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ZOMBIES
BATTLES & MONSTERS
DANIEL
INTERPRETING DANIEL
CONTEXT & GENRE
100
In this religion, the zonbi is an animated corpse raised by magical means, such as witchcraft.
What is Voodoo/Voodoun?
100
This word can be traced back to a Latin verb that means to "show" or "reveal."
What is monster?
100
This name appears to come from a long tradition - ranging from ancient Ugaritic texts to the book of Ezekiel and beyond - about a righteous and wise man.
What is Daniel?
100
Daniel 8:9 says, "Out of one of them came another horn, a little one, which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the beautiful land." The "little horn" is code for this Greek ruler.
Who is AE IV?
100
This Greek word means to "reveal" or "uncover."
What is apocálypsis?
200
Name George A Romero's first full-length zombie film.
What is "Night of the Living Dead"?
200
All ancient Near Eastern creation myths understand the gods/god to have conquered this in order to create the rest of the world.
What is chaos?
200
The book of Daniel is unique in the Hebrew Bible because it is written in these two languages.
What are Aramaic and Hebrew?
200
Daniel 11:31 reads, "Forces sent by him shall occupy and profane the temple and fortress. They shall abolish the regular burnt offering and set up the abomination that makes desolate." The "him" refers to _________ and the "abomination that makes desolate" refers to __________.
What is AE IV and the alter set up to Zeus in the temple?
200
Generally speaking, there are two different kinds of ancient apocalypses: __________ and _________.
What are HISTORICAL and HEAVENLY JOURNEYS?
300
Largely considered the first zombie film, White Zombie (1932) starred this horror stalwart.
Who is Bela Lugosi?
300
According to later Jewish tradition, at the end time _____ and ______ will become food for the righteous (2 Esdras 6:52).
What is Behemoth and Leviathan?
300
The book of Daniel has a literary and a historical setting. This is the time and place of the LITERARY setting.
What is 6th century BCE Babylon?
300
The story of the alternative diet, the fiery furnace, and the lion's den all "deliver a consistent message: despite external pressures to violate the Torah and despite fearsome sanctions, ____ will deliver those who remain faithful to the ____."
What is God and the Law?
300
Prophets in the Bible should be thought of _____, a famous Dr. Seuss character, because they were generally speaking about __________.
Who is The Lorax and what is their current contexts?
400
This man wrote The Walking Dead comic books.
Who is Robert Kirkman?
400
The Bible depicts the relationship between Leviathan and God in different ways; briefly describe the difference in the depictions found between Psalm 74 and Psalm 104.
What is God has to defeat Leviathan in order to create (Ps 74) vs. God created Leviathan (Ps 104)?
400
The book of Daniel has a literary and a historical setting. This is the time of the HISTORICAL setting.
What is on or around the Maccabean Revolt of 167-164 BCE?
400
Daniel 12:1-3 reads, "At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever." What idea do these verses introduce into the canonical Hebrew Bible for the first time?
What is the resurrection of the dead and reward/punishment after death?
400
_______ (he sings his own name!) is relevant to the study of ancient apocalyptic literature because it "_________" from biblical prophecy.
What is Jason Derulo and "samples"?
500
Although zombies have now been transformed into brain-eating monsters, in Haitian cultures the zombie reflects this fear.
What is the fear of enslavement/being controlled by another?
500
This Hebrew phrase, found in Genesis 1, is now a French phrase that means "confusion" or "commotion." Originally it seems to have referred to God's conquering of chaos before he creates the world.
What is "tohu-va-bohu"?
500
This is Daniel's Babylonian name.
What is Belteshazzar?
500
This figure from the Book of Daniel has been understood as: Jesus, Judas Maccabee, some other unknown historical leader, or a heavenly being.
Who is the "one like a human being"/"son of man"?
500
There are five things that make a piece of literature an "apocalypse" in terms of genre. They include: a ________ framework, a disclosure of secrets/revelation from a __________ to a __________, the belief in another, supernatural world beyond this one, a concern with eschatology, and the idea of _________ reward and punishment.
What is narrative, heavenly to human being, and post-mortem?