BP Unit 2 Study Guide Test: Tuesday April 10, 2012
Identify
Polytheism: the belief in multiple gods
Henotheism: though multiple gods may exist, their is only one God for us.
Monotheism: the belief that there is only one God.
Referential literature: scripture that is meant only meant to convey facts
Conative literature: scripture that states facts but is also meant to convince you of
something. (ex: should Israel have a king?)
Emotive literature: scripture that is meant to make the reader feel something.
Descriptive praise: praising the Lord for who he is
Declarative praise: praising the Lord for what he does
Lament of confession: grieving/repentance for something that you've done wrong.
Lament of complaint: grieving/complaining for something that God has done wrong.
Acrostic: a series of verses that have a pattern starting with the same letter. (Psalm
119)
Divination: "to 'divine' the future"
Astrology: Observing the heaven's for oddities drawing conclusions based on what they
thought it meant. (modern ex: horoscopes) (ancient ex: the north star guiding
shepherds/wise men to baby Jesus)
Oneiromancy: interpreting dreams to understand the subconscious and the future.
Cleromancy: manipulation of small objects (dice, bones, stones, lots…) to tell the future/
reveal the will of God. (essentially gambling).
Necromancy: consulting the dead, assumption that dead people have access to
knowledge that the living don't (1 Samuel 28)
Omens: when something unusual happens and is connected with something else.
Extispicy: sacrificing a sheep so you can examine its intestines to predict the future.
Sign-acts: object lesson, where you do something to illustrate something else that has
happen or will happen (Isaiah 20- walks around naked for 3 years, Ezekiel 4- lays on
side to represent israel wandering)
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