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Terminology and Definitions in Archaeology and Religion, Quizzes of Religious Studies

Definitions and terminology related to archaeology and religion, including terms for artifacts, ancient texts, and cultural practices. Topics covered include pottery, ancient languages, and the creation story. This resource could be useful for students of archaeology, history, and religious studies.

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2009/2010

Uploaded on 04/24/2010

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mound of buried cites
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walls of the hole
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balk
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pick, turea, patish, trowl, brushes, hand pick
DEFINITION 3
tools
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broken pottery
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shard
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tear jar
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psalm 58, david
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mound of buried cites

tel

TERM 2

walls of the hole

DEFINITION 2

balk

TERM 3

pick, turea, patish, trowl, brushes, hand pick

DEFINITION 3

tools

TERM 4

broken pottery

DEFINITION 4

shard

TERM 5

tear jar

DEFINITION 5

psalm 58, david

pottery piece with writing

ostracon

TERM 7

stone

monument

DEFINITION 7

stele

TERM 8

any object altered by human skill

DEFINITION 8

artifact

TERM 9

most reliable method

DEFINITION 9

pottery shapes

TERM 10

chemical dating method

DEFINITION 10

carbon 14

9th cent. a.d. copiers 1000 yrs later name

means transmitters vowel contribution

counted verses, words and every letter

masoretes

TERM 17

truth and information made known by divine

self disclosure

DEFINITION 17

revelation

TERM 18

process by which the revelation was written

down

DEFINITION 18

inspiration

TERM 19

the enlightenment of the holy spirit on the

mind of the believer as he reads the inspired

revelation

DEFINITION 19

illumination

TERM 20

created from nothing

DEFINITION 20

creatio ex nihilo

hebrew, used only when-creatio ex

nihilo

bara

TERM 22

hebrew (day) used nearly 1700 times in

O.T.

DEFINITION 22

yom

TERM 23

"son of"

DEFINITION 23

ben

TERM 24

"living soul"

DEFINITION 24

nephesh hayah

TERM 25

enuma elish

DEFINITION 25

babylonian version of creation

These clay tablets are a primary source of

information concerning the cultural and social

life in northern Mesopotamia

nuzi tablets

TERM 32

menes

DEFINITION 32

first pharaoh of united egyptian kingdom

TERM 33

mari tablets

DEFINITION 33

20,000 cuneiform tablets were found in the excavation of the

city of Mari on the Euphrates River. The texts deal largely

with commercial and political administrative matters

TERM 34

sinuhe

DEFINITION 34

The Tale of Sinuhe is considered one of the finest works of

Ancient Egyptian literature.

TERM 35

hyksos

DEFINITION 35

The Hyksos (Egyptian heqa khasewet, "foreign rulers"; Greek

, , Arabic: , shepherd kings) were an Asiatic people who

invaded the eastern Nile Delta, in the Twelfth dynasty of

Egypt initiating the Second Intermediate Period of Ancient

Egypt.

palastine

a geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the

Jordan River, and various adjoining lands.

TERM 37

shephelah

DEFINITION 37

a designation usually applied to the region in south-central

Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount

Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of

the Judea

TERM 38

negev

DEFINITION 38

desert and semidesert region of southern israel

TERM 39

beni hassan

DEFINITION 39

A tomb painting found in Beni Hassan, 170 miles south of Cairo,

which pictures a clan of 37 Semites, a broad racial classification

which would include the Hebrew race, who were traveling to Egypt

with merchandise for trade. They give us an authentic picture of

the way people looked and dressed during the patriarchal times in

Palestine. The men have black hair and pointed beards, and are

wearing very colorful clothes. Pictured with them are their

weapons, their musical instruments, their tools, their donkeys, and

their children.

TERM 40

ebla tablets

DEFINITION 40

these 15,000 clay tablets have yet to tell their full story, but

they have excited Biblical archaeologists because of the

many Biblical parallels they contain. Names are recorded in

them such as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Esau, David, and Saul.

ilku

trees had to be mentioned b/c hittites were concerned about

trees being cut down

TERM 47

eliezer

DEFINITION 47

head servant of abraham-he wanted to adopt him

TERM 48

lot

DEFINITION 48

abrahams nephew-went to sodom

TERM 49

hagar

DEFINITION 49

abrahams lesser wife

TERM 50

ishmael

DEFINITION 50

hagar and abrahams son

isaac

sarah and abrahams son

TERM 52

rebekah

DEFINITION 52

issacs wife

TERM 53

jacob

DEFINITION 53

rebekah and issacs wife

TERM 54

laban

DEFINITION 54

jacob and esaus uncle

TERM 55

rachel

DEFINITION 55

jacobs wife

hittites

The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people who spoke a

language of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European

language family and established a kingdom centered at

Hattusa (Hittite ) in north-central Anatolia (on the Central

Anatolian plateau) ca.

TERM 62

primogeniture

DEFINITION 62

Primogeniture is the right, by law or custom, of the first-born

to inherit the entire estate, to the exclusion of younger

siblings.

TERM 63

levirate custom

DEFINITION 63

marriage of next older brother to widowed sister in law

TERM 64

hatshepsut

DEFINITION 64

may be the princess who raised moses

TERM 65

amarna tablets

DEFINITION 65

an archive of correspondence on clay tablets, mostly

diplomatic, between the Egyptian administration and its

representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New

Kingdom.

tetragrammaton

The term Tetragrammaton (from Greek ', meaning "[a word]

having four letters" ) refers to the Hebrew name of the God

of Israel YHWH ( used in the Hebrew Bible.

TERM 67

yahweh/ jehovah

DEFINITION 67

to be-i am

TERM 68

moses

DEFINITION 68

adopted by pharaohs daughter highly educated killed an

egyptian fled to midian saw burning bush-theophany-god in

visible form

TERM 69

hammurabi code

DEFINITION 69

This monument, in the form of a boundary stone standing

about 8 feet high, has at its top a picture of King Hammurabi

receiving from the sun god, Shamash, a scepter, a ring, and

the laws which then follow on the rest of the surface.

TERM 70

casuistic law

DEFINITION 70

if-then laws, narrow third person, broad and specific