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LA Bible Final
Ms. Mason LA 1st semester Bible as/in Lit. final flashcards
Question | Answer |
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Sibling Rivalries in NEW/OLD TESTAMENT | Cain and Abel; Joseph and 11 brothers; Jacob and Esav; Isaac and Ishmael. |
Crime and Punishment in NEW/OLD TESTAMENT | Jonah and the Whale; (everyone NOT in) Noah's ark; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; Fiery Furnace; Jews who worshiped the golden calf; Daniel (punished for being Jewish) and King Darius. |
Murder | 1st murder Cain killed Abel; Moses kills an Egyptian; David and Uriah (sent to head of battle); anyone not in Noah's arc; David and Goliath; Sampson and the Philistines (suicide). |
Detective story | Samson and Delilah; Samson and the Lion Riddle; Writing on the wall (King Belshazzar); Joseph's dream interpretations. |
The rejected one | Jacob rejected by his father, and Esav by his mother; Ishmael and Hagar rejected by Abraham; Joseph rejected by his brothers; Cain's offering rejected by G-d; Jacob rejects Potipher's wife. |
The Guilty Child | Cain (killed Abel); Jacob stole Esav's blessing; Benjamin was framed by Joseph (goblet), the other brothers were framed for taking the money; The first-born on Passover. |
Innocent victims | Job; Benjamin |
Explusion | Hagar and Ishmael; Jonah (from the whale); Adam and Eve. |
Wanderers | Moses and the Jews (40 yrs); Cain; Ishmael. |
Significant births | Adam and Eve; 1st birth: Cain and Abel; Jacob and Esav; Samson (barren mother). |
Work | Adam's curse, Slaves in Egypt; Noah and the arc; Jacob (14 years for Leah). |
Challenge from G-d | Abraham and Isaac (Aceida); Adam and Eve (free will/temptation). |
Failure | Samson (suicide); Adam and Eve; Lot could not find 10 good people in Soddom and Gemorah; Adversary/judge failed to break Job's trust in G-d. |
G-d's Interaction | Moses and the 10 Commandments; Adam and Eve; Burning Bush that Moses witnessed; G-d speaks to Cain; G-d saves Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedneg from the fiery furnace. |
Ton Biblion/ Ta Biblia | Greek: the scroll(s)/book(s) |
Poetry in the Bible | Psalms, Songs of Solomon, Proverbs, Lamentations, and prophetic books (Iseah, Hosea, Joel). *Used to intensify feeling/insight |
Narratives (stories) in the Bible | The most common literary form in the Bible. Epic: sums up an AGE in a story; a comedy: begins in prosperity and declines into trials and troubles, rising into a happy ending; tragedies: catastrophic endings. Ex: King Saul. |
Proverbs in the Bible | Short moral sayings. Book of Proverbs. |
Parables in the Bible | Put things together in order to compare them. Most associated with the teachings of Jesus. |
Epistles; New Testament | Letters to churches combining literary and explanatory features. PAUL'S EPISTLES |
Visionary Literature in the Bible | Apocalypse (unveiling or revelation)/visionary literature are SYMBOLIC descriptions of events of the FUTURE. |
New Testament | Covers < a century (birth, works, teachings, execution and resurrection of Jesus, and the founding of Christianity.) 1/4 as long as Old Testament 27 books (1st five=Jesus' life, last=Revelations) |
Gospels | (Good news) Matthew, John, (among the 12 disciples) Mark and Luke (traveled with the disciple Paul). |
Renaissance's effect on the New/Old Testaments | Translated into Vulgate from Latin (Jerome 4th Cent). |
Pentatuech and the Torah | Pentatuech('5 Scrolls')=Torah('Teaching/Law') Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. (Total of 39 book in the Torah) |
Crucifiction | Persian execution>Alexander the Great>Mediterranean>Romans Jews: were tortured, then crucified (Roman Emperor Caligula). Suffocation or cardiac arrest. |
Revelation | (all in the form of a letter by JOHN) 1st play: Letters to 7 churches in Turkey 2nd Play: setting: heavenly throne room, conflict: Dragon (evil) Lamb of God (Jesus) 3rd play: New Jerusalem and eternal life with god. |
Revelations message | Justice will prevail, good will triumph and evil will be punished. |
1-3/7 seals | 1 armed rider (conquer) on white horse (war) 2 Giant sword w/ rider (removal of peace) red horse (murder) 3 scale of judgement on a black horse (famine) |
4th/7 seals | 4 Death on a green horse (death) kills 1/4 of earth 4 ways (4 horsemen of the Apocalypse): Sword, famine, pestilence and beasts. |
5-7 seals | 5 Souls of martyrs ask Jesus how long until their blood is avenged; not long until they receive justice. 6 brings "the gread day of G-d's wrath" Black sun, red moon, stars fall and mountains and islands disappear. 7 beginning of the end |
Annunciation | The Angel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary of her conception with Jesus, G-d's son. |
Nativity | Birth with reference to place and attendant circumstances. |
The Gifts of the Magi | wanted to worship Jesus. Gold, frankincense and Myrrh. |
John the Baptist | Foretold the coming of Jesus and therefore beheaded by Herod. |
Miracles by Jesus | Stilled a windstorm sinking ships. Saved an insane clan of 2000 people by running pigs with their souls off a cliff. Saved a girl on the brink of death. Stopped a woman from bleeding after 12 yrs. Walked on water. |
Feeding the Multitudes | 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread fed 5,000 people. |
40 days | Days Jesus spent in the wilderness tempted by Satan. |