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Mountain which Noah’s ark came to rest as the great flood receded, in present day Eastern Turkey, Turkey’s highest peak

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Mount Ararat

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husband that David sends off to battle so he can have Bathsheba

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Uriah the Hittite

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2nd to Satan in Paradise Lost, “Prince of Devils”

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Beelzebub

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hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified

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Calvary (Golgotha)

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jealous King before David, gave him permission to fight Goliath, killed himself after a prophesied defeat by the Philistines

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King Saul

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prophet who opposed the worship of idols (e.g. Baal), Jezebel tried to kill him

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Elijah

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went up to heaven in a chariot of fire

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Elijah

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she introduced the worship of Baal to King Ahab and Israel

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Queen Jezebel

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holiest Jewish day of the year, marks the end of 10 days of penitence, 10 days after Rosh Hashanah

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Yom Kippur

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Jewish New Year

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Rosh Hashanah

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queen of Persia who (along with her cousin Mordecai) stops a plot to massacre the Jews in Persia (celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)

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Esther

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three gifts that the wise men brought to infant Jesus

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gold, frankincense, and myyrh

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Noah’s son who was cursed when he saw his father drunk and naked but refused to turn away as his other 2 brothers did, curse was darker skin (and for all his descendants)

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Ham

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Noah’s 3 sons

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Shem, Ham, and Japheth

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responsible for the Massacre of the Innocents

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Herod the Great

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killed John the Baptist at the request of his stepdaughter Salome

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Herod Antipas

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Jacob’s brother, trades his inheritance to Jacob for bowl of stew, Jacob tricked his father by impersonating him at the request of their mother Rebecca

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Esau

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wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, God gave him the name Israel

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Jacob

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ladder seen in a dream which allowed angels of God to ascend/descend from heaven to Earth

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Jacob’s ladder

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The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society

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Jehovah’s Witnesses

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another name for Jeusalem, Mount ____ is also the hill that the city was built on

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Zion

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22
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received a coat of many colors from his father Jacob, other sons were jealous

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Joseph

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his brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt, became second in command after interpreting a dream for the pharaoh, forgives his brothers later when they come to egypt seeking grain for a famine

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Joseph

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brought Israelites into the promised land after Moses died, destroyed Jericho by telling everyone to blow their trumpets and shout, the walls collapsed

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Joshua

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25
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price for Judas turning in Jesus

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30 pieces of silver

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a man brought back to life by Jesus after being in the tomb for 4 days

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Lazarus

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these people liberated Judea from Syrian rule, also honored by Hanukkah

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Maccabee

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28
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food that God gave Israelites during the Exodus after food had run out

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manna

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29
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oldest man in the bible at 969 years old, grandfather of Noah

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Methuselah

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guardian angel of the Jews, led Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden in Paradise Lost, lead the celestial armies in Revelation

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Michael the archangel

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31
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Michaelmas (the Feast of Saints ___, ___, ____, and ____) the main archangels

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Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael

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32
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brought by a dove to noah’s ark to signify the end of the flood, signifies peace, in the eagle’s right talon in the seal of the US

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olive branch

33
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denied being a follower of Jesus three times before his crucifixion

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Peter

34
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people of Samson, also of Goliath

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Philistines

35
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group of teachers among the Jews, critizied for their hypocrisy

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Pharisees

36
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second wife of Jacob, sterile for many years, but eventually had Joseph and Benjamin (she died after giving birth to him)

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Rachel

37
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first wife of Jacob, tricked Jacob into marriage

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Leah

38
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wife of Isaac, infertile for first 20 years, mother to twins Jacob and Esau

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Rebecca

39
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great grandmother of David, not an Israelite but married one who came to her country, after he died she went back with her mother-in-law Naomi, married Boaz

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Ruth

40
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stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, requested the beheading of John the Baptist

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Salome

41
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man with powerful hair has girlfriend trick him, destroys banquet hall anyway after captured

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Samson and Delilah

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A queen in biblical times famous for her beauty, splendor, and wealth. Travels from afar to visit King Solomon and praised his wisdom.

