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Old Testament in 15
T/RS 121 OT in 15 minutes
Term | Definition |
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Pentateuch | Greek: "five books" |
Israel | Nation which god chooses to revel himself |
Abrahamic Covenant | God's pact that he will be with Abraham, and that his descendents would be God's chosen people |
Moses | God's deliverer to free Israel from bondage |
Mosaic Covenant | Israel should be faithful to god's laws because of what God did for them |
Promised Land | Area of present day Israel/Palestine |
Torah | Hebrew: "Law" |
Saul | First King of Israel |
David | Saul's heir (much better king) |
The Davidic Covenant | Promise that David's lineage would rule God's people forever |
Solomon | Last king of a United Israel (First Temple built) |
586 BC | Beginning of Babylonian exile |
Babylon | Modern day Iraq |
Exile | Judah forced to leave their country |
Jews | Descendents of the tribe of Judah |
Second Temple Period | Time between return from Exile and the destruction of The Second Temple |
Psalms | Collection of Hymns and Poems |
Prophet | Someone thru whom God spoke |
Important about Prophets | Early Christians cited Prophets because they believe they spoke of Jesus Christ |
Messiah or christ (note not capitalized) | Will one day lead God's people to freedom |
Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical books | Second division of The Christian Bible |
Septuagint | Greek translation of Hebrew scriptures |
LXX | Roman numeral for 70 (abbreviation of Septuagint) |