The One and Only God Flashcards
(54 cards)
Between Egypt and Mesopotamia there is a land of what?
Deep Valleys and Rich Pastures
There for thousands of years herdsmen tended their what?
Flocks
What did they plant?
Vines and Cereals (grains for food)
They sang songs about?
Their deeds and their battles, they sang of his deeds and his battles their god they sang was better and stronger and more exalted than all the gods of the heathen put together
The one and only god created what?
Heaven and earth, sun and moon, land and river, plant and beast, and all of mankind as well
These people were who?
The Jews
Where is the story of Abraham?
The Book of Genesis in chapter eleven
Ur that mound of rubble is near what?
Persian Gulf
They dug up ancient things like what?
Harps, game boards, weapons, and jewelry
Abraham was probably around the time of Hammurabi. What time was it?
1700 BC
The story of the Tower of babel was about what?
A city tried to build a tower that would reach heaven
Babylonians really did build gigantic towers. Why did they make them?
To be closer to the sun, moon, and stars
The story of Noah and Flood is set where?
In Mesopotamia
One of Abraham of Ur’s descendents was who?
Joseph and Jacob, whose brothers took him to Egypt and sold him
Who was the first king of Jerusalam?
King Saul
Who did King Saul fault?
A neighboring tribe called the Philistines
What time did King Solomon rule?
Soon after 1000 BC
Which was about seven hundred years after King Hammurabi and 2100 years after King Menes. True or False?
True
What was deep inside the heathen Temples?
Images of Anubis with his jackal’s head, or of Baal, to whom even human sacrifices were made
What was in the Holy of Holies temple?
Tablets of the Laws with their Ten Commandments
After Solomon’s reign things went bad for the Jews their kingdom split into two. True of False?
True
What were the two kingdoms called?
Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah
Was the kingdom of Israel invaded?
Yes
Who invaded half of the Kingdom of Israel?
Assyrians
