You Have Been Assigned an Allusion Randomly. Your Job Is To

Biblical Allusions

The Bible was one of the first mass-produced books during the Middle Ages. Below is a list of just a few of the many Biblical allusions that still are referenced in the music and literature today.

You have been assigned an allusion randomly. Your job is to

·  research the allusion (find more references than just the Bible)

·  write a two paragraphs explaining the original story and how the story or name connects to our world today.

·  share this information with this class as we discuss. Your written work will be shared with the class and be used as a reference. (optional)-feel free to add a visual of the story and/or a visual of how it connects to our world today.

·  This website offers every translation of the Bible. Please use the King James Version as your primary source for its poetic value. https://www.biblegateway.com/

"No person in the modern world can be considered educated without a basic knowledge of all the great religions of the world -- Islam, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity. But our knowledge of Judaism and Christianity needs to be more detailed than that of other great religions, if only because of the historical accident that has embedded the Bible in our thought and language. “–E.D. Hirsch, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy

1. The Fall of Man ______

2. The Flood/ Antediluvian ______

3. The Tower of Babel ______

4. Nimrod ______

5. Sodom and Gomorrah ______

6. Abraham and Isaac ______

7. Twelve Tribes of Israel ______

8. Samson and Delilah ______

9. David and Bathsheba ______

10. David and Goliath ______

11. Esau and Jacob ______

12. Jacob’s Ladder ______

13. The Golden Calf ______

14. Ruth and Naomi ______

15. Jonah ______

16. Solomon ______

17. Absalom ______

18. Jezebel ______

19. Daniel and the Writing on the Wall ______

20. Feet of Clay ______

21. Pearl of Great Price ______

22. Eye of the Needle ______

23. The Good Samaritan ______

24. Judas/Blood Money ______

25. Doubting Thomas

______26. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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27. Armageddon ______

28. The Ichthus

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