Biblical Allusions 4 Flashcards
(20 cards)
the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father
Lord’s Prayer
when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back; Lot’s wife was disobedient and was immediately changed into a pillar of salt
Lot’s wife
a version of the Golden Rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you; first found in the Old Testament; Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan to illustrate this commandment
Love thy neighbor as thyself
a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven
Lucifer
the wise men, generally assumed to be three in number, who paid homage to the infant Jesus
Magi
perhaps the most famous verse of the Beatitudes promoting humility and trust in the Lord
Meek shall inherit the earth
a patriarch supposed to have lived 969 years who has come to be regarded as epitomizing longevity
Methuselah
the hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness
Moses
the only saying that appears in more than one Gospel; taken by some as an abandonment of the Son by the Father or a cry as that of one who was truly human and who felt forsaken
My God why hast thou forsaken thee?
the birth of Jesus Christ
Nativity
the collection of writings consisting of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, Pauline and other Epistles, and the book of Revelation, composed soon after Christ’s death and added to the Jewish writings of the Old Testament to make up the Christian Bible
New Testament
a Hebrew patriarch, who saved himself, his family, and specimens of each species of animal and bird from the Flood by building a ship
Noah and the great flood
a phrase adapted from the Book of Ecclesiastes; the author complains frequently in the book about the monotony of life
Nothing new under the sun
the collection of books comprising the sacred Scriptures of the Hebrews and essentially recording the history of the Hebrew people as the chosen people of God; the first part of the Christian Bible
Old Testament
the branch brought by a dove to Noah’s ark signifying that the flood was receding
Olive branch
a depravity, or tendency to evil, held to be innate in humankind and transmitted from Adam to the race in consequence of his sin
Original sin
any of the stories of this kind told by Jesus Christ
Parables
a Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and is marked chiefly by the Seder ritual and the eating of matzoth. It begins on the 14th day of Nisan and is celebrated for eight days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for seven days by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel
Passover
to offer or give something of great value to those incapable of appreciating it
Pearls before swine
interpreted to be used to criticize Jesus during the Rejection of Jesus by the natives of his hometown of Nazareth; the moral of the proverb is counsel to attend to one’s own defects rather than criticizing defects in others
Physician heal thyself
