words of the bible

3. Divina A Benedictine prayer tradition of “sacred reading”; its intent is for the
6. Egypt. The term is from a Latin word meaning “seventy” for the legendary
8. the psalms, and hymns.
9. physical manifestation of God on earth. The Ark was built while the Israelites
10. sea Scrolls Old Testament manuscripts discovered in 1947 in a cave near the
11. of the hours Hours The prayer of the Church at specific times of the day; also
13. in the desert and was used until the building of the First Temple.
14. as the Divine Office. The Liturgy of the Hours uses readings from Scripture,
16. scholars who worked on the translation.
18. studying the Old Testament and have revealed some Jewish practices in Jesus’

1. Sea along with other writings. The manuscripts have proved very valuable to
2. language of the people of his day, Latin.
4. by word of mouth.
5. A second-century BC Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made at
7. St. Jerome’s fourth-century translation of the Bible from Greek into the
12. praying to meet God through the Scriptures.
15. tradition The process of sharing stories and other important pieces of
17. of the covenant The most important symbol of the Jewish faith. It served as the