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AP English Literature
Bible Study
Biblical Allusions
Our reading in AP English Literature requires knowledge of the most common biblical
allusions. Most of these will be found in Genesis, Matthew, and Luke. However, you
will need to look in some of the other books for some. If there is more than one location
given, be sure to read each account and note any differences. You are required to read all
of Genesis, Exodus, Matthew, and Luke in the King James Bible.
Identify the following in the King James Bible; you will be tested on your knowledge the
first day of school:
1.) “The Creation”
Genesis 1
2.) “The Fall”
Genesis 3
3.) “The Flood”
Genesis 6
4.) The Mark of Cain
Genesis 4-6 (Land of Nod, East of Eden)
5.) The Tower of Babel
Genesis 11:1-9
6.) Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 18
7.) Lot and his wife
Genesis 19
8.) The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20:1-17
9.) David and Goliath
I Samuel 17
8.) The Nativity
Matthew 1, Luke 2
9.) The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:3 - 7:27. Luke 6:17-49
10.) Lazarus
John 11:1-12:11
11.) The Last Supper
Mark 14, John 13
12.) The Garden of Gethsemane Matthew 26
13.) The Betrayal
Matthew 25,26
14.) “The Denial”
Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 22, John 18
15.) 30 pieces of silver
Matthew 26,27, Mark 14, Luke 22, John 13,18
16.) Golgotha
Matthew 27:33, Mark 15:22, John 19:17
17.) The Crucifixion
Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19
18.) The Resurrection
Luke 24, John 20,21
19.) The Holy Spirit
Acts 1,2
Vocabulary
Be able to define the following:
Adam and Eve
(See Genesis)
Abraham
(See Genesis)
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Abraham
(See Genesis)
altar
Genesis 8:20, Exodus 17;15
Amen
verily, so be it
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Apocalype, Armageddon
(See Revelations)
archangel
an angel of the highest order
Ascension
the bodily return of Christ to heaven
Canon
the laws of a church
catholic (not the religion)
broad, extensive
Chanukah/Hanukkah
Feast of Dedication or Feast of Lights
covenant
a binding agreement, the great covenant between
God and Israel made at Sinai
disciples
Matthew 10:1, Luke 6:13
Doubting Thomas
(See the Resurrection)
Excommunication
Exclusion from the sacraments of or from
membership in certain churches.
Holy Trinity
Matthew 28:19, I Corinthians 12:4-6, and II
Corinthians, 13:14
Immaculate Conception
Refers to Mary, Jesus; mother, who was born
without sin, not that Jesus was born to a virgin.
Lord’s prayer
(See Sermon on the Mount)
manna
Exodus 16:15
original sin
(See “The Fall”)
parable
examples in Matthew 13, 14
Passover
Exodus 12, 13:3-16
Holy Sacraments
one of the especially sacred ceremonies in Christian
churches, such as Baptism
Yahweh (YHWH)
The covenant God of Israel, YHWH in original
Hebrew. Jewish custom prohibits divine name to be
spoken, so Hebrew words for Lord and God
substituted.
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