REL1300 Final Exam Study Guide The following information was compiled using the textbook online databases and in class presentations Terms The Word The word matter or thing from root meaning to arrange The logos speaker and spoken The name power of language to control and liberate For Christians Jesus is the eternal Word of God made incarnate at a certain moment in history Christ is the word of God made flesh For Muslims the Qur an is the Word of God made into a book Anabaptists decision for faith Believed that baptism should be reserved for adults capable of making a mature Re baptized people who had already been baptized as infants Founded By Thomas Muntzer Emerged in response to dissatisfaction with the pace of change during the first decade of Reformation Followers are called the Mennonites Today Mennonites resist advanced technology as part of the moral temptation and corruption of the modern world Anti Semitism The intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people A certain perception of the Jewish people Apocrypha Biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture Writings or reports not considered genuine Writings or statements of dubious authenticity Arch of Titus A first century honorific arch located on the Via Sacram Rome Constructed by the Roman emperor Domitian after the death of his older brother Titus to commemorate his victories in the Siege of Jerusalem Provided the model for the famous arch located in Paris Burka A long loose garment covering the whole body Worn in public by many Muslim women Calvinism Part of the Reformation movement in Switzerland Leader was John Calvin arrive at it Maintains that humans were created for communion with God and cannot rest until they The human approach to God is spiritual and intellectual God is absolutely sovereign both creating and redeeming the world Humans are dependent on the divine grace and are utterly sinful and powerless to achieve salvation The sovereign God who is moth omniscient and omnipotent predestines every person to either salvation or damnation Today Calvinist churches are termed Reformed Presbyterianism Egyptian Victory Stele of Merneptah Earliest mention of Jews Israel is laid waste its seed is no more Fiqh Jurisprudence codification of the shari ah or sacred law It means understanding in Arabic The theoretical and systematic aspect of Islamic Law consisting of the interpretation and The legal foundation of Islamic religious political and civil law Gnosticism Gnosis means knowledge Claimed to have privileged secret knowledge Had a dualistic perspective the divine powers of good are opposed by demonic forces of evil and spirit is engaged in a cosmic struggle with matter The Christian Gnostics saw Jesus as an emissary from the realm of the spirit who appeared in human form but did not take on full materialistic existence Suggested that humanity could be released from its primal entrapment in the sinful cosmos only through divine redemption Gurdwara The Sikh place of worship Means Gateway to the guru Can be identified by tall flagpoles and Sikh flags People of all faiths are welcome here A collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad Hadith Hijab Means narrative A head covering worn in public by some Muslim women The religious code that governs the wearing of such clothing The Qur an doesn t refer to it at all only says they should dress modestly Many women choose to wear it Iconoclasm and practices The action of attack or rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values The rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical Icons have become very common throughout the church east and west Some began to question of people were worshipping the icons themselves Imam In Arabic means faith An inner conviction whose sincerity God alone can judge A commitment to live in the worship of God and in moral relations with other persons Islam Monotheistic religion Arose in the middle east Name means submission in Arabic Signifies the commitment of its adherents to live in total submission of God A person who professes Islam is called a Muslim meaning one who submits Another translation of Islam is engaged surrender Jihad Arabic for struggle Inner Jihad the struggle to make oneself more Islamic Outer Jihad the struggle to make one s society more Islamic Kaaba A square stone building at the center of the Great Mosque in Mecca Believed to have been given to Abraham by Gabriel Most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine Muslims turn in its direction when praying Ketuvim The third and final section of the Tanakh Hebrew Bible After the Torah Translates to writings Khalsa In Sikhism Means pure On Baisakhi day a guru gathered the Sikhs together and asked for a volunteer to sacrifice his life The guru came back out with a bloody sword and asked for another volunteer After five people stepped forward the guru revealed that all of the volunteers were still alive of Sikhism The five people are the center of Khalsa The launch of the Khalsa was the culmination of the formative period in the development In Sikhism a free community meal of blessed food A concept of conscious cooking while meditating on the divine to inspire humility Involves donations of free food and voluntary preparation cooking serving and cleanup Langhar Logos Midrash Mishnah Speaker and spoken The Word of God made incarnate in Jesus Christ An ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures Clarifies or expounds a point of law Development or illustration of a moral principle law and forming the first part of the Talmud Repetition or to study and review A collection of early oral interpretations of scriptures Once canon was locked interpretations began to manifest These interpretations were called Midrashim Focused on legal and non legal subjects Summarizes application of laws as they were interpreted An authoritative collection of exegetical material embodying the oral tradition of Jewish Written version of oral traditions Nebakanezer A very large wine bottle A king of Babylonia and conqueror of Jerusalem The second main division of the Hebrew Bible Between the Torah and the Ketuvim New Testament The second part of the Christian bible Nebi im The prophets being the second of three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament Originally in Greek and recording the life and teaching of Jesus and his earliest followers Includes the four gospels the acts of the Apostles 21 epistles by St Paul and
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