Ch.1&2
This is different from a contract, because it stresses the relationship and sacred bonds.
What is a covenant?
The first institutionalized sin, resulting from the union of the "sons of God" and the "daughters of men."
What is polygamy?
The external sign of the covenant with Abraham.
What is circumcision?
The annual religious feast which commemorates the final plague on the Egyptians.
What is the passover?
The "second law."
What is Deuteronomy?
Something that points from the Old Testament to something in the New Testament
What is a type?
God's promise to send a Messiah made right after the fall.
What is the protoevangelium?
The cities that God destroyed due to their sin.
What are Sodom and Gomorrah?
Moses' brother who speaks for him.
Who is Aaron?
The tribe which slaughtered the idolaters, and later became the priestly tribe.
Who are the Levites?
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
What is the Pentateuch?
What is meant when the Bible refers to "God's Word."
Who is Jesus Christ (the Word made flesh)?
Jacob's wives.
Who are Leah and Rachel?
God's name that He tells Moses.
What is YHWH ("I am")?
The Hebrew spies sent to Canaan.
Who are Caleb and Joshua?
Revelation has these two things as its common source.
What are Scripture and Tradition?
His descendents are credited with inventing the professions of shepherding, musicians, and metal-smithing.
Who is Cain?
The Hebrew meaning of the name Abraham.
What is "father of a multitude?"
1) Sacrifice an unblemished lamb
2) Place its blood on the door posts
3) Eat the lamb as part of a sacred meal
What are the Passover requirements?
The dwelling place of God, carried by the Israelites through the desert.
What is the tabernacle?
DAILY DOUBLE!
(Before Q is read, teams must decide $ to wager)
The 4 types of writing found in the Old Testament.
The Hebrew word meaning "to create from nothing."
What is bara?
Means "House of God." Where Jacob saw the vision of the Ladder to Heaven.
What is Beth-el?
Moses sealed the covenant with God by doing these four things. (1 pt per right answer)
What are:
1) Build an altar
2) Make a sacrifice
3) Spread the sacrificial blood on the people
4) Read the book of the covenant to the people
The golden calf represented this god whom the Israelites worshiped.
Who is Apis, the god of fertility?