Books
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are four of these, which tell the life of Jesus in the New Testament.
What are the Gospels?
King James commissioned one of the earliest translations of the Bible into this language in 1611.
What is English?
Who was Jesus?
Also known as Zion, King David made this city the capital of the kingdom of Israel.
What is Jerusalem?
The traditional year of Jesus' birth.
What is 1 AD?
Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel are examples of these books, named after figures who preached about God to the in the Old Testament.
What are the Prophets?
St. Jerome provided one of the first translations of the Bible into this "vulgar" language in the 4th century.
What is Latin?
The "first couple" of the New Testament, they were almost divorced after a scandalous revelation.
Who are Mary and Joseph?
The capital of the dominant Mediterranean empire at the time of Jesus, this city is also where Saints Peter and Paul were executed.
What is Rome?
The traditional year of Jesus' death.
What is 33 AD?
King David may have written some of these songs and poems, which we sing between the first two readings at Mass.
What are the Psalms?
Written from right to left, and containing no vowels, this is the original language of the Old Testament.
What is Hebrew?
Starting as a pair of naked vegetarians, this couple was eventually kicked out of their home in a garden.
Who are Adam and Eve?
One of the oldest empires in the world, the Hebrew people escaped servitude in this land before entering the "promised land."
What is Egypt?
The approximate date of King David's reign and earliest examples of Hebrew writing found in the archeological record.
What is 1000 BC?
The first book of the Bible, it is the Greek word for "Beginning"
What is the book of Genesis?
The language of learning and sophistication in the first century Mediterranean world, this was the original language of the New Testament.
What is Greek?
The "law giver" of the Jewish people, this leader never got to enter into the promised land.
Who is Moses?
The mountain where the Hebrew people received the ten commandments, this is also the name for the peninsula between Africa and the Middle East.
What is Sinai?
The year that the first Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed and many Jews were taken into exile in Babylon.
What is 600 BC?
The last book of the Bible, it contains dramatic imagery of the end of the world.
What is the book of Revelation?
A semitic language related to Arabic and Hebrew, this was the language Jesus spoke in daily life.
What is Aramaic?
The founding parents of Judaism, this couple didn't have their first child until they were very old.
Who are Abraham and Sarah?
Connecting the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, this river was both an important boundary for Canaanites, and the site of Jesus' baptism.
What is the Jordan River?
The year that the second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans in response to a large Jewish rebellion.
What is 70 AD?