Across
- 2. The day on which day humanity is created
- 3. this female figure is key to Abraham’s promise; her son will become the second patriarch
- 4. a psychological word used for egotistical people, e.g., Joseph, etymology doing back to Narcissus in the classical myth
- 6. when the biblical god rhetorically asks Cain where his brother is, he says, “Am I my brother’s ……..”
- 7. a literary term associated with the patriarchs; stories of families
- 9. the biblical god makes agreements with the biblical figures; there is three of them in the biblical text
- 11. the giant figures whom we will see in Numbers, cf. the one-eyed giant monsters in the Odyssey
- 12. the nephew of Abraham; his story presents violent details, also recalling Noah
- 17. the medical female helper in giving birth; they save Moses
- 18. the biblical god hardens this body organ of the pharaoh in Moses’ story
- 21. a character type; deceitful person, but is not punished, e.g. Rebecca and Mrs Potiphar
- 23. the meaning of Noah’s name; to slow down; to have break
- 24. the first sin committed against the first commandment of god
- 26. her name means “cow”, the first wife of Jacob
- 28. this animal is a substitute for Isaac
- 29. this problem is caused by adultery in the harem of the Egyptian pharaoh in Abraham’s story
- 32. this word characterizes Jacob, meaning integrity, also smooth operator
- 33. This character is not associated with animal husbandry; produces viniculture
Down
- 1. joseph travels from one place to another place; literary genre associated with a character type known as “picaro”
- 5. the sign of Abrahamic covenant
- 8. literal meaning is binding; Isaac’s sacrifice story
- 10. The number of years Jacob works in total for his wives
- 13. This is the larger theme of the Epic of Gilgamesh and the classical myth, cf. morality in the biblical texts
- 14. up until the story of Abraham, the biblical materials present such stories; a literary term; meaning stories about the birth and adventures of gods
- 15. when Jacob’s name changes, he gets this new name
- 16. this female figure is virgin, and she is described with active verbs, a manipulator
- 19. both Noah’s and Utnapishtim’s ark loses this part; they do not where to go
- 20. Both Jacob and Joseph see this; Joseph also interprets this
- 22. gerund; this verb is used either with “against” or with “to” meaning different things with different figures
- 25. the sole identity marker for Sarah; barren
- 27. in the plural; the gods in the Epic of Gilgamesh are described as such as they devour the sacrifice after the flood; small insect-like animal
- 30. this character is also hairy like Esau; a character in the Epic of Gilgamesh
- 31. conception suggesting that Virgin Eve is clean; off the vitiated seed