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Davidic covenant - God's unconditional promise in 2 Samuel 7 to King David.
Dead Sea Scrolls - Collection of scrolls found at Qumran showing Essene priorities
Deuterocanonicals - Meaning “second canon”; the term used by Catholics for the extra books included in their Bible.
Deuteronomic History - Historical biblical texts (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings)
Deuteronomists - A team of authors who compiled the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings, interpreting history based on the worship of one God
Diaspora - a scattered group of people living outside their true home.
Docetism - The Christological belief that Jesus Christ was purely divine and only appeared or seemed to be human.
Docetism - was the doctrine that the phenomenon of Jesus, his historical and bodily existence, and above all the human form of Jesus, was mere semblance without any true reality.
Duotheist - A duotheist is a person who believes in and worships two distinct deities, usually a balanced pair such as a supreme God and Goddess.
Dyophysitism - Dyophysitism is the Christian belief that Jesus Christ has two distinct natures—one fully divine and one fully human—joined together in one single person.