Creation Pt. 1
This was the first sin committed by Adam and Eve.
Disobedience to God (eating of the tree in the middle of the garden)
This biblical story explains why there is a diversity of languages throughout the world.
Tower of Babel
This patriarch's name means "one who wrestles/contends"
Jacob/Israel
Ramses II
The name God gives moses is YHWH, which means this:
I AM
In the SECOND creation story...
1) God places humans in the Garden of Eden, and 2) humans are tempted by the serpent
This animates human beings, and makes us truly human.
The soul
This patriarch's name means "laughter."
Isaac
This is the literary form of the Exodus story.
Epic
The first three commandments focus on this.
Our relationship with God
In the FIRST creation story...
1) Humans are created last, 2) male and female are created at the same time, 3) creation takes 6 days
Cain kills Abel because of this.
Jealousy
These are the names of Isaac's two sons.
Esau and Jacob
This is the theophany that Moses experiences where God tells him to free the Israelites.
The Burning Bush
The last seven commandments focus on this.
Our relationship with others
Primeval history occurs in this time period.
Before recorded history
This is the state in which Adam and Eve where first created.
Original Justice
This patriarch's name means "may he add another"
Joseph
This is why it is so shocking that God reveals his name to Moses.
God creates a more informal relationship with Moses.
The Passover was when this happened:
The Angel of Death moved through Egypt, killing the firstborn children. The Israelites were spared.
List the consequences of Original Sin.
Childbirth is painful, humans have to work hard, tension between men and women, broken relationships between people and God, the experience of death
In the SECOND creation story, God gives life to man by doing this.
Breathing life into him.
This person helps Jacob deceive his father into giving him his older brother's blessing.
Rebekah
T/F
Moses was ALWAYS a perfect servant of God, who made it to the Promised Land.
False
The Israelites crossed this body of water to get to the Promised Land:
The Red Sea/Jordan River