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HISTORY/PLACES
CHARACTERS
VOCABULARY
SYMBOLISM
HEBREW HEROES
100
What is the ancient name for the home of the Israelites?
Canaan
100
The name of Sarah's maid servant, mother to Ishmael.
Who is Hagar
100
Approximately 32 quarts or a bushel
What is an ephah
100
A symbol of the journey in life
What is the desert?
100
He is the father of humanity in three religions
Who is Abraham?
200
The present-day location of the Garden of Eden?
What is Iraq
200
The name of Joseph's full-blooded brother, son of Rachel.
Who was Benjamin
200
Flax is used in the Old Testament to make this
What is linen?
200
Edenic imagery relates to this stage of life
What is childhood ?
200
Her name before it was Sarah
What is Sarai?
300
Another name for the Fertile Cresent
What is Mesopotamia (Ur)
300
The meaning of Issac's name
What is "he laughs."
300
A medicinal shrub Hebrews used to mark the lintel of their doorways to avoid the Angel of Death during Passover
What is hyssop?
300
Symbol of the Israelites during the monarchy period
What is the Star of David?
300
The first wife of Samson
Who was the woman of Timnath?
400
The names of the two evil cities that Abraham and family fled
What is Sodom and Gomorrah?
400
The head of the Israelite army up against the Philistines in the David and Goliath story.
Who is King Saul
400
To be continually in motion or to swarm
What is to teem?
400
Symbol of hope in the Noah story
What is a rainbow?
400
He is refered to as "Israel" in Genesis
Who was Jacob?
500
This is the name of the place in Egypt where the Hebrews were held captive by the Egyptians before Moses led them to the Promised Land.
What is Goshen
500
The son of Nebuchadnezzar
Who was Belshazzar?
500
warned against in the ten commandments, to desire vehemently, based in jealousy
What is to covet
500
"Thistles and stones," as in the curse on Adam represent this.
What is the hard work of life?
500
The sons of Noah who accompanied him on the ark.
Who were Shem, Ham, and Jeppath?