7735977707 | Garden of Eden | An unspoiled, idyllic, peaceful place; "earthly paradise" | 0 | |
7736002749 | Adam & Eve | a "fall"; serpents; apples; fig leaves; "forbidden fruits" | 1 | |
7736009646 | Tower of Babel | Trying to reach the heavens; any noisy confusion; many languages | 2 | |
7736023861 | Cain & Abel | A brother who kills a brother; a person with a "mark" of shame; "Am I my brother's keeper?" | 3 | |
7736040311 | David & Goliath | An underdog and a "giant" opponent; slingshots | 4 | |
7736065591 | Pearls Before Swine | An offer of something precious to those unable to appreciate the value of what they've been given; sows; oysters | 5 | |
7736080783 | Jonah & the Whale | Person believed to bring bad luck or someone learning the hard way; swallowed by a fish | 6 | |
7736086601 | Jezebel | Impudent, forward, shameless, or morally unrestrained woman | 7 | |
7736090704 | Sodom & Gomorrah | Wicked places of vice or corruption; places destroyed with fire and brimstone | 8 | |
7736097142 | Moses | bulrushes; bricks without straw; parting the sea; the "wilderness"; a "promised land"; one who receives divine rules | 9 | |
7736105384 | Burning Bush | A medium through which the voice of absolute authority speaks | 10 | |
7736114617 | Noah's Ark | 40 days & 40 nights; a dove, a rainbow, a pair of animals; a lot of rain | 11 | |
7736119087 | Scapegoat | A person who is blamed or punished for someone else's misdeeds; a mammal carrying people's sins into the wilderness | 12 | |
7736127881 | Pontius Pilate | A reluctant judge; someone "washing his/her hands of something" | 13 | |
7736135687 | Doubting Thomas | Someone who refuses to believe something without evidence; a skeptic | 14 | |
7736156338 | Methuselah | A really, really, really old person | 15 | |
7736158917 | Job | One who endures afflictions with fortitude and faith; a person who suffers and remains good; a person who is rewarded at the end | 16 | |
7736174763 | Samson | Someone's strength in his/her hair (or something else); after haircut, strength is lost and person is defeated (blinded or enslaved) | 17 | |
7736225703 | Daniel | Person enclosed with a wild animal; one unhurt thanks to divine protection | 18 | |
7736259521 | The Writing on the Wall | An indication that doom or misfortune is coming; possibly appearing via a disembodied human hand in a mysterious language | 19 | |
7736267763 | John the Baptist | A person's head is cut off and served on a tray | 20 | |
7736273138 | King Solomon | A very wise person; one who makes wise judgements | 21 | |
7736279974 | The Birth of Jesus (The Nativity) | Wise men (with gifts); manger; northern star; shepherds; lodging with no extra rooms | 22 | |
7736294832 | Abraham & Isaac | Obedient father asked to sacrifice son; test of faith; divine intercession at the last minute | 23 | |
7736303305 | Lazarus | One who rises from the dead (but not a Christ figure); Implications of a remarkable recovery or return from a disaster | 24 | |
7736311626 | Armageddon | A great and decisive battle between forces of good and evil | 25 | |
7736322961 | 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse | 4 horses; riders bringing bad, bad things | 26 | |
7736326304 | Judas | A treacherous kiss; 30 pieces of silver; payment received for treachery; a supposed friend's betrayal in the guise of love | 27 | |
7736332392 | The Prodigal Son | An obedient sibling and a bad sibling; one who leaves home & squanders money; other is jealous when a parent celebrates the bad sibling's return, "lost but was found" | 28 | |
7739620223 | The Loaves & The Fishes | An almost miraculous abundance in the face of seeming scarcity; a small bit of food that feeds thousands | 29 | |
7739630475 | Eucharist | A meal of bread and wine (or flesh and blood) | 30 | |
7739636165 | Lot's Wife | One who unwisely chooses to look back once beginning a course of action; someone who disobeys an explicit rule or command | 31 | |
7739643548 | Good Samaritan | Generous person who aids anyone in distress | 32 | |
7739658840 | Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors | Multi-hued garment; Pharaoh's dream; one sold into Egyptian slavery | 33 |
AP Literature Biblical Allusions Flashcards
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