Test Oldtament

[kateorman]

One of these JW mags quotes a guy who says that "knowledge of the Old Testament is fading fast among Christians and has virtually vanished in popular culture". So! Test yourself, Christians and others on my flist - without peeking at other comments, see if you can comment with five events from the OT. (If you actually do Bible study, you're

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[zeusgirl]

1. Adam and Eve expelled from the Garden of Eden.
2. The great flood, and Noah's ark.
3. Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt because she turns back to look at the ruins of (Sodom and Gomorrah? Could be wrong).
4. Abraham (?) ordered to sacrifice his son to test his faith.
5. The story of the building of the Tower of Babel.

How'd I do? It's been years since I read the Old Testament.

[murasaki_1966]

The Creation "Let there be light" (2 versions in Genesis, though)
The creation of the Ark of the Covenant
The Exodus from Egypt.
Samson and Delilah
Judith and Holerfornes (sic)
The Exile of the Jews in Babylon ("By the rivers of Babylon, we lay down, and we wept when we remembered Zion").
Daniel and Firends in the Lion's Den, and in the fiery furnace.
The writing on the wall ("You have been weighted in the balance and found wanting")
Lots and lots of battles.

Blame it on all the literature study at uni.

[infinitarian]

Piece of piss. (Don't worry, it's a biblical word.)

The creation of the world, the firmament, the stars and planets, the plants, the animals and human beings, then God's day off.
The temptation and fall of Adam and Eve, and the curse God places upon them.
Cain's murder of Abel for finding God a nicer present than he had.
The collapse of the tower of Babel, and resulting fragmentation of human language.
The building of the Ark (Noah's, that is), the Flood and subsequent draining-away of waters, and the establishment of the Noahic Covenant with the rainbow and stuff.

Those are all from Genesis. I could go on...

[outsdr]

The story of Genesis
The story of Moses in the basket
The story of Noah and the flood
The story of Joseph and his coat
The story of Cain & Abel

I seem to remember the ones that are most accessible to children. Probably because there was always a "Bible Stories" hard back book in the doctor's waiting room with luscious illustrations in them. Seriously, it was like the Old Testament took place in Narnia.

Maybe some day, I'll find one of those books. I think they still show up in doctor's offices. Usually buried under Highlights magazine. I think they used to have cards inside to be able to get your own copy or some such...

[purrdence]

'Uncle Albert' series wasn't it?

[outsdr]

I'm not sure. They were always about an inch thick, with a blue hard back cover. The cover usually featured Jesus surrounded by adoring children and animals (at least one cuddly snow white lamb!) as he was about to tell a story.

[drhoz]

Uncle Arthur. THere's a good chance I still have one of the omnibus collections around here somewhere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_S._Maxwell

[crossoverman]

- Adam & Eve, Garden of Eden
- Moses & Ten Commandments
- Noah and the Ark
- Lot and his wife and the Pillar of Salt incident
- the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah