MOST COMMON BIBLICAL ALLUSIONS IN LITERATURE
HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE 23—now 27—PREVIOUSLY SELECTED ITEMS; THE REST ARE VIABLE OPTIONS
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OLD TESTAMENT ALLUSIONS
Creation Story; Fall of Man
Garden of Eden; Adam and Eve
Brother’s Keeper
Cain and Abel
The Ark; The Flood; The Rainbow Noah
Man versus God
The Tower of Babel
Sodom and Gomorrah
Lot and Lot’s Wife
The Ultimate Sacrifice
Abraham and Isaac
Forgiveness
Joseph and his brothers
Plagues; Parting of the Red Sea
Moses and the Exodus from Egypt
The Mosaic Law – The Torah
Moses and the Ten Commandments
Idol Worship
Golden Calf
Hasty Words
Jephthah’s Oath
The Temptress
Samson and Delilah
Kinsman Redeemer
Ruth
Boy with the Sling
David and Goliath
Test of the True Mother
King Solomon’s Wisdom
Without Compromise
Daniel’s Dream and the Lion’s den
Rebellion versus Submission
Jonah and the Big Fish
A Woman’s Influence
Esther
Unswerving Faith
Patience of Job
Shepherd and the Sheep
Shadow of Death
Yardstick
Seven Deadly Sins
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NEW TESTAMENT ALLUSIONS
Sermon on the Mount
Fall of a Sparrow
Parable of the Sower
John The Baptist
The Rich Young Man
The Wedding Feast
Judas’ Betrayal
Golgotha
Gethsemane
Jesus’ Birth
Temptation of Christ
Blind leading blind
The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
The Good Samaritan
Parable of the Lost Sheep
The Prodigal Son
Testing Authority
Judging Others
Lazarus
Four Horsemen
The Beatitudes
Hair on Head Numbered
The Pearl of Great Price
Head on a Platter
The Eye of a Needle
Water into Wine
The Potter’s Field
Place of the Skull; Calvary
Father’s Will
Immaculate Conception
Live Not by Bread Alone
Hypocrisy
Firm Foundation
Good Neighbor
Once Lost but Now Found
Father’s love
Render Unto Caesar
Casting the First Stone
Raising of the Dead
The Apocalypse
Genesis 1, 2, and 3
Genesis 4: 1-16
Genesis 6: 9-25
Genesis 11
Genesis 18-19
Genesis 22
Genesis 32
Exodus 2, 3, 14
Exodus 20: 1-17
Exodus 32
Judges 11
Judges 16:16
Ruth 1-4
1 Samuel 17
I Kings 3
Daniel 5-6
Jonah 1
Esther 1, 8
Job 1, 2, 3; 40, 41, 42
Psalm 23
Proverbs 6: 6-19
Matthew 5-7
Matthew 10: 27-31
Matthew 13; Luke 8
Matthew 14: 1-12
Matthew 19: 16-26
Matthew 21
Matthew 26: 14-16
Matthew 27: 29-34
Mark 14: 32-42
Luke 1: 26-37; 2: 1-20
Luke 4
Luke 6:39-42
Luke 6:46-49
Luke 11:29-38
Luke 15:1-7
Luke 15:11-22
Luke 20:19-26
John 8: 1-8
John 11
Revelation 6
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