itself from God
- anthropomorphism
- the attributing of human characteristics to nonhuman realities
- rabbis
- ordained Jewish teachers and spiritual leaders
- imagery
- concrete sensory images that make a litarary work vivid and realistic
- vocation
- one's call to love and serve God and others
- patriarch
- male leader of a family or tribe
- epic
- detailed history of a hero who demonstrates bravery and wisdom and goes through a series of trials
- origin story
- a story in which an explanation of how something came to be is given
- sin
- something spoken, a deed, an attitude, or a desire contrary to God's law
- messianism
- belief in a messiah as the savior of the people
- hapiru
- a class of people living in the countryside of Canaan, some of whom were former slaves; they may have been ancestors of the Hebrews
- personal sin
- the free choice to disobey God; to do something that is the opposite of the good
- monotheism
- worship of one God
- original sin
- the human condition of the need for salvation based on the first humans' choice to disobey
- narrative
- a story that illuminates a detail within a geneology
- Pentateuch
- the first 5 books of the Old Testament
- communion of saints
- all faithful Church members on earth, heaven, and in purgatory
- parallelism
- repetition of words, phrases, or thought patterns
- natural moral law
- moral order that is part of God's design for creating the law that expresses the original moral sense, enabling people to discern good and evil through the use of reason
- providence
- divine guidance and care
- patriarchs
- ancestors of the Israelites- Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
- polytheism
- the worship of many gods
- Babylonian Exile
- period of history where the Babylonians forced most of the inhabitants of Judah to migrate to Babylon; the Exile
- idolatry
- false worship; honoring and revering a creature in place of God
- acrostic
- an ordered poem in which the first letters of individual lines or verses, when combined in order, form their own pattern, phrase, or word
- prophecy
- the words of God, delivered through a spokesperson known as a prophet; generally calls for the Israelites to live justly and avoid idolatry
- parable
- short illustrative story that teaches a moral or religious lesson
- judge
- 1 of 12 charismatic military leaders of the Israelites during the period between the conquest of Canaan and the establishment of the monarchy who was animated by the spirit of God
- Israelites
- a people who unified around 1050-1000 BC and included Canaanites, the hapiru, the shasu, Sea Peoples, and the original Hebrews
- myth
- symbolic story that illuminates views of a particular people regarding the relationship between humans and the divine
- biblical inspiration
- the process by which God the Holy Spirit assisted a human author in writing a book of the Bible
- Exodus
- departure of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery under the leadership of Moses, who was lead by God
- folklore
- composite of traditional customs, art forms, tales, and sayings preserved among a people
- canonization
- an official Church statement by which a person is declared to have lived a holy life of heroic virtue; in the last stage of the process of canonization, the person is named a saint
- monarchy
- rule by a single head of state, often a hereditary office
- oral tradition
- unwritten, memorized accounts of historical events and stories passed down by word of mouth
- saints
- deceased members of the Church, who have been canonized by the Church and are in heaven
- figures of speech
- comparisons meant to be taken imaginatively, not literally
- Ten Commandments
- the laws given by God to Moses that prescribe moral obligations for the Israelites as part of God's covenant with them
- prophets
- persons who have a close relationship with God and communicate a divine message
- oracle
- words of wisdom or advice given by God through a spokesperson
- genealogy
- an account of ancestry
- exiles
- people banished from their home or land