Bible
The Bible is divided into these two large sections.
What is the Old and New Testament?
He was the second person to be anointed as the king of the Israelites.
Who is King David?
This was the first thing that God created.
What is light?
The Hebrew name "Adam" is also used to translate this English word.
What is human or humanity?
The one and only command that the LORD gave to the prototypical humans prohibited them from doing this.
What is eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?
After they disobeyed God's commandment, the humans realized that they were ____ and felt ____.
What is naked and ashamed?
This is the first of three sections in which the Old Testament was originally divided.
What is the Torah or the Pentateuch?
After the reign of King Solomon, 10 of the Israelites tribes rebelled leading to a permanent split between the Kingdom of Israel and this kingdom.
Who is the Kingdom of Judah?
The opening lines of Genesis 1 closely mirror the opening lines of this New Testament book.
What is the Holy Gospel according to St. John?
What is delight or pleasure?
Of all the animals of the field, the snake was the most ____.
What is shrewd?
The woman desired to disobey God's one commandment because she thought that doing so would make her ___.
What is wise (or like God)?
This word is used to describe a living experience that is handed down, re-lived and renewed through time from generation to generation.
What is Tradition?
An Israelite king or high priest was referred to by this word which means "anointed one".
What is Messiah (Hebrew) or Christ (Greek)?
In the Greek translation of the Genesis 1 where humans are described as being made in the "image of God" this Greek word is used to translate the word "image".
What is eikon or icon?
In English translation of the Bible, the word "LORD" is used in place of this personal name for the God of Israel.
What is a priest?
The Israelites were conquered and forced into exile by the Assyrian Empire and this emipire.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
This is the name of the village that the two disciples were walking to when the resurrected Jesus appeared to them without them recognizing him.
What is Emmaus?
At the top of Jesus's cross, the Roman governor Pilate placed a sign that read "Jesus of Nazareth, King of ___"
Who are the Judeans (or the Jews)?
What is wind or breath?
The Garden of Eden is the first example of God meeting with his chosen people in this kind of place.
What is a mountain (or temple)?
The woman desired to disobey God's one commandment because she thought that doing so would make her ___.
What is wise (or like God)?
The snake in the Garden of Eden seems to a spiritual rebel who was closely associated with venomous snakes and this type of winged spiritual being which the prophet Isaiah saw in his vision of God's throne room.
What are the seraphim?
Jesus said that he would give this to his disciples "not as the world gives".
What is Peace?
Jesus Christ and John the Baptist / Forerunner both began their ministries by preaching that people should repent because this was near.
What is the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven?
The opening lines of Genesis 1 closely mirror the opening lines of this New Testament book.
What is the Holy Gospel According to St. John?
Within the scriptures, humans who exhibit this virtuous mindset are compared to fertile, good soil.
What is humility?
Christians eat from the Tree of Life during this ritual.
What is communion or the Eucharist?
What are the cherubim?