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Queen of Sheba

43
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dynasty of Ethiopian rulers claim they are descendents from this pair

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King Solomon and Queen of Sheba

44
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the apostle who doubted the Resurrection of Jesus until he got to see and touch Jesus’ wounds

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Thomas

45
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Latin translation of the bible by Saint Jerome, used in the Western world until the Reformation

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Vulgate Bible

46
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After the Last Supper, where Jesus went to pray, the place where Judas kissed Jesus before he was captured and crucified

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Garden of Gethsemane

47
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Wife of Abraham, Mother of Isaac (had him when she was 91 and he was 100), most mentioned woman in the bible

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Sarah

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Biblical prophet who talked to a donkey/ass

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Balaam (Balaam’s ass)

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religion of Japan, means “way of the gods” in Chinese and Japanese

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Shinto

50
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Amaterasu Omikami (the Kami) is a major deity in this religion, she is the goddess of the sun (red circle on flag) and universe, said to be the ancestor of Japan’s imperial family

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Shinto

51
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Jesus’ apostle that was a tax collector

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Matthew

52
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Babylonian king who constructed the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Ishtar Gate

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Nebuchadnezzar II

53
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He calls in Daniel to interpret the handwriting on the wall during his feast, he’s the king after Nebuchadnezzar

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Belshazzar

54
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cast Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego into the fiery furnace

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Nebuchadnezzar II

55
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Babylonian king who destroyed the first temple of Jerusalem

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Nebuchadnezzar II

56
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wife of Osiris, chief goddess of Egyptian mythology, Cleopatra claimed to be the new ___

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Isis

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Egyptian God of the Underworld, husband of Isis

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Osiris

58
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older brother of Moses, and sister of Miriam, known for his eloquent and persuasive speech, was Moses’s mouthpiece when dealing with the Pharaoh

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Aaron

59
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God turned his rod into a snake and it ate all the Pharaoh’s magicians

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Aaron

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Sister of Moses and Aaron, she led the women in song after the Israelites passed through the Red Sea

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Miriam

61
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Eldest son of Abraham, mother was Hagar, through which Muslim Arabs trace their descent

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Ishmael

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Abraham’s first wife and mother of Ishmael

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Hagar

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prophet who wrote the first five books of the old testament (Jewish Torah) c. 13th century BC, encouraged the belief of monotheism

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Moses

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top/bottom of Hindu caste system

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Brahmin (priest) at top, Shudra (servants) at bottom

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her story is told twice in Judges, the only female to judge Israel, she won an important battle against the Canaanites

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Deborah

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one of the great Hindu Gods, the “Preserver”, has appeared as Krishna and as the Buddha

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Vishnu

67
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unleavened bread resembling a large cracker, used by Jews I place of yeast bread during Passover (God told Jews to eat unleavened bread, rather than delay their departure from Egypt by waiting for bread to rise)

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matzo (or matzo balls)

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prophet & author of Lamentations (he was the one doing the lamenting)

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Jeremiah

69
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his wife gazed back at Sodom against orders and was turned into a pillar of salt

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Lot

70
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2nd holiest city of Islam, houses the tomb of Muhammad, Muhammad fled from Mecca to here to escape persecution

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Medina

71
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Holiest city of Islam, Muslims are required to travel here at least once, birthplace of Muhammad

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Mecca

72
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The coming of Jesus (either in the Incarnation of biblical times or in the 2nd coming at the end of the world); also a time observed in December to prepare for Christmas

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Advent

73
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group of churches historically based in the Church of England, combines Catholic and Protestant elements (e.g. they have bishops, but don’t accept the authority of the pope)

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Anglican Communion

74
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the incarnation of a Hindu God (the Buddha is a ___ of the god Vishnu)

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avatar

75
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religion which advocates universal peace and spiritual unit of humankind, founded in Persia in 1863, main hub in Haifa

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Bahaism (followers of Baha’i faith)

76
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Jewish ceremony marking the beginning of religious responsibility for Jewish boys of 13 (and the less popular version for girls is called ___)

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bar mitzvah (male) / bat mitzvah (female)

77
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___ is an established church in England, ___ in Scandinavian countries, ___ in Scotland

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Church of England, Lutheran Church, Presbyterian Church

78
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list basic tenets of kosher foods

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animals have to have hooves and chew their cud (excludes pork), no mixing of dairy products and meat, no shellfish

79
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In Juadism, a house of worship

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synagogue

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