Key terms & definitions

The Jewish people understood as having a special covenant relationship with God, bringing obligations to obey God and live responsibly.

A type of ancient Greek pouring jug.

A moist pastry made by mixing flour into hot water and fat, then cooling it and beating in eggs. Steam raises it during baking.

Holy oil used in confirmation and certain other sacramental celebrations as a sign of consecration and the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The Greek equivalent of Messiah, meaning ‘anointed one’: someone set apart by God for a special task. Christians identify Jesus as this promised Messiah.

The wider community of Christian countries and peoples to which medieval England belonged.

The Christian ceremony of baptism, often involving the naming of a child and welcoming them into the Church.

A present-day Christian charity whose work includes supporting people and communities affected by war through local partner organisations.

A statement issued following the WWF-organised inter-religious meeting in Assisi in 1986, affirming that nature is God’s creation and that human authority over it includes responsibility for its protection.

A sense of belonging to the Christian faith, expressed through shared beliefs, worship and ways of living.

Writing that expresses or explores Christian teachings, beliefs, values or experiences.

A UK organisation bringing Christians and Muslims together to build relationships, challenge hostility and work for the common good.

A Christian approach to interpretation that reads people or events associated with the Old Testament as anticipating or contrasting with those of the New Testament.

The Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus.

One of the two identical copies joined together in a chromosome after its DNA has been copied.

The pattern of spots produced when substances have been separated by chromatography.

The pattern of separated substances produced by chromatography.

Separating dissolved substances because they travel at different speeds through a material with a moving solvent.

A technique that separates dissolved substances because they move at different rates as a solvent travels through a material such as paper.

The main closed loop of DNA in a bacterium, carrying most of its genetic information and lying free in the cytoplasm.

The main DNA molecule carrying a cell's genetic information; in bacteria it is circular and lies in the cytoplasm.

A thread-like structure made from DNA and found in the nucleus of a cell; chromosomes carry genes.

A structure made of DNA that carries genes; chromosomes are found in the nucleus of ordinary human body cells.

A narrative that presents its main events in time order, although it may skip periods of time.

The presentation of events in the order in which they happen.

The order in which events happen in time, which may differ from the order in which an audience learns about them.

Made using gold and ivory, as in Pheidias’ original statue of Athena Parthenos.

Made using gold and ivory, as with the statues of Athena in the Parthenon and Zeus at Olympia.

A holding device with jaws that grip a workpiece in a machine.

The canopy under which a Jewish wedding takes place, symbolising the couple’s new home.