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100
The biblical figure ancient Hebrew people attribute their origins to
Who is Abraham?
100
The story of the creation and the fall is found in the book of______
What is Genesis?
100
The serpents in the Epic of Gilgamesh and in the creation story of the Bible both did this
What is prevented humans from achieving immortality
100
Define archetype
What is a symbol, setting, character, or situation found in the literature and art of every culture and society representing the collective human subconscious.
100
Malcolm Gladwell claims this person is the underdog in the story of David and Goliath
Who is Goliath?
200
The name of the Promised Land according to ancient Hebrews
What is Canaan, Israel, or Palestine
200
In the second version of the creation of man and woman, woman is created from man's _____
What is rib
200
The names of the men who survived the floods because they were instructed by a god to build a boat
Who are Utnapishtim and Noah
200
The archetype represented by Eve in the creation myth
What is the woman as temptress
200
What is a parable?
What are stories in the Bible that present themes that can be interpreted as life lessons
300
The solemn agreement between God and the Hebrews that God will protect them if they obey him
What is the covenant?
300
The reason God destroyed humanity with a flood
What is they were wicked and sinful
300
TWO similarities found in the creation story of the Hebrew Bible and the creation story "The World on the Turtle's Back" by the Iroquois people
What is a forbidden tree and a woman tempts a man to defy the gods
300
THREE archetypes in the story of the flood
What is divine intervention, water, death and rebirth
300
Two major themes in the Bible:
What are 1. the power, goodness, and mercy of a single God 2. The covenant or solemn agreement between God and Hebrews. 3. The tendency of humans to stray from the right path. 4. The forgiveness people can receive from God
400
the names of at least two great kings of Israel
Who are David, Solomon, Saul
400
At the end of the story of the flood what happens with Noah and his sons? Name THREE important things that happened.
1. His youngest son sees him naked while he is drunk and asleep. 2. His son is cursed into slavery. 3.The brothers who covered him up are blessed.
400
The beliefs of Hebrews and man's place in nature vs. that of the Iroquois according to their respective creation myths
What is the Hebrews believed man had dominion over nature while the Iroquois coexisted with nature
400
Four common characteristics of the archetypal creation myth
What is: 1. narrative structure 2. characters include deities and animals 3.reflects social values 4.explain the existence of things 5.contains supernatural elements 6. symbolic/metaphoric 7.began as oral tradition
400
The first nation to conquer the kingdom of Israel
Who are the Assyrians
500
The names of the two kingdoms of Israel after the division of the north and south
What are Israel and Judah?
500
In the story of David and Goliath, Goliath is a _____ (ethnicity/nationality)
What is Philistine
500
Two examples from Hebrew literature that reveal the societal taboo of nudity to possibly distance themselves from pagan societies.
What is Adam and Eve ashamed of nudity and Noah curses the son of Ham because Ham saw him naked.
500
FOUR common archetypal setting details:
What is: 1. a world of opposites 2. a landscape that emerges from watery chaos 3. a circle that symbolizes completion 4. a great tree that connects heaven and earth.
500
The debilitating condition Malcolm Gladwell believes that Goliath suffered from which truly made him the underdog
What is gigantism or acromegaly