Beginnings & Covenant
A traditional story that explains origins and expresses deep truths about the world and human purpose.
What is a myth?
The deliverer of Israel from slavery in Egypt, who confronted Pharaoh and led the people through the Red Sea.
Who is Moses?
A military commander raised up to rescue Israel in a state of emergency.
Someone in Israel who conveyed a message from God.
What is a prophet?
This Babylonian creation story features violent gods, unlike the peaceful, monotheistic order of Genesis.
What is the Enuma Elish?
The central message of this book is that God liberates Israel and calls them into covenant faithfulness.
What is Exodus?
Known as “a man after God’s own heart,” this king unified Israel and established Jerusalem as its capital.
Who is David?
These people brought Judah into exile.
Who are the Babylonians?
This type of biblical writing teaches righteous and thoughtful living through sayings and reflection.
What is Wisdom Literature?
A binding agreement or promise between God and humanity, central to Israel’s identity.
What is a covenant?
This includes laws including not to commit adultery, not to steal, and not to worship other gods besides the God of Israel.
What are the 10 Commandments?
This wise king built the temple but later turned to idolatry through foreign alliances.
Who is Solomon?
These two leaders guided the rebuilding of the temple and renewal of the law after exile (and they have books named after them).
Who are Ezra and Nehemiah?
This genre often includes mysterious and symbolic language, an angel providing a revelation or vision, and a description of the end of history.
What is apocalyptic literature?
The covenant made at this mountain established Israel as God’s chosen nation with laws to live by.
What is Mt. Sinai?
Moses's call story happened when God appeared to him in this.
What is a burning bush?
Israel wanted one of these so they could be like other nations and have centralized leadership.
A king.
The reconstruction of this structure was a symbol of restored worship and renewed covenant life.
This book combines prophetic visions and apocalyptic imagery.
God promises Abraham these three things in God's covenant with Abraham.
What are descendants, land, and blessing for all nations?
This festival is traced back to the story of the Exodus.
What is Passover?
The cycle in Judges.
What is sin, repentance, God raising up a leader, the leader helping the people to live rightly, and then the people sinning again?
Many Jews felt ambivalence about return to Jerusalem because of three things. (Name at least two of them.)
What are ruined cities, foreign settlers, and nostalgia for Babylon?
Hosea does this as a sign-act representing God’s relationship with Israel.
What is marries an unfaithful woman?