Creation Versions – Different accounts of creation in ancient texts, including those in Genesis.
Flood Covenant – The agreement between God and Noah after the flood, symbolized by a rainbow.
Rainbow Covenant – Another term for the Flood Covenant, signifying God’s promise not to destroy the earth by water again.
Cain/Abel – The first two sons of Adam and Eve; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy.
Enoch – A biblical figure who was said to have walked with God and was taken to heaven without dying.
Giants/Nephilim – Mysterious beings in the Bible, often interpreted as the offspring of divine beings and humans.
Esau – The elder twin of Jacob, who sold his birthright for a meal.
Jacob – The younger twin of Esau, later renamed Israel, father of the twelve tribes.
Joseph’s Wife – Asenath, an Egyptian woman given to Joseph by Pharaoh.
Potiphar’s Wife – An Egyptian woman who falsely accused Joseph of assaulting her.
Tamar & Judah – Tamar was Judah’s daughter-in-law who tricked him into fathering her children.
Rachel/Leah – The two wives of Jacob; Leah was given to Jacob first, though he loved Rachel more.
David (Early, Goliath) – Young David killed Goliath, a giant Philistine warrior, with a slingshot.
David’s Sin (revised) – His affair with Bathsheba and the arranged death of her husband, Uriah.
Sheba – The Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon to test his wisdom.
Shalmanesar – An Assyrian king who led the conquest of Israel.
Widow’s Mites – A parable where a poor widow donates two small coins, symbolizing true generosity.
Widow at Zarephath – A woman who provided for Elijah during a famine, and her son was later revived.
Abraham/Sarah – The patriarch and matriarch of the Israelites; Sarah bore Isaac in her old age.
Isaac/Ishmael – Isaac was the son of promise, while Ishmael, son of Hagar, became the ancestor of Arab peoples.
Rachel’s Death – She died giving birth to Benjamin.
Monotheism – Belief in one God, a defining trait of Judaism and later Christianity.
Marduk – A major god in Babylonian mythology, known for defeating Tiamat.
Tiamat – A chaos dragon in Babylonian mythology, defeated by Marduk.
Chaos – The state of disorder in creation myths, often represented by primordial waters.
Cedar Forest – A mythical location in the Epic of Gilgamesh, home to Humbaba.
Tablet for Immortality – A tablet sought by Gilgamesh in his quest for eternal life.
The 50 Names/Power of Marduk – Titles given to Marduk after his victory over Tiamat.
Unapishim – (Likely referring to Utnapishtim), the Mesopotamian Noah who survived the great flood.
Ishtar – The Mesopotamian goddess of love and war.
Flood of Destinies – Possibly referring to the role of floods in divine fate in Mesopotamian myths.
Babylon – A major city in ancient Mesopotamia.
Temple of Marduk – The main temple in Babylon dedicated to Marduk.
Bagdad – Likely referring to Baghdad, a major historical city in Mesopotamia.
New Year’s Eve – Important in Babylonian festivals, including the Akitu festival.
Akitu – The Babylonian New Year festival celebrating Marduk.
Ur – An ancient Sumerian city, traditionally the home of Abraham.
Cuneiform – One of the earliest writing systems, used in Mesopotamia.
Ashurbanipal’s Library at Nineveh – A major collection of ancient texts, including the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Masoretic Text – The authoritative Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible.
Documentary Hypothesis – A theory that the Pentateuch was written by multiple authors.
J, E, P, D – The four sources in the Documentary Hypothesis (Yahwist, Elohist, Priestly, Deuteronomist).
Moses (author?) – The traditional, but debated, author of the Torah.
Talmud – A key Jewish text interpreting the Hebrew Bible.
Septuagint – The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible.
Vulgate – The Latin translation of the Bible by St. Jerome.
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