NAME THAT MYTH
This myth tells the story of a great flood.
What is the story of Noah and the ark?
In this story God creates humans out of dust.
What is Genesis 2:4b-3?
The mother of Issac and spouse of a patriarch who pawned her off as his sister.
Who is Sarah?
This genre explains how or why something came to be.
What is an etiology? (Origin story)
This is the history of a text’s interpretation and how it has been received across time.
What is Reception History?
*Significant because it reveals how texts are read and interpreted according to their time/context, and that there is not one stable interpretation of any biblical passage.
These myths attempt to describe the world's origins, the relationship between humanity and divine, and the role of humans among among other created beings.
What are the creation myths?
This story specifically mentions that there are seven days of creation.
Genesis 1-2:4a.
This man is considered the father of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.
Who is Abraham?
This genre often has the following three components: a divine summoning, a sign or wonder, and an expression of reluctance.
What is a call narrative?
One is the name of the general concept for "order" in Egypt the other is the goddess of justice of justice and order.
What is the difference between maat and Maat?
These stories chronicle the events that led a group of enslaved people in Ancient Egypt to find their freedom from Egypt and understand themselves as a people particularly cared for and protected by Yahweh.
What is the Exodus?
This story attempts to explain why there is pain in childbirth.
Genesis 2:4b-3
This is the son of Hagar.
Who is Ishmael?
This genre tells the story of divine intervention in the life of a baby or a child, and functions to explain how the child was destined from the beginning to play a special role in society (and become a hero).
What is a rescue narrative?
What is hermeneutics?
This is the story of a youngest brother who interpreted dreams from prison and rose to power, saving an entire people from famine.
What is the novella of Joseph?
In this story humans are created in God's image.
What is Genesis 1-2:4a.
Had difficulty speaking, but led anyway.
Who is Moses?
The plagues in the book of Exodus are a good example of this genre.
What is a contest narrative?
This concept was founded in 1989 by Kimberle Crenshaw. It can be used as a tool to help readers understand the various experiential realities of their lives and how that influences their reading of a text.
What is intersectionality?
This is the story in which I Am Who I Am is revealed.
What is the story of Moses and the burning bush?
This story does not mention that God created sea creatures.
Promised knowledge of good and evil.
Who is the serpent?
This genre details contractual arrangements made between two parties.
What is a covenant code (law code)?
This is a theology of scripture that preferences the experienced reality of poor in its interpretation.
What is liberationist theology?