A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible
- Departed - to the Judgement
- Descent into Hell
- Descent into Hell, The
- Despised and Rejected
- Destruction of Sennacherib, The
- Destruction of Sodom, The
- Divine Image, The
- Donkey, The
- Dream of Daniel, The
- Dream of the Rood
- E Tenebris
- East of Eden
- Easter Day
- Eden
- Elijah's wagon knew no thrill
- Emblems of the Passion
- Eve
- Eve
- Everlasting Mercy
- Exodus
- Eyeless in Gaza
- Fallen Tower of Siloam, The
- Firstborn, The
- Flesh and the Spirit, The
- Flight in the desert, The
- Follies of Adam, The
- Foot washing, The
- For the Baptist
- Forbearance
- Fragments of the Mystery of the Fall
- Free fall
- Galilee Shore
- Garden of Love, The
- Garden, The
- Genesis XXIV
- Glad Tidings
- Go Down, Moses
- Go to the ant
- God Creating Adam
- Golden Calf
- Goliath
- Good Friday
- Good Friday Riding Westward
- Grapes of Wrath, The
- Great Day, The
- Greater Love
- Guardian angel, The
- Handmaid's tale, The
- Hands of God, The
- Harp the Monarch Minstrel Swept, The
A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible: Dream of the Rood
Genre
PoemDefinition
One of the earliest Christian poems. It describes a dream of Jesus on the cross (Old English,'rood'), and then explains that sacrifice's death was not a defeat but a victoryCultural References
Big ideas: Cross, crucifixionName originally given to disciples of Jesus by outsiders and gradually adopted by the Early Church.
The name given to the man believed by Christians to be the Son of God. Also given the title Christ, meaning 'anointed one' or Messiah. His life is recorded most fully in the Four Gospels.
1. Instrument of execution used in the Roman Empire.
2. The means by which Jesus Christ was put to death and therefore the primary symbol of the Christian faith, representing the way in which he is believed to have won forgiveness for humankind.
The cross upon which Christ suffered.
1. The giving up of something deeply valued
2. Offerings a worshipper gives to God to express devotion, gratitude, or the need for forgiveness.
3. In the Bible, the sacrifice is seen to take away guilt and blame.
1. Genesis indicates that death was not part of the orginal plan for human beings but is one of the consequences of the Fall.
2. The death of Jesus is presented as opening up the possibility of reconciliation with God.
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