Across
- 2. The twenty‐seven books of the Bible written by Sacred Authors in the apostolic era
- 3. One of the hypothetical original sources of the Pentateuch, particularly the Book of Deuteronomy, written around the seventh century BC
- 7. Those parts of the Old Testament removed from the Jewish canon of Scripture but in the Septuagint used by the early Christians
- 10. A person selected by God to call others to repentance and amendment of their lives in order to avoid dire consequences
- 13. A letter addressed to a particular person or people. Much of the New Testament consists of these letters written to individuals, to congregations, or to the Church as a whole
- 14. A synonym for covenant
- 16. A version of the Septuagint produced by Origen; it presents the texts in Hebrew and Greek in parallel columns
- 18. An Old English rendering of the Greek for good news; the good news of God’s mercy and love revealed in the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ
- 19. Because God is truth, there is an absolute unity and coherence of truths contained in the various books of the Bible; these illustrate and shed light on one another and the complete plan of Revelation
- 20. The portion of the Mass that includes the preparation of the bread and wine, the consecration of the Body and Blood of Christ, and the distribution of Holy Communion to the faithful
- 22. From the Greek for five books; the Torah
- 23. The list of the inspired books of the Bible
- 24. One of the hypothetical original sources of the Pentateuch, thought to be a later editor who revised all five books to reflect the concerns of the Jerusalem priesthood after the return of Jews from the Babylonian Exile
- 25. A third‐century BC Greek translation of the Old Testament made by seventy Jewish scholars
- 26. From the Latin word for common; the name of St. Jerome’s translation of the Bible from the original languages into Latin
- 27. One of the hypothetical original sources of the Pentateuch, reflecting the perspective of Jews in the northern kingdom of Israel around the eighth or ninth century BC
Down
- 1. Those books of the Bible included in the Jewish canon of Scripture
- 4. The five books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
- 5. An event or person in Scripture pointing to a later event or person that has similar virtues or other qualities as its fulfillment
- 6. The forty‐six books of the Bible recording the history of salvation from the Creation until the time of Christ
- 8. One who proclaims the good news; this term refers in a special way to Sts. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, who each wrote a Gospel
- 9. The Old Testament books that comprise the stories of the prophets who cast judgment and warn of divine retribution while calling Israel to repentance. These books include Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
- 11. The portion of the Mass that includes the reading of Scripture and the homily
- 12. Sacred Scripture; the books containing the truth of God’s Revelation as composed by inspired, Sacred Authors
- 15. One of the hypothetical original sources of the Pentateuch, reflecting the perspective of Jews in Judah around the ninth or tenth century BC
- 17. A type of sacred literature characterized by symbolic imagery; an alternate name for the Book of Revelation
- 21. The study of ancestry or a chronological list of ancestors