TERM 1
Scripture
DEFINITION 1
a writing of collection of writings preserved by religious
communities as authoritative sources of teaching or worship-
more fixed than a tradition
TERM 2
Tradition
DEFINITION 2
that which was handed down from the past, maintained and
handed down because it is regarded as valuable
TERM 3
Interpretation
DEFINITION 3
trying to understand religious textsand to keep them
relevant
TERM 4
Hellenism
DEFINITION 4
the Greek culture that spread throughout the Mediterannean
and Middle Eastern world in the wake of the conquests of
Alexander the great in the late fourth century BCE
TERM 5
Monotheism
DEFINITION 5
belief in one God
