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The Bible Flashcards

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In Genesis, god told him to leave his country and promised to give the Hebrews the Promised Land (Canaan). God told him to sacrifice his son Isaac to prove his obedience

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Abraham

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The Fall of Man. Sons are Cain, Abel, and Seth. Ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil

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Adam and Eve

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Gabriel delivers message to Virgin Mary that she’ll give birth to a son named Jesus

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Annunciation

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Additional books of the Bible accepted by some denominations but not all

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Apocrypha

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The mountain that Noah’s ark was on top of during the flood. Highest peak in Turkey

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Ararat

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The final battle between good and evil

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Armageddon

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Built by Noah’s descendants to reach heaven

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Tower of Babel

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Eight sayings of Jesus. Beatus is Latin for blessed

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Beatitudes

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Originally a philistine god. Mentioned in Milton’s “Paradise Lost”

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Beelzebub

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“In the beginning was the word” : a call back to Genesis

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Gospel of John

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The hill near Jerusalem were Jesus was crucified. Means “place of the skull” and also called Golgotha

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Calvary

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Gift given from Jacob to his son Joseph

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Coat of many colors

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The capital of Syria. Saul had an epiphany on the road to this place

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Damascus

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A shepherd in youth, a harpist, ancestor of Jesus, King after Saul, the psalms are attributed to him

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David

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Found in the 1940s in the Qumran Caves (West Bank) and currently housed in the Jerusalem museum

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Dead sea scrolls

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Written by a philosopher named “the Preacher”

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Ecclesiastes

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A prophet who suffered the wrath of Jezebel. Taken to heaven in a chariot of fire

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Elijah

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Queen of the Persians who stopped a massacre of the Jews aided by her cousin Mordecai. Jews celebrate the feast of Purim because of this

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Esther

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Food that Israelites ate while being led by Moses

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Manna

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20
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The three great virtues of the New Testament

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Faith, hope, charity

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What colors are the Four Horsemen and what do they represent?

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White is conquest, red is war, black is famine, pale is plague

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22
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Who revealed the Koran to Mohammed?

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Angel Gabriel

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23
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A non Jewish person from “the nations”

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Gentile

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Good news of salvation, also the first four books of the New Testament

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The Gospel

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Son of Noah, ancestor of Africans. Egypt is called the land of him.

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Ham

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Descendents of Abraham, Isaac, and especially Jacob

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The Hebrews

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27
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The king of Judea during the first century BC. Ordered the Massacre of the Innocents

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Herod the Great

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Son of Herod the Great, beheaded John the Baptist at the influence of Salome

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Herod Antipas

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29
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Another name of the Bible

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Holy Writ

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30
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The slaughter of males two years old or younger in Bethlehem after the birth of Jesus. Ordered by King Herod

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The Massacre of the Innocents

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31
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Son of Abraham, father of Jacob and Esau

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Isaac

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32
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A prophet who saw Jesus’s glory and spoke about him, also a book of the Old Testament

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Isaiah

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Brother of Isaac, son of Abraham and Rebecca. Gave birthright to brother Jacob for a meal of stew

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A vision in a dream with God at the top after receiving covenant of Abraham

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Jacob’s Ladder

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Alternative name for God. “I am what I am”

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Queen of Israel who tried to kill Elijah

37
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Satan killed his children, destroyed all his possessions, and gave him sores from head to foot. He still refused to betray God and was later healed

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Imprisoned by Herod Antipas, beheaded by King Herod. Baptized Jesus in the Jordan River

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John the Baptist

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Sold to Egypt by brothers after receiving coat of many colors from his father Jacob. Interpreted Pharoah dreams and gained influence in Egypt

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Brought Israelites to the promised land after the death of Moses. Destroyed Jericho with trumpets

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Betrayed Jesus with a kiss for 30 pieces of silver. Hanged himself the next day

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Judas Iscariot

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Comisionned by King James I of England in the seventeenth century. Aka the “Authorized Version”

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King James Bible

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Passover meal the night before Jesus’s death. The basis for Holy Communion (Eucharist)

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The Last Summer

44
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Brought back to life by Jesus four days after his death. This event prompted the plan to put Jesus to death

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Sea monster in the book of Job. A political work by Thomas Hobbes

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Lived in Sodom and Gomorrah. Left the city with family, wife turned back to look at the destruction and was turned into a pillar of salt

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Book of the Bible detailing Jesus’s birth and early life. Frequently read at Christmas

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The three wise men who visited Jesus at birth and gave gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh

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The earliest and shortest of the gospels

50
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Attendee at the crucifixion and saw the empty tomb three days later

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Mary Magdalene

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Includes the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus fulfilling Old Testament prophecies

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Oldest man in the Bible said to have lived for 969 years. Grandfather of Noah

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Methuselah

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Often depicted with scales representing judgment day. Guarding of the Jews, leader of armies in revelations

54
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Canaanite idol who demanded sacrifices of the first born child of Israelites. Book of Leviticus

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The ten commandments, the Torah, “The Law”

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Mosaic Law

56
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Stories told by Jesus containing religious messages

57
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With Peter, first leaders of the Christian church

58
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The day the holy spirit descended upon the disciples

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Chief of the 12 apostles. A fisherman, previously named Simon but Jesus renamed him. Denied being a follower of Jesus three times. Often depicted holding keys. Sometimes referred to as the first pope. Crucified upside down

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Supposed burial site is under this building located in Vatican City

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Saint Peter’s Basilica

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Teachers asking the Jews. Jesus called them “the blind leading the blind”

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Enemies of the Jews in the promised land. Can also mean someone ignorant and uncultured

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Philistines

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Governor of the Jews. Didn’t consider Jesus guilty but caved to the pressure of others and said “I wash my hands of this”

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Pontius Pilate

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2nd wife of Jacob. Sterile for many years but then had two sons named Joseph and Benjamin

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Great grandmother of King David. Her mother in law was Naomi. Married Boaz who was Jewish.

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In the book of Matthew, contained famous teachings such as the Lord’s prayer, the Golden Rule, and turn the other cheek

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Sermon on the Mount

67
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A password used by Israelites in the Old Testament

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Shibboleth

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The son and successor of David. He had many wives and indulged in splendor and wealth. Built the temple at Jerusalem

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Doubted the resurrection of Jesus and said he wouldn’t believe until he could touch the crucifixion wounds on Jesus’s hands

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One tenth of a person’s salary given to the church as an offering

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Often recited at funerals. Contains the famous passage that begins “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…”

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23rd Psalm

72
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Latin translation of the Bible by St Jerome in the fourth century AD, adopted by catholic church as its official version

73
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The place where Jesus walked on water

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Sea of Galilee

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Most mentioned woman in the Bible. Wife of Abraham, mother of Isaac but died giving birth to him

75
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Site used to build the fortress of the city of Jerusalem.

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Mount Zion

76
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Day 1 (the creation story)

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Light (“let there be light”)

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Day 2 (the creation story)

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Day 3 (the creation story)

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The earth, seas, and vegetation

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Day 4 (the creation story)

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The sun and moon

80
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Day 5 (the creation story)

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The animals of the air and sea

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Day 6 (the creation story)

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Land animals and humans

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