Ch. 3 - Crossword

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  1. 3. The Old Testament centers on the _____ covenant God entered into with the People (6)
  2. 5. The very fulfillment of God’s Old Testament promises (5)
  3. 6. A word that means “beginning” (7)
  4. 7. This book is named for a military leader who led the Israelites into the Promised Land (6)
  5. 9. The books of the New Testament were written in _____ greek, the spoken language of the ordinary people (5)
  6. 11. The Old Testament was formed over the course of about _____ hundred years (4)
  7. 12. During the period after the return from exile in Babylon the Israelites were known as Jews because the only tribe that survived was the tribe of _____ (5)
  8. 13. This tells the story of the early Church (4)
  9. 15. The stage of Tradition describes the time when the disciples begin to live in light of the resurrection of Jesus (4)
  10. 17. Refers to those books in the Old Testament that were not found in the Hebrew Scriptures (16)
  11. 20. The official public worship of the Church (7)
  12. 21. This Gospel highlights Jesus as a Suffering Servant (4)
  13. 22. The twelve _____ prophets of the Old Testament whose recorded sayings are much briefer than the other prophets (5)
  14. 23. Means “universal” (8)
  15. 24. The first written books of the New Testament were the letters of _____(4)
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  1. 1. The traditional author of the Pentateuch (5)
  2. 2. Celebrates the rededication of the Temple after the victory by the Maccabees (8)
  3. 4. The process of systematic education in the faith with the view of making people disciples of Christ (10)
  4. 7. This Gospel portrays a divine Jesus who proclaims the truth that brings life (4)
  5. 8. This Gospel presents Jesus as a Savior for all people (4)
  6. 10. This book recounts the Israelite’s freedom and wandering in the desert for forty years including God’s meeting with Moses on Mount Sinai (6)
  7. 14. Another name for the Pentateuch (5)
  8. 16. A highly symbolic form of literature used to give hope to persecuted people (10)
  9. 18. Eighteen Old Testament books in which powerful figures spoke for YHWH (9)
  10. 19. The collection of sixteen Old Testament books which narrate how the Chosen People lived out the covenant in the Promised Land (10)