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- 2. God promised that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky.
- 3. Land promised to Abraham and his descendants; also called the Promised Land.
- 7. The number of days God took to create in the first creation story.
- 8. This sense of Scripture can be subdivided into three parts and considers the realities that the events of Scripture signify.
- 10. He is the prophet who foretold the coming of the Messiah, Emmanuel.
- 12. The ____ Books of the Old Testament tell about Jewish history, recounting the lives of kings, judges, warriors, and prophets.
- 13. Jewish legal scholars or teachers of Jewish Law. In the New Testament, they are associated with the Pharisees and the High Priests as opponents of Jesus.
- 14. A type of psalm that cries out for God’s intervention in difficult situations.
- 17. Literary form in which something is said to be like something else, in an attempt to convey a symbolic meaning.
- 20. The time before the invention of writing and recording of historical data is ___ History.
- 21. These books of the Old Testament are characterized by poetry and practical advice on what it means to be wise.
- 22. From the Latin meaning “a buying back”, it refers to the deliverance of God’s people from sin.
- 25. A Hebrew word meaning “Law”, referring to the first five books of the Old Testament.
- 26. From the Latin meaning “to save”, it refers to the forgiveness of sins and assurance of permanent union with God.
- 28. More than the other Gospels, Mark emphasizes the ___ of Jesus.
- 29. A strong confident woman who served as judge of Israel.
- 30. A Greek word meaning “five books”, referring to the first five books of the Old Testament.
- 31. Non-Jewish persons.
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- 1. The Ten ___ are a part of God’s covenant made at Mount Sinai with Moses.
- 4. This proof for God’s existence shows that God is the Being who set the whole universe in motion (two words).
- 5. The mystery of Jesus Christ, the Divine Son of God, becoming man, while remaining truly God.
- 6. The _____ sense of scripture is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and gives the obvious meaning of the text, laying the framework for all other senses of Scripture.
- 9. In the Old Testament, the ___ Lamb referred to the sacrificial lamb shared at the Passover meal when the Israelites escaped Egypt; in the New Testament, it means Jesus, the Incarnate Son of God who dies on a cross to take away “the sin of the world” (John 1:29).
- 11. This book tells about one person’s struggle to make sense of what seems to be unnecessary and undeserved suffering.
- 15. According to the textbook, the four objects of love are: God, our _____, ourselves, and our bodies.
- 16. Apostolic _____ is the criteria the early Church used to determine what books were accepted into the Bible, based on whether or not it could be traced back to the Apostle’s teaching.
- 18. The critical interpretation and explanation of Scripture is Biblical _____.
- 19. This sense of Scripture shows what it means to live a just and ethical life.
- 23. This approach to Scripture interpretation considers various contexts for understanding, such as history, literary forms, culture, and Sacred Tradition.
- 24. This Gospel writer focused on the image of Jesus as teacher and prophet.
- 27. The Tower of __ is an example of human pride.