Bibical Allusions - Old Testament

Question 0

Absalom

Answer 0

Alludes to paternal grief and to a lost and faithless son

Question 1

Abraham and Isaac

Answer 1

• Symbolic of man’s willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice to demonstrate his faith and trust in God
• Symbolic of the idea that faith and trust in God shall be rewarded.

Question 2

Burning bush

Answer 2

Represents physical proof of divinity

Question 3

Cain and Abel

Answer 3

A theological reference to innocent blood and the archetypal brother-versus-brother conflict

Question 4

Cast thy bread upon the waters

Answer 4

Share our wealth with those who need it and says that it shall be returned to us

Question 5

Daniel

Answer 5

“Read the handwriting in the wall”

Question 6

David and Bathsheba

Answer 6

Gave birth to Solomon

Question 7

David and Goliath

Answer 7

Symbolic of just defeating the unjust

Question 8

Eye for an Eye

Answer 8

Equal punishment for a transgression or injury

Question 9

Heap coals of fire

Answer 9

“Be kind to your enemy”

Question 10

Isaac

Answer 10

Promise or covenant with God

Question 11

Jacob

Answer 11

Twelve tribes of Israel

Question 12

Jacob and Esau

Answer 12

A literary reference to the pair may allude to discord between siblings, to the politics of the birthright, or to the idea of the fortunate or favored son

Question 13

Jacob’s ladder

Answer 13

Symbolic of the path to God and to heaven

Question 14

Jephthah’s daughter

Answer 14

She is the model for later Christian saints who died to protect their virginity

Question 15

Jezebel

Answer 15

A seductive woman who leads the hero astray

Question 16

Joseph and his brothers

Answer 16

Seven years of famine would follow seven years plenty

Question 17

Jonah

Answer 17

Prefigured Christ’s death, three days in the tomb, and resurrection

Question 18

Lion lies down with the lamb

Answer 18

Idyllic harmony and universal peace of the earthy paradise

Question 19

Lot/Lot’s wife

Answer 19

Illustrative of the idea that God punishes those who are disobedient

Question 20

Moses

Answer 20

He committed one arrogant sin - striking a rock to bring forth needed water - he himself was not permitted to enter the Promised Land

Question 21

Nebuchadnezzar’s dream

Answer 21

Fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Question 22

Noah and the flood

Answer 22

A terrific flood

Question 23

Philistines

Answer 23

Connotes an ignorant, crude, and rude person lacking in culture

Question 24

Rachel and Leah

Answer 24

Referred to together as the matriarchs of Israel

Question 25

Ruth

Answer 25

Her intertribal marriage to Boaz also represents openness to the world

Question 26

Sodom and Gomorrah

Answer 26

Symbols of debauchery

Question 27

Solomon

Answer 27

The model of the “Solomon-like” decision

Question 28

Swords into ploughshares

Answer 28

Often used by speakers advocating peace

Question 29

Tower of Babel

Answer 29

The diversity of languages in the world