Biblical Allusions 1 Flashcards
known as “the binding”; father had to sacrifice son to God
Abraham and Isaac
the third son of David, King of Israel with Maachah, daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur; the most handsome man in the kingdom; rebelled against his father and was killed during the Battle of Ephraim Wood
Absalom
the first man and woman; the story is central to the belief that God created human beings to live in a Paradise on earth, although they fell away from that state and formed the present world full of suffering and injustice
Adam and Eve
the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet and are an appellation of Christ or of God in the Book of Revelation
Alpha and Omega
Cain and Abel offer the fruits of their labor, grain and sheep respectively, to God as some sort of religious observance. God is pleased with Abel’s offering, but not with Cain’s. Despite warnings, Cain fails to master his evil nature and murders his brother Abel, after which God asks him:
Am I my brother’s keeper?
the revelation which John receives is that of the ultimate victory of good over evil and the end of the present age, and that is the primary meaning of the term, one that dates to 1175
Apocalypse
the twelve primary disciples of Jesus Christ, and they were his closest followers and the primary teachers of the message of Jesus
Apostles
the place named in the Book of Genesis where Noah’s Ark came to rest after the great flood
Ararat
a chest described in the Book of Exodus as containing the Tablets of Stone on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed; also referred to as the Ark of the Testimony
Ark of Covenant
according to the Book of Revelation, the site of gathering of armies for a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or symbolic location
Armageddon
a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, came to the land of Shinar where this tower was
Tower of Babel
a famous ancient city, located near Baghdad, was a complete unpopulated ruin by 275 BC; the symbol of every kind of evil
Babylon
a figure in the accounts of the Passion of Christ, in which he is the insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of Jesus
Barabbas
the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah; most known for the Bible story in which King David took her to sleep with him
Bathsheba
the set of teachings by Jesus that begin “Blessed are…”; consists of two phrases each
Beatitudes
