How to read the Bible
Old Testament
Creation
The Early World
Abraham, Our Father
100
Because the Bible is a collection of books that uses various literary styles it is considered
What is literature?
100
The books of Jonah, Micah, Jeremiah, and Isaiah fall into this category of Biblical Literature
What is Prophecy?
100
This is the sign of the first Covenant made between God and man
What is the Sabbath?
100
Daily Double!! This son of Noah was guilty of "uncovering his father's nakedness"
Who is Ham?
100
One of the sins of the people of Sodom?
What is sexual immorality, lack of hospitality, neglect of the poor
200
DAILY DOUBLE!! This sense asks what the particular author was saying to the people in that time and place
What is the literal sense?
200
Daily Double!! The first five books of the Old Testament- From the Greek word for "five"
What is the Pentateuch?
200
Daily Double!! God creates ex nihlio. This means He creates
What is out of nothing
200
This man was charged with the task of building an ark so that his family and many animals would be spared the flood God was going to send
Who is Noah?
200
Abraham's nephew who moves to Sodom
Who is Lot?
300
Taking a Sciptural verse at face value without exploring the possibility that figurative language is being used.
What is a literalist intepretation of Scripture?
300
The number of books in the Old Testament
What is 46?
300
The first announcement of the good news, the coming of Christ who would overcome evil is known as
What is the protoevangelium?
300
The "daugthers of men" marry the "Sons of God" These two groups represent
Who are the Cainites and the Sethites?
300
Daily double!! This son was born of Abraham and Sarah. He would become the father of the Israelites
Who is Isaac?
400
Allegorical, anagogical, moral
What are the 3 spiritual senses of Scripture?
400
An event or person in Scripture that points forward to a later event of person. It has similar virtues or other qualities as its fulfillment.
What is a type?
400
The serpent who entered the garden and tempted Adam and Eve is know to be
Who is Satan?
400
This man, born 7 generations after Cain, is said to have been the first polygamist
Who is Lamech?
400
This man was born of Abram and his wife's maid and would become the father of the arab nations
Who is Ishmael?
500
The Church uses these two sense when interpreting Scripture
What is the Spiritual sense and the literal sense
500
A style of Hebrew literature that meditates on important truths. This literature utilizes poems, teachings, and other means of communicating these truths.
What is wisdom literature?
500
Because we are made in _________________________, we have free will, our work has special value, we have the capacity to love
What is the image and likeness of God?
500
This is the sign of the second covenant established between God and humanity
What is the rainbow
500
These are the 3 promises made by God to Abram
What is the promise of land and a nation, kingship and a name, blessings to the nations
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