Quiz 5
u Torah [ˋtorə]
- the first five books of the
Hebrew Bible.
u –ium：框限
ex: aquarium /stadium /millennium
u Solomon is known for his wisdom.
star of David à
u The Hebrew Bible
was written in Hebrew.
The New Testament was written in Greek.
u monotheistic <=> atheistic
(mono-one
/ the-god)
monotheistic- Believing that there is only one god.
atheistic-connected with or holding the belief that
there is no God.
u dia- through
ex: diagnose
/diaspora /diameter
/dialogue
diaspora- the dispersal of Hebrews among other cultures/religions.
dispersal- dispersal is the spreading of things over a wide area.
u P34.
Holy- if you describe something as holy,
you mean that it is
considered to be special because it is connected with God or a particular religion.
Sacred- Something that is sacred is believed to be holy and to have a special connection with
God.
considered to be special because it is connected with God or a particular religion.
Sacred- Something that is sacred is believed to be holy and to have a special connection with
God.
Proverbs- an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israelites sages
(including Solomon).
It is given meaning by the Jew’s relation to their god.
covenant -(Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain
promises and require certain behavior from them in return.
àNoah builds an altar to the
Lord after being delivered from the Flood; God sends the
rainbow as a sign of his covenant.
rainbow as a sign of his covenant.
· Iris-the goddess of the rainbow
· In the Old Testament, the Israelites are referred to as
"the people of God"
The people of God were a term first used, which
carried stipulation in this covenant between man and God.
u circumcision
-the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish religious rite.
cir- circle
ex: circulation / circulative
l reason & faith
u p39/ p40
God said, “Let there be light.” à enlightenment
God created the human in his imagine, in the image
of God He created him.
àGod is a man.
P41.
Woman
Wo- within
ribs- are the 12
pairs of curved bones that surround your chest.Therefore does a man
leave his father and his
mother and cling to his wife and they become one flesh.
serpent- A serpent is a snake.
cunning-Someone
who is cunning has the
ability to achieve things in a clever way,often by deceiving other people. ex: Odysseus is cunning.
· And the eyes of the two were opened, and they knew they
were naked, and they sewed fig leaves and made themselves loincloths.
àAs punishment for abusing his trust, God drives Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.
Fig- A fig is a soft sweet fruit that grows in hot countries. It is
full of tiny
seeds and is often eaten dried.
àThe forbidden
fruit is from the tree in the midst of the garden.
u Michelangelo
(Sistine Chapel)
u P41/p42
· Because you have done this, cursed be you of
all cattle and all beasts of the field. On your belly shall you go and dust
shall you eat all the days of your life. à serpent
·
I will
terribly sharpen your
birth pangs, in pain shall you bear
children. And for your man shall be your longing, and he shall rule over you.
à woman
labor pain
·
By the sweat of your brow shall you eat bread
till you return to the soil, for from there were you taken, for dust you are and to dust shall you
return.
à human
breadwinner- The breadwinner in a family is the
person in it who earns the
money that the family needs for essential things.
u P43
crow- A crow is a large black bird which
makes a loud, harsh noise.
raven- A raven is a large bird with shiny
black feathers and a deep harsh call.
dove
u P46
Bow-rainbow
bow tie à
Babel-In the Bible, a city (now thought to be Babylon) in
Shinar where God
confounded a presumptuous attempt to build a tower into heaven
by
confusing the language of its builders into many mutually incomprehensible
languages.
Book: After Babel
u P51
Why would God
command Abraham to sacrifice his own child?
àGod
was not tempting Abraham. God was not enticing Abraham
to do wrong, but was testing him to see if
he would do what was right.
u P65
Mount Sinai
abstain…from
ab- something negative
adultery- if a
married person commits adultery,
they have sex with someone that they are not married
to.
u important: Rib/serpent/fig/dust/babel/bow
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