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Who are Jinns in the Qur’an?
realm of the unseen; created from fire; pure emotion; capable of disobeying God
Who are Angels in the Qur’an?
in the realm of the unseen; made out of light; pure rationality; unable to disobey God
Who is Gabriel in the Qur’an?
The one angel that gave God’s word to Mummhad for humanity
Who is Iblis in the Qur’an?
The original fallen one
Who is Michael in the Qur’an?
Angel that oversees the angels operating reality
Who is Krishna?
God who reveals his true nature; Brahman; the universal eternal principle of all things; gives Arjuna advice
Who is Arjuna?
main character of BG; prince and skilled warrior who faces a profound moral dilemma on the battlefield
Who is Brahma?
Hindu God, the creator
Who is Vishnu?
Hindu God, the preserver
Who is Shiva?
Hindu God, the destroyer
Who is Socrates?
Greek philosopher from Athens; charged with corrupting the youth and bringing in new gods
Who is Euthyphro?
prosecuting his father for murder
Who is Meletus? – Socrates’ main prosecutor
Who is Aristophanes?
Wrote a comedy criticizing Socrates, first accuser
Who is Plato?
student of Socrates, author of Euthyphro and Apology
Who is Chirophon?
Asked Oracle of Delphi if anyone was wiser than Socrates
Who is Achilles?
Warrior in the Peloponnesian War; Dies for friendship and glory
Who is the Shulamite?
female speaker in Song of Songs; most beautiful among other women
Who are the Daughters of Jerusalem?
a group of young women who function like a chorus
Who is Thecla?
became a follower of Paul; was saved from death; replaced Paul
Who is Paul?
a very ugly saint/apostle that Thecla listens to; spreading messages about marriage and chastity
Who is Thamyris?
Thecla’s fiance
Who is Queen Tryphanea?
Pseudo-mother of Thecla who takes her in
Who is Alexander?
a man on the street trying to assault Thecla
Who is Theocleia?
Thecla’s mother
Who is Perpetua?
became a martyr, possible enslaver of Felicitas
Who is Felicitas?
slave, possibly enslaved by Perpetua, pregnant when arrested so had a delayed martyrdom
Who is Saturus?
fellow martyr with Perpetua, wrote part of The Martyrdom of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas
Who is Dinocrates?
Perpetua’s brother, died of cancer