Flashcard Set (Biblical Allusions)
Adam and Eve
the first man and woman; she’s created from a rib taken from him. They live in the bliss in the Garden of Eden until Eve lets the Serpent talk her into eating the fruit of the Tree of knowledge, which she then offers to Adam. After they eat, they realize they’re naked and become ashamed. God expels them from Eden as punishment and they have pain.
Eden
earthly paradise for Adam and Eve
Tree of Knowledge
the one tree whose fruit God forbade e Adam and Eve from eating. After they do so, they gain the knowledge of good and evil
Cain and Abel
the two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain was older and a farmer. Abel was a shepherd . They made offerings to God, who liked Abel’s lamb better than Cain’s wheat. Cain was jealous and slew Abel, for which he was forced to roam as an outcast, with a horrible mark on his forehead that showed that he killed his brother. Cain “Am I my brother’s keeper”
Abraham and Sarah
He is the first patriarch of Judaism (first person to accept monotheism) She is his wife. They were married for a long time and had no children. She suggested that he mate with her maid-servant, hagar, so that he would have an heir. After than child was born, Sarah became pregnant and forced Abraham to throw out the maid and her son because she was jealous. Their son is Isaac.
Noah
Built the ark, on which all the animals on earth went, two by two, to escape drowning in the great flood, which lasted 40 days and 40 nights
Hagar and Ishmael
Hagar is the maid of Sarah that Abraham had a child with an Ishmael is the child, who became a wandering outcast.
Isaac
the son of Abraham and Sarah. God tested abraham;s faith by ordering him to sacrifice Isaac on a mountain. They went up to the mountain, with Isaac just a bit suspicious that there was no animal to sacrifice. Just as Abraham was about to slit Isaac’s throat, an angel stayed his hand and he then saw a ram caught in nearby bushed, which he sacrificed instead.
Jacob
Son of Isaac and brother Esau, whose birthright and blessing he stole when Isaac was on his deathbed. Later, he dreamt of a ladder that one could climb to het to heaven, with each rung being a good deed. He decided to apologize to Esau and then went on to have 12 sons who became the twelve tribes of Israel
Rachel and Leah
wives of Jacob. He fell in love with Rachel, the younger. Her father said Jacob could marry her if he worked for the father for 7 years. Jacob did so.After the wedding, when he lifted the veil, he found that he’d married Leah, who had to marry first b/c she was older. He still wanted Rachel, so the father said Jacob could have her after another 7years of labor, which he did. Meanwhile, he and Leah had many kids.
Joesph
firstborn son of Rachel and Jacob, who loved him more that all his other sons b/c he loved the mother (rachel) more than the mother of his ollder children (leah). Joesph flaunted his fathers favor, esp by showing off his many colored coat that was a gift from dad. Other brothers were jealous and planed to murder him; instead, they sold him into slavery and he was taken to Egypt, where his ability to interpret dreams led him to become the pharaoh’s right hand man.
Moses and Aaron
brothers who worked together to save the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Moses was the leader and God spoke to him, but he stuttered, so Aaron actually spoke to the ppl and told them what God told Moses, Moses led them across the Red Sea, which parted and into the desert, where they roamed for many years. He went up to Mount Sinai, where God gave him the Ten commandments. He wsa gone a long time and the ppl started to get nervouse so they built an idol to worship; a golden calf. When Moses can and found them worshiping an idol, he was so upset that he broke the ablets the commandments were on. After they destroyed the calf, he went back and got another copy of the commandments.
Sinai
the desert where the the Jews roamed for many years, before getting to the Promised Land
Gideon
and Israeli judge. In a major battle, when his forced were massively outnumbered, he fooled the opposition by making noise with trumpets that made the enemy think that the Hebrew forces were much larger than they really were
Samson and Delilah
he had great strength b/c he had never cut his hair(nazarite). She was from the enemy tribe (Philistines) and became his mistress and then betrayed him by cuttin ghis hair while he slept. The Philistines captured and blinded him, but Samson eventually found enough strength to destroy his enemies by pulling down the pillars of the temple they were all in, even though doing so meant that he would die too
Ruth and Naomi
Naomi was Hebrew whose son married Ruth, a Moabite. After the the son died, Ruth chose to stay with Naomi rather than returning to her own people. She is the first convert to Judaism and a symbol of loyalty.
Solomon
king of the Hebrews known for his wisdom. When 2 women appeared before him, both claiming that the same baby belonged to both of them, he ordered it cut in half, so each woman would have a half. The woman who screamed not to cut the baby was given it, since Solomon determined that she must really love it, since she didnt want it to die
Jezebel
the wife of Ahab , notorious for her evil and vicious actions.
Babylon
an ancient city of Mesopotamia known for its wealth, luxury, and vice
Ester
a Jewish woman married to a Persian King. An evil man wanted to kill the Jews but Ester stopped him by pleading with her husband
David
a young boy who had the courage to fight a huge enemy Goliath , whom he killed with a slingshot. He became king and was quite good, except for lusting after a marries woman, whose husband he then sent to the front lines to get killed so David could marry her. They became the parents of Absalom and Solomon.
Goliath
a huge warrior of the Philistines who was killed by a boy with a sling shot; a symbol of great power can be defeated
Philistines
the traditional enemies of the Hebrews, known for they barbarism and indifference to art and culture
Jonah
a Hebrew whol] God commanded to go to Nineveh to tell the people there to stop sinning. He didnt want to and tried to escape by boat, but God made a great storm. When the others on board realized that Jonah was the person God was mad at, they threw him overboard. He was then swallowed by a whale. He lived inside it for several days, repented, and was regurgitated on the beach. He then went quickly to Nineveh and followed Gods orders. A Symbol of learning the hard way.
