Terms

Glossary for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Here are some terms you should be able to identify:

Class discussion, 9/20/97

  • exegesis
  • eisegesis
  • harmonistic interpretation
  • nephilim

    • Boadt, Chapter 7

  • theophany
  • eponymous

    • Boadt, Chapter 9

  • casuistic law (= case law)
  • apodictic law (= absolute law)

    • Boadt, Chapter 10

  • amphictyony
  • messianism
  • apocalyptic

    • Boadt, chapter 14

  • Feast of Passover
  • Feast of Pentecost (Weeks)
  • Feast of Booths (Tabernacles>
  • liturgical (Boadt, 283)
  • hesed (Boadt, 287) [this H should have a dot under it]
    covenant loyalty; covenant love
    (we'll talk about this term in class on 10/24/97)

    • Class discussion, 10/18/97

  • acrostic (acrostic psalm)
  • the Hallel (Hallel Psalms)
  • Spring Rhythm
  • poetic parallelism (sense rhyme)
  • Qoheleth (Ecclesiates)
  • Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
    • Last modified: 10/18/97