Genesis
First book of the bible.
Where the books of the Bible are listed.
What is the “table of contents?”
First phase people go through when reading the Bible.
What is ”children’s stories?”
“Blessed are the ____, for they shall inherit the earth.” -Matthew 5:5
Who are the “meek?”
(Not the Greek, the meek.)
“You hear that? Blessed are the Greek.”
“The Greek?”
“Mmm. Well, apparently, he's going to inherit the earth.”
-Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Meaning of anagogical.
What is “the mystical interpretation of the Bible, encouraging us to view our lives as the road to Heaven?”
The day the Lord rested.
What is ”the seventh day?”
Number of books in the Bible.
What is “73?”
Second phase people go through when reading the bible.
What is “book of inspirational quotes?”
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of ______.” -Matthew 5:3
What is “heaven?”
The allegorical view of the Bible.
What is ”viewing the Bible as having deeper meaning?”
The way God created Eve, the first woman.
What is “putting Adam, the first man, in a coma, removing one of Adam’s ribs, and then creating a woman out of it?”
The correct way to quote Bible verses.
What is “(Book) [Chapter]:{Verse}?”
Third phase people go through when reading the Bible.
What is the “skeptic phase?”
“Blessed are the ___________, for they will be called children of God.” -Matthew 5:9
What are “peacemakers?”
(Not cheesemakers.)
“I think it was 'Blessed are the cheesemakers.'“
“Ahh, what's so special about the cheesemakers?”
“Well, obviously, this is not meant to be taken literally. It refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.”
-Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Literal sense of understanding the Bible.
The amount of time it took God to make the Earth.
What are “seven days?”
Meaning of exegesis.
What is “studying passages in depth in order to learn what God is revealing?”
What is the fourth, and final, phase of reading the bible.
What is “believing it to be true” or the “adult phase of reading the Bible?”
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his _______.“ -John 15:13
What are “friends?”
(Numa Turcatti famously paraphrases this Bible verse in his final note in “Society of Snow.”)
The amount of time it took to finish the Old Testament.
What is “nine hundred years?”
What the Lord thought after making all of his creations.
What is, “it was very good?”
Most common abbreviation of Exodus.
What is “Exod.”?
Parts of the Bible that are religiously true.
What is “all of it?”
“In the beginning God created the _______ and the _____.” -Genesis 1:1
What are the “heavens” and the “earth?”
Smallest book in the Old Testament.
What is the “Book of Obadiah?”