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Religious Studies
Not Applicable
01/13/2005

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Bible
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book of inspired writings we divide into old and new testament
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deuterocanical
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greek for "second canon." Refers to the books in the catholic old testament not in the hebrew canon. Catholics call inspired, jews and prodestants refer to them as apocryphal
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concordance
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a book or computer program that contains key words of the Bible giving thier citation by book, chapter, and verse
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Ramses II
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Pharaoh of the Exodus, great builder, used 'apiru (hebrews) in building projects.
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Pentatuech
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Greek word meaning 5 scrolls, first five books of the bible, GELND, GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DUETERONOMY
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The promised land
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"land flowing with milk and honey" book of Numbers, land promised to Abraham,
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Exodus
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second book of the bible, describes the Irealites escape from Egypt to the promised land
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Numbers
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fourth book of the bible, describes the period between the thirteen months after the Exodus and the end of the forty days of wondering in the Sinai desert
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Potiphar
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bought Joseph from salvery, put him in proson because potiphar's wife falsly accused him
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Sarah
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Wife of Abraham, gave birth to Isaac after barren, buried in Canaan, completed God's promis of land in canaan: abraham bought plot
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Torah
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the law handed down to the Jewish people which they were to live in response to God's covenant with them. A good summary of the Torah is found in the Ten Commandments
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covenant
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An open ended contract of love that God makes with his people.
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Prophecy
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a prophet is a person that God entrusts to delievr the divine message. the message was the prophecy
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Midianites
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defeated by the Isrealites by Gideon
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Minor Prophets
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only difference between minor and major are length of scriptures, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Joel, Johan, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zecharaih, and Malachi
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Biblical Atlas
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shows where biblical things are
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