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| 8949954894 | Eden (Garden of) | According to Genesis, in the Bible, the utopian place where the first man, Adam, and his wife, Eve, lived after they were created by God | 0 | |
| 8949962333 | Armageddon | According to the Bible, in Revelations (the last book of the New Testament) the site of a battle during the end times variously interpreted as either a literal or symbolic location. The term is also used in a generic sense to refer to any end-of-the-world scenario. | 1 | |
| 8975839032 | Cain and Abel | from Genesis-sons of Adam and Eve. Cain kills Abel out of Jealousy (reference to Bible on next page) | 2 | |
| 8975848320 | David and Goliath | the future king of Israel (David) slays the giant Philistine warrior (Goliath) with his slingshot (from the Old Testament of the bible)- the underdog is victorious | 3 | |
| 9060149293 | prodigal son | From the book of Luke in the New Testament- parable about a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives | 4 | |
| 9060158812 | 12 apostles | from the New Testament- 12 men who were called by Jesus to be his disciples and then go out and teach his message | 5 | |
| 9171646919 | Moses | Born of an Israelite slave when the Egyptians were told to kill the boy children of such. His sister (Miriam) places him in the reeds by the river in a "boat" of bulrushes. He is found by the Pharaoh's daughter and raised by her; kills an Egyptian and sent out into the desert, God talks to him through a burning bush and tells him to lead the Israelite out of Egypt. After various plagues the Pharaoh allows them to leave which is called the EXODUS. As they leave, the Egyptians come after them and Moses PARTS THE RED SEA- the Israelites get through and then the sea closes on the Egyptians. The Israelites live in the desert for 40 years- Moses goes up MT> SINAI which is where God gives him the 10 COMMANDMENTS. He is gone a long time and the people start worshiping idols. As punishment, only those under 20 are allowed to actually go to Canaan (roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan and Syria) which is called the PROMISED LAND- FULL OF MILK AND HONEY | 6 | |
| 9201957124 | Job (pronounced Joab) | Bible character who suffers many trials and horrible suffering but refuses to turn on God. Usually referenced as the "patience of Job" | 7 | |
| 9227161028 | John the Baptist | Signifies a person who speaks out against hostility, especially one who urges Christian repentance. John the Baptist foretold the coming of Christ and went to baptize in the Jordan River | 8 | |
| 9227175153 | Judas | Now understood as a traitor or hypocrite. Judas Iscariot betrayed Christ to the Romans at Gethsemane for 30 silver pieces by kissing him. Thus, the Judas kiss signifies an act of betrayal disguised as an act of friendship (i.e., stabbing someone in the back) | 9 | |
| 9287820640 | Solomon | A biblical King who was known for his wisdomgis wealth and his writings (baby story) (love poetry - "Song of Solomon") | 10 | |
| 9287831448 | Doubting Thomas | a skeptic: this term is based on the Biblical account of Thomas, a disciple of Jesus, who doubted Jesus' resurrection and demanded to feel Jesus' wounds after being convinced | 11 | |
| 9321677009 | The Good Samaritan | a person who helps other people, especially strangers when they are in trouble. The parable is told by Jesus - a Jewish traveler is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead along the road. First a priest and then a Levite come by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan comes by. Samaritans and Jews generally despised each other, but the Samaritan helps the injured man. | 12 | |
| 9321704017 | The Four Horsemen | (of the Apocalypse) are symbolic descriptions of different events which will take place in the "end times" from Revelations. They are white, red, black, and pale | 13 | |
| 9349692085 | Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck was alluding to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" which alludes to the Bible (both Isaiah from the Old Testament and Revelations in the New Testament) | 14 |
