Unit 1 Study Guide s3

PASCHAL MYSTERY

UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE

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1.  How/Why is the language of Scripture limited?

2.  Which are the 4 sources of the Pentateuch? Briefly describe each. In what order are they written?

3.  List the literary forms in the Old Testament.

4.  According to the Catholic Church, what is the relationship between religious and scientific truth?

5.  What is necessary for interpreting/understanding Scripture?

6.  In what way are the Scriptures related to God’s revelation and Truth?

7.  What do we need to understand/know in order to more fully understand Scripture?

8.  What is myth?

9.  What are some of the Genesis stories that are classified as myth?

10. How do the creation stories relate to the Babylonian and other Mesopotamian culture?

11. How (what is the process) and when are humans created in each of the creation stories?

12. How is creation a work of the Trinity? (How are they all involved?)

13. What is the evidence that the Trinity is at work in creation?

14. Which truths are expressed in each of the creation accounts?

15. How (in his ___) and why were humans created by God?

16. What is the focus of each of the creation stories?

17. What is the Enuma Elish? How does it relate to the first creation story?

Chapter 2

18.  What are the consequences of Original Sin?

19.  What is the purpose of the story of the Fall?

20.  Explain the symbolism in the story of the Fall.

21.  What are the truths in the story of the Fall?

22.  What is the sin of the first humans?

23.  What is the message of the Protoevangelium?

24.  How is the story of Adam and Eve a mythic telling of an actual event?

25.  Explain the symbolism in the 'Deluge' story. (Chaos)

26.  What messages and truths do the Genesis sin stories remind us of?

27.  What is the meaning/message in each of the sin stories in Genesis?

28.  What is the significance of the golden calf?

29.  Who is Israel’s first king? How does his reign end?

30.  Identify the covenant that God made with each of the following:

Abraham

Moses

David

31.  For what purpose were the biblical prophets called by God?

32.  Know each of the following prophets and explain his message:

Amos

Jeremiah

Isaiah

Ezekiel

33. Vocabulary:

Covenant

Concupiscence

Myth