Early Humans
How old are the oldest cave paintings from early humans?
Over 50,000 years old.
A song about what Egyptian pharaoh did Steve Martin perform on Saturday Night Live fifty years ago?
What does BCE and CE stand for?
1. Before the Common Era
2. The Common Era
What was manna?
Food from heaven that the book of Exodus says God provided to the wandering Israelites
Who was Israel's first king?
Saul
Which developed first, animals or plants?
Plants
What are hieroglyphics?
Ancient Egyptian writing
What did Howard Carter discover in Egypt in 1922 that became famous?
King Tut's tomb
The movie The Ten Commandments depicts the miraculous parting of what body of water, enabling the Israelites to escape from the pursing Egyptians?
The parting of the Red Sea
Who was Israel's second king, who began as a shepherd boy, but ended up replacing Saul?
David
What does it mean that humans differ from other animals is kind and not degree?
They are not just "more" of what other animals are, but differ in the type from other animals.
What is the main river that flows through Egypt?
The Nile
What was the name of the sun-disk god that Akhnaton attempted to force the Egyptians to worship?
Aton
Why do some historians think that the Israelites did not escape into the land called Canaan in the 13th century BC?
Who was David and Bathsheba's son, the man who became the richest and most powerful king of Israel?
Solomon
What myth about the ancient near destruction of the human race is common to many cultures?
The Flood Myth
What huge triangle-shaped structures did the ancient Egyptians build?
The pyramids
Who led the Hebrews out of Egypt to the "Promised Land", according to the Book of Exodus in the Bible?
Moses
If the pharaoh depicted in the Book of Exodus was Ramses the Great, how long would Akhnaton have been dead by the time of the events described in the Book of Exodus?
About 150 years
What specific event symbolized King Saul's loss of his kingdom when he was desperately attempting to hold onto power?
The tearing of Samuel's mantle.
What's depicted in most ancient cave paintings?
Animals and hunting
Which pharaoh instituded religious reforms?
Akhnaton
What does BC and AD mean?
1. Before Christ
2. Anno Domini (in the year of Our Lord)
What is the symbolic meaning of the story of the escape of the Israelites from Egypt into the "Promised Land"?
Liberation from spiritual death and oppression
Who was the prophet that anointed both Saul and David as kings?
Samuel