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Latin phrase from Genesis 1:27 that means that human beings are like God in some fundamental way.
What is "imago Dei"?
This grandson of Abraham was not excited to inherit his grandfather's covenant relationship with God, but after struggling with God, he was renamed Israel and his twelve sons gave rise to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Who was Jacob?
The capital city of Israel.
What is Jerusalem?
A book of songs from the ancient Hebrews that are still sung in many churches and synagogues today.
What is the book of Psalms?
The husband of a harlot.
Who was Hosea?
The Hebrew word for earth/dirt/soil, the stuff from which God made the first man in Genesis 2:8.
What is "adamah"?
Abraham's first son, born to his wife's servant Hagar.
Who was Ishmael?
Joseph son of Jacob was sold into slavery and taken to this kingdom South and West of Canaan.
What is Egypt?
A biblical book that is a collection of love poems.
What is the Song of Solomon (or the Song of Songs)?
The reluctant prophet who was swallowed by a great fish.
Who was Jonah?
Also known as the "tetragrammaton" these four letters represent the unpronounced name of God in Hebrew.
What is YHWH?
The patron saint of librarians, translators, students, scholars, and archaeologists, he translated the Bible from its original languages into Latin.
Who was St. Jerome?
Abraham was originally from this place.
What is Ur of the Chaldeas (aka Mesopotamia)?
A man blessed by God who had everything taken away from him.
Who was Job?
The prophet who wrote about a "suffering servant" that Christians see as Jesus.
Who was Isaiah?
The Greek letters Chi & Rho (which look like an X and a P) are the first two letters of this Greek word which means "the anointed one."
What is "Christos"?
This prophet does not write a book of his own, but he is well remembered for his epic contest with the hundreds of prophets of Baal.
Who was Elijah?
The promised land.
What is Canaan?
The source of the saying: "Pride goeth before the fall."
What is Proverbs?
Jeremiah wrote that God would write this on the hearts of the people of Israel.
What is a new covenant?
This Hebrew word can mean breath, wind or spirit, as in the spirit of God hovering over the waters in Genesis 1:2, or the breath of life in Genesis 2:7.
What is "ruach"?
This Danish philosopher wrote a book called Fear and Trembling in which he marveled at the faith of Abraham.
Who was Soren Kierkegaard?
After they the people of Judah were conquered in 586 BCE they were taken into exile in this place.
What is Babylon?
Two books from the Apocrypha that are among the "writings"?
What are Wisdom and Sirach?
MLK's I Have a Dream speech famously included this prophet's words: "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever flowing stream!"
Who was Amos?