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NT World of Jesus
Vocabulary, Encountering Jesus Chapter 2
Term | Definition |
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Gentiles | Non-Jews |
Abba | Aramaic term for "daddy" |
Chi-Rho | First two letters of the Greek word for Jesus Christ |
apocalypse | "revelation" or "unveiling" |
Pentateuch | First five book of the Old Testament |
Angels | God's messengers |
Torah | The Law or divine teaching revealed to Judaism |
Ark of the Covenant | portable shrine holding tablets on which Moses wrote the Law |
Sanhedrin | The seventy-one member supreme legislative and judicial body of the Jewish people. |
Hasmonean Dynasty | Descendants of the Maccabees who ruled in Judea after the Syrians were ousted in 128BC |
Dead Sea Scrolls | ancient scrolls containing the oldest known manuscripts of the OT in Hebrew |
Qumran | ancient Essene monastery on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea |