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Before we get to the tropes used in the Bible, it should be noted that there are several different traditions as to what the Bible contains; while most material is shared, historically members of religious groups have decided to include or exclude different writings. The Book of Tobit, The Book of Judith, the Maccabees books, and many others are included in some traditions' orthodoxy and wholly ignored by others' (as is the entire New Testament, for that matter). Debates about what's Canon and what isn't continue to this day. That's not taking into account the multitude of different translations out there, not only between languages but within each language—leaving plenty of room for cases of Lost in Translation.On a related note, there are several major opinions on what the Bible is. According to the Christian viewpoint, the Bible is an anthology of books by divinely inspired followers of God and Christ over a period of 600 to 1600 years, including: biographies, histories, manuals of rules and laws, songs and ritual prayers, advice for living like in Paul's letters, and divine revelations. (For the traditional Jewish perspective, strike out the words "and Christ" and "like in Paul's letters," and reduce the number of years by two to six hundred years.) There is debate among Christians over just what "divinely inspired" entails; some say this means everything in the Bible should be taken completely at face value, while others hold that some parts (like the book of Genesis, for example) are meant to be taken as allegorical or symbolic writings, not to be interpreted literally. The latter view is held by most mainline Protestant denominations and is the official position of the Catholic Church.Another set of interpretations was from what is now called, collectively, Gnosticism. The Gnostics did not accept the idea of canon at all, nor any central religious authority. Thus, pretty much every Gnostic collection of scripture contained different sets of documents, some orthodox canon and some written locally. Indeed, the general Gnostic approach to religious literature was one of extreme openness, and a new Evangelion (no, not that one) probably appeared within the various Gnostic communities every day. The Gnostics believed in personal and continuous revelation rather than authority of scripture.The view of those who don't belong to the Abrahamic religions generally ranges from seeing the events of the Bible as somewhere between "exaggerated history" and "pure fiction".Comprising the works of many writers from the 11th century BC to about 200 AD, before the advent of mass communication, the Bible is one of humanity's best-known and longest-enduring books, with 1500 ancient surviving Greek manuscripts making it the ancient world's best seller (Homer, with 643 surviving manuscripts of The Iliad, comes in second). The absence of a single authority with a strictly defined canon policy has proven an obstacle, however. Or rather, the existence of dozens or hundreds of conflicting authorities. Historically, it resulted in some of the the most devastating Flame Wars ever, and in actual wars as well.It's worth noting that dating the Bible (no, not that) is one of the most contentious issues surrounding it. The consensus secular view, which mainline Protestants and Catholics more or less accept, is that the first five books (the Pentateuch or Torah), along with some of the histories were compiled around 450 BC, from four source texts, the oldest of which dates back to about 800 BC. The prophetic and wisdom literature (the rest of the Old Testament) was compiled and redacted over the next century or two, though some of the Psalms may go back to 1000 BC. The traditional view - accepted by fundamentalist and most evangelical Protestants, as well as Orthodox Jews, is that the whole Pentateuch was dictated to Moses around 1500 BC, while the prophetic books were written by the authors they're traditionally ascribed to from about 900 to 500 BC.Due to the Bible's sheer size and literary value, in addition to the fact that it is in the public domain (as it predated the invention of copyright; the British Crown holds perpetual copyright over the King James Version in the UK and some newer translations are copyrighted), it is often used as a goldmine of stock plots and characters for modern writers. Sometimes, however, said modern writers cannot avoid the temptation to introduce gratuitous references for the sake of it, and when they take caution to avoid controversial subjects like a specific religion, it can degenerate into such phenomena as Jesus Taboo, Crystal Dragon Jesus and No Celebrities Were Harmed. On the other hand, writers unfamiliar with the religious symbolism can end up with "controversial" character portrayals like King of All Cosmos, or, in The Theme Park Version, Fluffy Cloud Heaven.Often cited by Moral Guardians. Not to be confused with Universe Bible.One of the Trope Makers; tropes that appear in it are by definition Older Than Feudalism. While some parts of the Old Testament may be somewhat older than 800 BCE, it would be very confusing to try to sort tropes into multiple indexes based on which book and verse they came from.Books of the Bible that have their own pages Books of the Old Testament/The Tanakh: Book of Genesis Book of Exodus Book of Judges Book of Ruth Books of Samuel Books of Kings Book of Ezra Book of Nehemiah Book of Esther Book of Job Book of Psalms Book of Proverbs Book of Ecclesiastes Song of Songs Book of Isaiah Book of Jeremiah Book of Ezekiel Book of Daniel Book of Jonah Book of Zechariah Book of Malachi The Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books Book of Tobit Book of Judith Books of Maccabees Books of the New Testament: The Four Gospels Acts of the Apostles Book of Romans Book of Corinthians Book of Galatians Epistles to Timothy Book of Hebrews Epistle of James Epistles of Peter Epistles of John Epistle of Jude Book of Revelation | |
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Scam Religion | |
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Scam Religion: Every religion other than the one of the Hebrews (and later on, the Christians), from the Bible's perspective. At best, non-Judeo-Christian religions are seen as superstitious and waiting for something better. | |
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Playing Sick | |
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The case of Amnon and Tamar in Samuel II, where Amnon pretends to be sick so that, when his sister, Tamar, came into his room to feed him, he could rape her. Now THAT is squick-worthy. And it did not end well for him. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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The whole prayer at Gethsemane scene can be seen as an Heroic B.S.O.D. as well. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: The prefaces of many Bible versions tell why the writers used a specific translation, why there are italics, and what the Footnotes mean. | |
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Title Drop: Averted. The word "bible" can't be found anywhere in the Bible. It's "scripture." This is mostly due to the fact that the list of canonical scripture as we know it (pretty much no matter which canon you adhere to) wasn't made until long after the books themselves were written. For the standard Christian canon, there was a gap of about 200 years or so between the writing of the last book and the time when the list of canonical books became more-or-less universally accepted within the Church. | |
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Is That What They're Calling It Now? | |
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"To know" That's what they called it back then. | |
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Rivers of Blood | |
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Rivers of Blood: It describes this in the apocalyptic battle in Revelation 14:20. In the Book of Exodus, one of the ten plagues brought upon the Egyptians was that all water turned to blood– even the river Nile. | |
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Reality Ensues | |
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Reality Ensues: Abimelech, first self-proclaimed king of Israel, is killed by a woman who threw a rock at him. He ordered his armor-bearer to run him through with a sword so that no one will know how he really died. Well, someone found out. | |
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BiggusDickus | |
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Biggus Dickus: "There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." (Ezekiel 23:20 NIV) | |
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Decapitation Presentation | |
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Decapitation Presentation: Judith with the head of Holofernes. Possibly also Salome with the head of John the Baptist. | |
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I'm a Humanitarian | |
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I'm a Humanitarian: Quite a few examples that falls under two categories: God's punishment (usually forcing people to eat their own children or other family members) or depicted for the sake of it. | |
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Death of a Child | |
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Death of a Child: The Bible features, among other acts of evil, the killings of firstborn children ordered by Pharaoh and King Herod in order to try to prevent both Moses and Jesus from growing up to cause trouble, and God himself killing all of the Egyptians' firstborn children, and the firstborn calves as well. When the words Molech/Baal-Hammon, Astarte/Astarthe/Astaroth/Ashtoreth, the Valley of Ben-Hinnom/Gehenna, the Ammonites/Amorites, the Canaanites, etc. are mentioned, these are specifically referencing the sacrifices of children, born and unborn, to the gods of some of the cultures of the time. Sometimes the Jewish people (such as Kings Solomon, Achaz, and Manasses) messed up and took on this practice as well, despite God calling such a practice an abomination, and demanding the death of those who did such things. Those people ended up in a lot of trouble. It's the whole reason that Gehenna came to be the Jewish word for Tartarus/Hell (which is different from Sheol/Hades/Purgatory). In 2 Maccabees, when the Jewish people rebelled against the corrupt high priest Jason, who had been appointed by King Antiochus IV, and ran him out of town, the king left Egypt for Jerusalem. Once in Jerusalem, he massacred many, young and old, women and children, virgins and infants. In 1 and 2 Maccabees (2 Maccabees is not a "sequel', it's another viewpoint of what happened in the the first book), King Antiochus IV then decreed that everyone take up the customs of everyone else, except the Jewish customs. He outlawed all Jewish customs, including circumcision. The children who were circumcised were killed, as were their mothers and whoever performed the circumcision. | |
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Pride Before a Fall | |
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Pride Before a Fall: Satan, by some accounts. Then there's the Tower of Babel, which was intended to reach the heavens. | |
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Walking the Earth | |
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Walking the Earth: The punishment to the Israelites (they were made to walk around in circles for 40 years) and to Cain. According to Medieval legend, Cain walked all the way to the moon. | |
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Beauty Equals Goodness | |
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Beauty Equals Goodness: Generally averted. Most of the heroes and heroines are not given any physical description. | |
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Guile Hero | |
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Guile Hero: Joseph. He ascends from slave to chancellor in a foreign nation that doesn't look too favourably on Hebrews, saves the entire nation from a devastating famine, and reunites his divided clan through a clever Xanatos Gambit. Queen Esther is a guile heroine who saves the Jews in the Persian Empire by winning King Xerxes's heart and then out-gambitting Smug Snake Haman. | |
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Listing the Forms of Degenerates | |
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Listing The Forms Of Degenerates: Frequently used, but an especially well-known example is 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. | |
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Thou Shalt Not Kill | |
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Thou Shalt Not Kill: Trope Namer, though technically, it really translates to "You will not murder." The nation given this command killed often with God's approval—both through capital punishment and God-approved wars ... and it clearly doesn't cover animals. | |
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The Golden Rule | |
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The Golden Rule: Used in the stories about Jesus. Invoked by the main character as a moral principle, and also used as An Aesop in several of the parables (short stories within the main story). The most famous is the story of the Good Samaritan. Notably averted (or subverted, depending on your interpretation) in The Book Of Job, where God becomes a Jerkass to Job because God's on a bet with Satan. | |
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Heroic Ambidexterity | |
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Heroic Ambidexterity: In a list of famous warriors who served King David, Chronicles 1,12 names 23 Benjaminites who "were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed". | |
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La Résistance | |
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La Résistance: Israel, repeatedly. See 1 and 2 Maccabees, which are part of the Catholic (but not Protestant) Bible, and the book of Judges, which is pretty much considered canon. | |
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Irrevocable Order | |
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Irrevocable Order: The Medes and Persians had a law that if the king's ring was used to seal a proclamation then it could not be undone, not even if the king changed his mind. Daniel and the Lion's Den is probably the most famous. King Darius made a decree that anyone who prayed to a God other than him for a period of a week would be fed to the lions—and sealed it with his ring. Daniel continued to pray, and despite Daniel being the King's favorite, and the King not wanting to go through with it, Daniel was still thrown to the lions. Esther is another example. The Persian king gave Haman his ring, which Haman used to seal an order authorizing on a certain date the murder of all the Jews and the seizure of their property by the killers. When the king discovered Haman's plot, he had Haman executed, but could not undo the order. So he wrote out a new order allowing the Jews to kill anyone who attacked on that date. The Jews then slaughtered their enemies who attacked them. | |
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Most Writers Are Male | |
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Most Writers Are Male: Chauvinist bias is massively averted in many books. One of the Old Testament Judges (rulers of Israel) was a female, Lady Deborah. The church is described as a woman to be the bride of Christ. | |
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Humans Are Bastards | |
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Humans Are Bastards: Humanity's thoughts were bad enough to drive an omnibenevolent being to attempt omnicide. He drowned around 30 million people before he forgave humanity while sparing a family that was still faithful to him and thus, not as corrupt. | |
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Secret Test of Character | |
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Secret Test of Character: God's command to Abraham to kill his son; Job's Deus Angst Machina suffering; the original Judgment of Solomon. | |
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Stubborn Mule | |
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The story of Balaam is a deconstruction of the Stubborn Mule, as well as an example of Truth in Television. Balaam was hired to curse the Israelites, but was held back by his mule, who refused to cooperate. When the mule was granted to speak, she revealed that she was protecting him from the invisible angel in front of them, who would have killed Balaam had the mule cooperated. The fact that the stubbornness exhibited by donkeys and mules is really an act of self-preservation is largely overlooked in future media. | |
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Ambiguous Gender | |
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Ambiguous Gender: In the original Hebrew (or as close as we have to it), pretty much all of God's names are masculine but many of his traits are described with feminine words. This shows up most notably in Genesis, where Ruach and Merachefet are used in conjunction with Elohiym, though they can be read as plural, which may be hanging a lampshade on God's seemingly contradictory aspects. | |
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Supernatural Repellent | |
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Supernatural Repellent: Iron was good for keeping fairies from steeling your baby and replacing it with a changeling. Coincidentally enough, it also says the Bible itself repels fairies just as well as iron. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Job and Jesus. The former gets a "prize" from God, the latter saves all the people that would be baking in Hell if He didn't, including you. Moses abandons his family to follow God, and he is not even allowed to be buried in the Promised Land. | |
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Always Chaotic Evil | |
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Always Chaotic Evil: The people of Amalek. They raided the Hebrews as the were leaving Egypt, which led to God declaring a war of extermination upon them. Satan also applies here, sort of. The Jewish interpretation (which is carried into the Old Testament) is sometimes that he's a Necessary Evil in God's service, or that he is truly evil but only can do what God permits. The Christian interpretation is usually that he was once a good angel, but rebelled against God and became forever corrupted in his evil. | |
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Our Angels Are Different | |
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The designs of the various kinds of angels are amazing. Take the seraphim: They have six wings; two covering their face, two covering their feet, and two to fly. The cherubim, no connection to the cute baby angels you might know, have "four faces and four wings, with straight feet with a sole like the sole of a calf's foot, and "hands of a man" under their wings. Each had four faces: "The face of a man, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle." If you saw that in a manga, movie, comic book or something else like that, it'd be praised for its innovativeness. | |
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Scenery Gorn | |
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Scenery Gorn: Lamentations (destruction of Jerusalem) and Joel (destruction of a field by locusts). | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: God ensures that Moses dies without setting foot on The Promised Land. In some terms, this applies to the Old Testament. The "ending" (remember that chronologically, Ezra and Nehemiah are among the last books of the OT) is that Judah was restored with Persian protection, and the Messiah is coming soon. However, one of the last prophets of the OT predicted the destruction of Jerusalem. | |
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SmugSnake | |
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Queen Esther is a guile heroine who saves the Jews in the Persian Empire by winning King Xerxes's heart and then out-gambitting Smug Snake Haman. | |
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Bond One-Liner | |
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Bond One-Liner: Judges 15:16 Then Samson said, "With a donkey's jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey's jawbone I have killed a thousand men." Even more awesome when you substitute "ass" for "donkey." | |
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The Bible / int_51640e80 | |
The Bible / int_5214816a | type |
Miracle Food | |
The Bible / int_5214816a | comment |
Miracle Food: God sent manna to feed the Israelites in their exile. Elijah once encountered a widow and her son during a famine who were down to their last meal, but after they prepared a cake for him from what little they had, he promised them that their flour and oil would not run out until the drought and famine were over, and God fulfilled that promise so that even though they didn't get any more flour and oil, what little they had never ran out. Jesus fed 5000 men plus women and children using five loaves and two fishes. On another occasion, He fed 4000 using a few loaves of bread. | |
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The Bible / int_5214816a | |
The Bible / int_5bd1083d | type |
Holy Is Not Safe | |
The Bible / int_5bd1083d | comment |
Holy Is Not Safe: In St. Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, he warns that Communion is not safe for those lacking reverence and holiness. While it gives life to those who have been prepared to approach the Table of the Lord, for those who are not prepared, it brings curses, illness, and can even kill you. | |
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The Bible / int_5bd1083d | |
The Bible / int_5fcb9ad1 | type |
Time Skip | |
The Bible / int_5fcb9ad1 | comment |
Time Skip: the Old Testament and New Testament are separated by about five hundred years of time. There's another 400-year gap between the account of the Israelites going into Egypt and coming out. The Apocrypha assayed to fill in the missing time. | |
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The Bible / int_5fcb9ad1 | |
The Bible / int_6134738 | type |
Find the Cure! | |
The Bible / int_6134738 | comment |
Find the Cure!: Tobit is blinded, so his son Tobias and his companion ( aka the archangel Raphael in disguise) go search for the cure. | |
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The Bible / int_6134738 | |
The Bible / int_616f0ff2 | type |
TropeOverdosed | |
The Bible / int_616f0ff2 | comment |
Trope Overdosed (and the Trope Maker, Trope Namer, or Trope Codifier in many cases) Of course, we should bear in mind that it's technically a collection of several dozen books (the exact number depending on the canon you adhere to). | |
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The Bible / int_616f0ff2 | |
The Bible / int_61d054a0 | type |
Animal Stereotypes | |
The Bible / int_61d054a0 | comment |
Animal Stereotypes: Played with in various ways. Though the Bible never outright calls any animal evil, it uses them as symbols for both good and bad things. Snakes, for example, are used to represent everything from Satan to alcohol, deceit, and even wisdom. Leviathan and Behemoth. May or may not be based on real animals, but it's a verifiable fact that they are badass. | |
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The Bible / int_61d054a0 | |
The Bible / int_6492f4ca | type |
Spirit Advisor | |
The Bible / int_6492f4ca | comment |
Spirit Advisor: Jesus to his disciples following his death and resurrection, before returning to Heaven until the Second Coming on Ascension Thursday. Furthermore, Jesus promises to leave the Holy Spirit with believers in order to serve as an aide / "moral compass" for them until he returns from Heaven Arguably, God Himself to any of the prophets. Joshua used Him as a Spirit Military Advisor. | |
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The Bible / int_6492f4ca | |
The Bible / int_65eaeac0 | type |
Mass Resurrection | |
The Bible / int_65eaeac0 | comment |
Mass Resurrection: According to The Bible, God will do this on the Last Day to everyone who had ever lived, raising them from the dead just before the Judgement. | |
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The Bible / int_65eaeac0 | |
The Bible / int_66755d29 | type |
Author Avatar | |
The Bible / int_66755d29 | comment |
Author Avatar: The naked guy mentioned in Mark 14:51-52 was probably Mark himself. | |
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The Bible / int_66755d29 | |
The Bible / int_6828b109 | type |
Abridged for Children | |
The Bible / int_6828b109 | comment |
Abridged for Children: The Bible gets this treatment, which is quite understandable when you actually read it for yourself and realize just how horrific some of the worst bits are (the Crucifixion itself falls a long way behind being the worst it gets). Examples include a woman literally being raped to death, a process that continues through the night and ends with her lifeless body being found on the doorstep the next morning (and it just gets worse from there). | |
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The Bible / int_6828b109 | |
The Bible / int_6a9475c1 | type |
Dub-Induced Plot Hole | |
The Bible / int_6a9475c1 | comment |
Dub Induced Plothole: The King James translation is said to contain a few mistranslations that alter the plot/meaning. In the New Testament, some references to the Old Testament are missed due to it being translated by two teams — one for the Hebrew and one for the Greek. Some instances of this were perpetuated by earlier translations of the Bible, as well; Horned Moses, anyone? | |
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The Bible / int_6a9475c1 | |
The Bible / int_6b0f4552 | type |
Jewish Complaining | |
The Bible / int_6b0f4552 | comment |
Numbers 16:41-50: The Israelites complained to Moses about God burning 250 of the other Israelites to death for burning incense. God's response? He gets angry and starts killing 14,700 more of the Israelites. | |
The Bible / int_6b0f4552 | featureApplicability |
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The Bible / int_6b0f4552 | |
The Bible / int_6bf93fc7 | type |
FanService | |
The Bible / int_6bf93fc7 | comment |
Fanservice: The Song of Solomon. There are books as long as the entire New Testament trying to explain the symbolism of Song. | |
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The Bible / int_6bf93fc7 | |
The Bible / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
The Bible / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: Most things. There are plenty of places with names that are similar to normal and appropriate Hebrew words, e.g. balal, confusion, to "Babel". | |
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The Bible / int_6d7026fa | |
The Bible / int_771f6307 | type |
BrotherSisterIncest | |
The Bible / int_771f6307 | comment |
Brother–Sister Incest: According to the Talmud, Cain and Abel each had a twin sister. Cain married Abel's, and Seth married Cain's. The case of Amnon and Tamar in Samuel II, where Amnon pretends to be sick so that, when his sister, Tamar, came into his room to feed him, he could rape her. Now THAT is squick-worthy. And it did not end well for him. | |
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The Bible / int_771f6307 | |
The Bible / int_7913eb6f | type |
Healing Hands | |
The Bible / int_7913eb6f | comment |
Healing Hands: Jesus and the Apostles healed people by laying their hands on them. | |
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The Bible / int_7913eb6f | |
The Bible / int_7c14d0f2 | type |
Rejected Apology | |
The Bible / int_7c14d0f2 | comment |
Rejected Apology: Samuel rebukes King Saul for disobeying God's commands in destroying every single Amalekite and only spared the king and their sheep and cattle. Saul repents to the LORD, but Samuel tells him that God won't accept it and He has rejected him as king of Israel. (Depending on the interpreter, the reason for the lack of forgiveness varies.) The Bible also repeatedly warns that one day, there will be a final judgement and by then it'll be too late to repent. | |
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The Bible / int_7c14d0f2 | |
The Bible / int_7c9dcc1 | type |
THeUnfavorite | |
The Bible / int_7c9dcc1 | comment |
The Unfavorite: A number of Israel's neighbor nations, most famously the Philistines. The Israelites were God's chosen people, and charged with warring against several of them. The Israelites however, were not exclusively God's only people, but a representative nation. They lived peaceably with many of their more benign neighbors. | |
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The Bible / int_7c9dcc1 | |
The Bible / int_7ef9fa03 | type |
Expanded Universe | |
The Bible / int_7ef9fa03 | comment |
Expanded Universe: The Talmud, The Book of Mormon. Early parts of the Bible are almost the Cliffs-Notes of stories and laws greatly expanded in the Talmud. | |
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The Bible / int_7ef9fa03 | |
The Bible / int_7fd142ef | type |
Shared Universe | |
The Bible / int_7fd142ef | comment |
Shared Universe: Both the Bible and Torah are actually collections of books. | |
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The Bible / int_7fd142ef | |
The Bible / int_8288929a | type |
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves | |
The Bible / int_8288929a | comment |
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: King David was fighting a civil war against King Saul's successor, Ish-Bosheth, and two opportunistic officers assassinated the enemy king and presented his head to David in anticipation of a reward. He executed the traitors, cut off their hands and feet, and hung their corpses up by the pool at Hebron as a warning to others. As for Ish-Bosheth, David ordered him buried with full honors. This is also in keeping with how he treated an Amalekite who came bringing his predecessor Saul's crown and armband, claiming to have done a mercy-killing on Saul himself. Although David presumably found out later (after executing him) that the man was lying, he cited his decision concerning this other man to Ish-Bosheth's murderers, pointing out that what they'd done was far worse. There are also two aversions: Balaam showed his loyalty to Yahweh even though his life was at risk and blessed the Israelites rather than cursing them as God told him to. He was killed for trying to have it both ways. He wouldn't betray God by pronouncing a curse where a blessing was required, but he still wanted the reward that the Midianites were offering to him. So he taught them how they could turn the Israelites away from the commandments of God and bring His curse upon themselves, making him a pretty straight example of this trope. The prostitute Rahab gave aid and comfort to two Israelite spies, allowing them to bring back information that allowed them to annihilate Jericho. Joshua spared her, and she became one of the ancestors of Christ! note Rahab married Salmon and became the mother of Boaz (Matthew 1:5) from who David's paternal family came. | |
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The Bible / int_8288929a | |
The Bible / int_835f53f3 | type |
Pals with Jesus | |
The Bible / int_835f53f3 | comment |
Pals with Jesus: Trope Namer? Also, several characters are on speaking terms with God, but Enoch’s the only one described as walking faithfully with God for years before God (literally) takes him away. | |
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The Bible / int_835f53f3 | |
The Bible / int_8409a385 | type |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
The Bible / int_8409a385 | comment |
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: "Bible" means "book". It's a book of books. | |
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The Bible / int_8409a385 | |
The Bible / int_8586001f | type |
Prodigal Hero | |
The Bible / int_8586001f | comment |
Prodigal Hero: It appears to have originated this trope. The Trope Namer of sorts is Jesus' fable of the Prodigal Son, in which a boy leaves home, loses all of his money gambling, becomes a wreck, and finally returns home, only to be greeted with love and open arms. However, because the son has no real dire reason to leave, and because there is no conflict upon his return, this isn't exactly a straight version of the trope at work. A more direct version of the trope, however, comes from the tale of Moses fleeing Egypt, living happily in the desert, and then returning to Egypt to free the Jews from the tyrannical Pharaoh. | |
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The Bible / int_8586001f | |
The Bible / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
The Bible / int_8774fb47 | comment |
When not described as Eldritch Abominations or imitating human form the Angels are described as such (in Book of Daniel for instance). | |
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The Bible / int_8774fb47 | |
The Bible / int_89434320 | type |
Protagonist-Centered Morality | |
The Bible / int_89434320 | comment |
Protagonist-Centered Morality: Things didn't always go badly for those nations normally pitted against the Israelites. Otherwise good Judean King Josiah interrupted Pharaoh Neco while Pharaoh was on a mission from God and was defeated in battle by Neco in 2 Kings 29. | |
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The Bible / int_89434320 | |
The Bible / int_89631688 | type |
The Chosen One | |
The Bible / int_89631688 | comment |
The Chosen One: Saul and David were both the chosen one. Saul sees David as a rival to be eliminated, while David respects Saul's position enough to refuse to kill him - and in fact orders Saul's killer executed. | |
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The Bible / int_89631688 | |
The Bible / int_89a17726 | type |
Spell My Name with an | |
The Bible / int_89a17726 | comment |
Spell My Name with an "S" Both "Jesus" and "Joshua" are written in the same way in Greek, as their names in Hebrew are almost exactly the same. This sometimes caused translation errors; the King James Version, for example, has "Jesus" in a few cases where "Joshua" should be. In Greek, the name that usually gets translated as "James" would be better translated as "Jacob." | |
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The Bible / int_89a17726 | |
The Bible / int_89b8822f | type |
Go Mad from the Revelation | |
The Bible / int_89b8822f | comment |
Go Mad from the Revelation: Angels, actually. God himself could classify, since looking at him in his full glory is supposed to be fatal to anyone with sin. | |
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The Bible / int_89b8822f | |
The Bible / int_8b6e8d7 | type |
Anachronic Order | |
The Bible / int_8b6e8d7 | comment |
Anachronic Order: The books of prophecy tend to skip around; Jeremiah's revelations while in prison precede the account of his imprisonment, for instance. The book of Daniel also tends to skip around; in some stories he's an old man, in others he's a youth of between fifteen and twenty. There is a well known Hebrew phrase that means (loosely translated): "There is no early or late in the Torah." ("ein mukdam u'meuchar ba'Torah") | |
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The Bible / int_8b6e8d7 | |
The Bible / int_8b87b21f | type |
Now I Know What to Name Him | |
The Bible / int_8b87b21f | comment |
Now I Know What to Name Him: In the gospels, angels speak to both Mary and Joseph, inform them that they will have God's son, and that he will be named Jesus. Since a Hebrew name was also a blessing given at birth, it was standard procedure for the father (in this case God Himself) to come up with the name. An angel visited Zechariah and Elizabeth to tell them to call their son John. This was also contrary to custom, since the firstborn son would normally be named after the father. | |
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The Bible / int_8b87b21f | |
The Bible / int_8f1bb87c | type |
Deliberately Painful Clothing | |
The Bible / int_8f1bb87c | comment |
Deliberately Painful Clothing: A lot of Old Testament prophets would wear hair shirts. John the Baptist wore one, made of camel hair. Often people would wear them while doing penance for sins. It's also translated as "sackcloth". i.e. burlap-like material. | |
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The Bible / int_8f1bb87c | |
The Bible / int_9203bf6 | type |
Arc Number | |
The Bible / int_9203bf6 | comment |
Arc Number: Several of them repeatedly used in various contexts— Seven—Originally: six days of creating the World + one day of resting. Twelve—Originally the number of Jacob's sons from which the Israelite tribes descend. Forty—Originally the number of years that the Israelites roamed through the desert and number of days and nights it rained during the deluge. Commonly used in the Bible and other ancient Near Eastern literature as shorthand for "a long time". | |
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The Bible / int_9203bf6 | |
The Bible / int_934937b2 | type |
Bluff the Impostor | |
The Bible / int_934937b2 | comment |
Delilah tries to get Samson to reveal his weakness, and Samson tests her by telling her a false one. This fails. While this is very smart by itself, he then allows her to repeat this three times before finally caving in and admitting it's his hair. Honestly, no matter how much you love her, shouldn't you just get rid of her after the first time she tries to sell you into slavery to your enemies? | |
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The Bible / int_934937b2 | |
The Bible / int_9421aa41 | type |
Flipping the Table | |
The Bible / int_9421aa41 | comment |
Flipping the Table: Jesus does this with the moneychangers in the Temple. | |
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The Bible / int_9421aa41 | |
The Bible / int_950bbfa7 | type |
Take a Third Option | |
The Bible / int_950bbfa7 | comment |
Balaam showed his loyalty to Yahweh even though his life was at risk and blessed the Israelites rather than cursing them as God told him to. He was killed for trying to have it both ways. He wouldn't betray God by pronouncing a curse where a blessing was required, but he still wanted the reward that the Midianites were offering to him. So he taught them how they could turn the Israelites away from the commandments of God and bring His curse upon themselves, making him a pretty straight example of this trope. | |
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The Bible / int_950bbfa7 | |
The Bible / int_95d67d24 | type |
Get Thee to a Nunnery | |
The Bible / int_95d67d24 | comment |
Get Thee to a Nunnery: A few noteworthy ones: "To know" That's what they called it back then. "Feet" is often used in the Old Testament to refer to something a bit higher. Chapter seven of Song of Solomon describes the wife's navel as "a rounded cup, never lacking in sweet wine." Some scholars argue that "navel" may in fact refer to the vagina. | |
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The Bible / int_95d67d24 | |
The Bible / int_9a061e64 | type |
Dishonored Dead | |
The Bible / int_9a061e64 | comment |
Dishonored Dead: This happens to a few kings of Judah in The Book of Chronicles. Most kings were buried in rock tombs near their ancestors. Jehoram is not buried with the other kings due to being rather nasty, and Azariah/Uzziah is buried in a field due to being a leper. | |
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The Bible / int_9a061e64 | |
The Bible / int_a22c6d89 | type |
The Evil Prince | |
The Bible / int_a22c6d89 | comment |
The Evil Prince: Pretty much all of David's sons except for Solomon, each of whom inherited a variety of David's traits except for his faith in God. | |
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The Bible / int_a22c6d89 | |
The Bible / int_a73cef88 | type |
Virginity Flag | |
The Bible / int_a73cef88 | comment |
Virginity Flag: After Amon rapes her, Tamar tears her garment that was reserved for the king's virgin daughters. Her full brother Absolom immediately realizes what happened when he sees her. | |
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The Bible / int_a73cef88 | |
The Bible / int_a8a04f6f | type |
And I Must Scream | |
The Bible / int_a8a04f6f | comment |
Picture if you will a being that exists outside of space and time that can make and unmake the universe at will just with its voice, who sometimes sends messengers into the mortal world to manipulate mortals into performing seemingly insignificant actions as small parts of a very long-term plan that is inscrutable to all beings except itself, that has the power not only to destroy said people's bodies but also to lock their souls into an eternal state of And I Must Scream for failing to follow said plan, and that is so incomprehensible to human beings that the mere sight of its true form would kill them instantly and even a small fraction of its power is able to induce bowel-clenching visceral terror in even its most loyal of servants. No, it's not some Lovecraftian Eldritch Abomination; that's God Himself. And He's not out to destroy or mutate the reality He created with His sheer Eldritchy might, He's the (what most Christians believe him to be) benevolent guardian of humanity who sends a manifestation of Himself (Jesus) to show them the light, and protect them from a lesser but actually evil entity (Satan). | |
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The Bible / int_a8a04f6f | |
The Bible / int_a969c74a | type |
Final Solution | |
The Bible / int_a969c74a | comment |
Final Solution: The Bible has many cases of this. Some carried out by various heroic kings, some carried out by God himself. In all cases, it's treated as a good thing. The three most famous cases are: Noah and the flood — Mankind misbehaves? Let's exterminate all life on the planet! (Except for one family and their pets.) Sodom — Mankind misbehaves? Let's exterminate all life in this small nation! (Except for one family — and maybe their pets, if they had any.) Book of Revelation — Mankind misbehaves? Let's exterminate all life on the planet! Again! (And as in the two previous versions, some good people get spared. And this time, good dead people are resurrected, too.) | |
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Biological Weapons Solve Everything | |
The Bible / int_ad3962c1 | comment |
Biological Weapons Solve Everything: God has occasionally unleashed plagues to defeat enemies of His faithful, or simply to make a point. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
The Bible / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Paul of Tarsus, usually in his epistles. In one instance, mediating an argument amongst the Galatians about circumcision, he helpfully recommends to the conservative Jewish converts agitating against the pagan converts that they "go the whole way and cut the entire thing off!" The Old Testament was way ahead on the snark front. One memorable moment from the book of Jonah: The prophets are especially full of this sort of thing; such as God mocking how idol-worshipers would cut down a tree, make an idol to worship out of part of it...and cook breakfast over the rest of it. Here's one from the Book of Judges: In it, the Israelites constantly abandon Yahweh and turn other gods, causing God to remove his protection and allowing foreign powers to invade them. This causes the Israelites to turn back to Him, and He helps them drive out their oppressors. However, only a generation or so later, the pattern repeats itself. After this happens for the third time, and the Israelites beseech God for help, Yahweh, in an epic snark moment, pretty much tells them: "You know, I'm growing tired of having to save you all the time, since you will only turn your back on me again as soon as everything is back to normal. Turn instead to the new gods that you have chosen; may they save you when you're in trouble!" | |
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Catchphrase | |
The Bible / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catch-Phrase: "What is this deed you have done?" is commonly used to mean "What the Hell, Hero?" or "You Monster!". | |
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Serpent of Immortality | |
The Bible / int_b08b0f0e | comment |
Serpent of Immortality: In Numbers 21, the children of Israel were dying from being bitten by fiery serpents. Moses made a brass serpent and put it on a pole, and whoever looked at it didn't die from snakebite. John 3:13: "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up." So the serpent symbolizes Christ, crucified and resurrected. | |
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Heaven Above | |
The Bible / int_b0ac233d | comment |
Heaven Above: In Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, German, and English editions of The Bible, the word for skynote respectively, ouranos, caelum, ciel, cielo, cielo, Himmel, and heaven is also used as the word for the Kingdom of God. Even though God preceded and created the sky in the Book of Genesis, Nimrod and the rest of humanity still believe they can reach God just by building a really, really, really big tower. For their arrogance, God creates the original Curse of Babel to keep humanity from organizing and attempting the impossible task of invading Heaven. This example makes the trope Older Than Feudalism, if not Older Than Dirt. God is frequently described in the Old Testament as emerging from storms, whirlwinds, or other heavenly disasters to demonstrate his power, most famously at the end of the Book of Job. There, God's appearance as a massive storm uses the violence of the sky to demonstrate his power and expansive nature. When Jesus returns to the spiritual realm of the Father, how do The Four Gospels describe it? Oh yeah, he was taken up and he ascended. So, unless he's actually supposed to be flying around in the clouds waiting to come down and burn the sinners, the reader is supposed to associate going up with entering the realm of God. The Book of Revelation describes the evil angels who follow Satan as "fallen stars" that were "thrown down to Earth." This story of angels being thrown down to become demons is where the term Fallen Angel comes from. | |
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Loophole Abuse | |
The Bible / int_b1dde8fd | comment |
Loophole Abuse: Many perhaps odd-sounding laws in the Old Testament—those regarding sex, for example — were likely designed to prevent this. | |
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Take That! | |
The Bible / int_b53077b3 | comment |
The story of Lot and his daughters was a Take That! against the inhabitants of Moab, a nation that bordered ancient Israel, insulting them by saying that they were descended from incest, at least according to some commentary. | |
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Too Dumb to Live | |
The Bible / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: Delilah tries to get Samson to reveal his weakness, and Samson tests her by telling her a false one. This fails. While this is very smart by itself, he then allows her to repeat this three times before finally caving in and admitting it's his hair. Honestly, no matter how much you love her, shouldn't you just get rid of her after the first time she tries to sell you into slavery to your enemies? Pharaoh after seeing that Moses and Aaron have the power of God on their side, is told by Moses that a series of plagues will come to Egypt if he continues to keep the Israelites. Even after this warning, Pharaoh refused and his country suffered for it. Then after letting them go, he changed his mind again (and no, it wasn't God's doing) and sent his cavalry after them, and drowning them in the process when the Red Sea the Israelites crossed through closed up on them. | |
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The Bible / int_b7920c43 | type |
Lost in Translation | |
The Bible / int_b7920c43 | comment |
Pharaoh after seeing that Moses and Aaron have the power of God on their side, is told by Moses that a series of plagues will come to Egypt if he continues to keep the Israelites. Even after this warning, Pharaoh refused and his country suffered for it. Then after letting them go, he changed his mind again (and no, it wasn't God's doing) and sent his cavalry after them, and drowning them in the process when the Red Sea the Israelites crossed through closed up on them. | |
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The Bible / int_b9d334b2 | type |
Aerith and Bob | |
The Bible / int_b9d334b2 | comment |
Aerith and Bob: David and Goliath. Judas and Peter. Michael and Lucifer. However, all or most of these were common names at the time; we've only decided which ones to pass on to our children, and these have become normal. | |
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The Bible / int_babc974 | type |
Sadistic Choice | |
The Bible / int_babc974 | comment |
God gives Jeroboam's son a peaceful death and allows for a proper burial because he is the last good thing to come out of the family. The rest of them get no burial and have to die being eaten alive, their choice of dogs or birds. | |
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The Bible / int_bbfaa837 | type |
Knight Templar | |
The Bible / int_bbfaa837 | comment |
Knight Templar: As was once said for the image caption of that trope, "this is the original Serious Business." | |
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The Bible / int_be8cb2da | type |
Missing Episode | |
The Bible / int_be8cb2da | comment |
Missing Episode: invoked There are references to lost Jewish texts, such as the Book of Jasher and Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. | |
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The Bible / int_c09dbbbb | type |
Weaksauce Weakness | |
The Bible / int_c09dbbbb | comment |
Weaksauce Weakness: Several passages in the books of Joshua and Judges portray the Canaanites with iron chariots. The Hebrews had a hard time fighting them, but they were still able to take over the hill country they wanted. Nevertheless, the idea that an army with God's will can't overcome iron chariots is very popular among Fan Haters. | |
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The Bible / int_c280d2c8 | type |
Blasphemous Praise | |
The Bible / int_c280d2c8 | comment |
Blasphemous Praise: One of the Herods is struck dead for accepting such praise. | |
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Shout-Out | |
The Bible / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Sumerian mythology, according to secular historians. Semitic mythology too, which is not even arguable. Not relevant among believers. The Law of Moses was both a civil and religious code. Many of the civil laws can also be found in other period law codes. | |
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The Bible / int_c772e7c5 | type |
Rags to Riches | |
The Bible / int_c772e7c5 | comment |
Joseph. He ascends from slave to chancellor in a foreign nation that doesn't look too favourably on Hebrews, saves the entire nation from a devastating famine, and reunites his divided clan through a clever Xanatos Gambit. | |
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The Bible / int_c8bea4ec | type |
My Species Doth Protest Too Much | |
The Bible / int_c8bea4ec | comment |
My Species Doth Protest Too Much: Although several groups receive an Always Chaotic Evil characterization, it's pretty common for there to be a member of the group who is virtuous—like Ruth as a good Moabite, the Good Samaritan of the New Testament, and some rabbis mentioned in the Talmud who were supposedly descended from evil people like Haman. | |
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The Bible / int_c98b7916 | type |
Messianic Archetype | |
The Bible / int_c98b7916 | comment |
The story of Samson can be retroactively seen as a deconstruction of the Messianic Archetype. He knew he was the Chosen One and abused his special status, and he was overconfident with his powers, leading to him getting betrayed by Delilah. In the end he pushed those pillars down and killed the Philistines out of revenge because he had nothing left to live for. For the irony-challenged, however, Samson is purely a badass folk hero who gets a Great Way to Go. | |
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Loads and Loads of Characters | |
The Bible / int_d2bff11f | comment |
Loads and Loads of Characters: There are dozens of books written over a period of many centuries, and some of them include genealogies or history. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
The Bible / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: David's Murder the Hypotenuse tactic gets a very angry and critical response from Nathan. Saul has done this kind of thing, too. Many of the otherwise benevolent kings (not counting evil ones) after him also done these one way or another. | |
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I Know Your True Name | |
The Bible / int_d3b02ffb | comment |
I Know Your True Name: Mostly in the Old Testament, some power is associated with the names of God, the act of Adam naming the animals, etc. In fact, Moses kills an Egyptian at one point solely by saying God's True Name. | |
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The Bible / int_d5d34629 | type |
Treachery Is a Special Kind of Evil | |
The Bible / int_d5d34629 | comment |
Treachery Is a Special Kind of Evil: Judas's betrayal of Jesus, as recounted in The Four Gospels of The Bible. This betrayal was arguably necessary, as in Christian doctrine Jesus had to die to wash away mankind's sins, but Judas still has a My God, What Have I Done? moment followed by (in one account) a Driven to Suicide moment shortly thereafter. In Mark 13:12 this is considered a sign of the end of the world: | |
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I Have Many Names | |
The Bible / int_d5d976dd | comment |
Opinions vary on the Name. Several people are credited with knowing (and using) the big secret one, including Moses (to kill an Egyptain slave driver), Solomon (to enslave the demon king Ashmodai/Asmodeus), and various rabbinic sages (to create golems and other miracles). | |
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The Bible / int_d7a4c051 | type |
Everyone Calls Him | |
The Bible / int_d7a4c051 | comment |
Everyone Calls Him Bar Keep: Thanks to translations and tradition, YHWH is hardly ever known by His actual Name, and is referred to as, "God" (El / Theos) or "the Lord" (Adonai / Kurios) for most of the Book. When the English text reads "LORD" in ALL CAPS, it's a circumlocution for YHWH—the taboo against speaking his name wasn't in effect until the Hebrew Bible had already been written. The only person said to have ever spoken His true name was, according to apocrypha, Lilith. Opinions vary on the Name. Several people are credited with knowing (and using) the big secret one, including Moses (to kill an Egyptain slave driver), Solomon (to enslave the demon king Ashmodai/Asmodeus), and various rabbinic sages (to create golems and other miracles). Enosh, grandson of Adam, is said to have evoked the name Yahweh. Also, Pharaoh from Exodus, whose name is never given and who is simply referred to as "Pharaoh". Various archaeologists, anthropologists, and Biblical scholars have offered any number of theories as to what historical pharaoh Exodus might be referring to, with Ramses II and Shoshenq I being fan favorites. Which leads to a number of people who mistakenly believe that the Pharaoh who got the plagues = The Pharaoh that gave the genocide order... | |
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The Bible / int_d94ff9b3 | type |
Wall of Text | |
The Bible / int_d94ff9b3 | comment |
Wall of Text: While everyone is aware that the Bible is revered by many as having all the answers, many people are shocked at how much text in it is history, etc and not wisdom. | |
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Spin-Off | |
The Bible / int_d9ee7048 | comment |
Spin-Off: New Testament from the Tanakh. | |
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The Bible / int_dabc7a46 | type |
Sixth Ranger | |
The Bible / int_dabc7a46 | comment |
Sixth Ranger: Paul, who starts out an enemy of the early church but later joins up with them, and ends up being one of the best-known and most frequently quoted Christians of the first century. Matthias, who was added to the Twelve after Judas betrayed Jesus. | |
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One Mario Limit | |
The Bible / int_db7c3858 | comment |
One Mario Limit: Outside of Spanish-speaking countries, you'll be hard-pressed to find anyone else named Jesus nowadays. | |
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Start My Own | |
The Bible / int_dca6a9d | comment |
Start My Own: In popular legend, when Simon Magus couldn't bribe his way into the new Church—thus inventing the term "simony"—he went around heckling Peter and trying to raise his own church by magic. They then had a showdown in Rome, where Simon wound up dying with varying degrees of impressiveness, Depending on the Writer. In the actual verse where he's mentioned, though, it says he became a lay worshiper. | |
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Chekhov's Gunman | |
The Bible / int_dcbe8a6e | comment |
Chekhov's Gunman: Ishmael, Isaac's half-brother in Genesis, fades into the background shortly after he's introduced and sent off to Arabia. Turns out one of his descendants was a guy named Muhammad. Interestingly enough, this loose thread doesn't get picked up until after The Bible ends. | |
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The Bible / int_e0207930 | type |
Humans Are Special | |
The Bible / int_e0207930 | comment |
Humans Are Special: With free will, they actually have the potential to become greater than angels. Furthermore, despite humans being bastards, God still cared enough about us to not wipe us out totally and eventually provided a Savior. | |
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Know When to Fold 'Em | |
The Bible / int_e16cd24e | comment |
Know When to Fold 'Em: It may seem pretty badass of Satan to try and overthrow God, until the prophecies are fulfilled and he loses. When it comes to fighting the one responsible for the very existence of yourself and everything, it's really wiser to fold 'em. | |
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Kill It with Water | |
The Bible / int_e8bb3043 | comment |
Kill It with Water: The Red Sea closing on the Egyptian soldiers chasing the Israelites. | |
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The Bible / int_ea076439 | type |
MercyKilling | |
The Bible / int_ea076439 | comment |
Mercy Killing: God gives Jeroboam's son a peaceful death and allows for a proper burial because he is the last good thing to come out of the family. The rest of them get no burial and have to die being eaten alive, their choice of dogs or birds. Elijah asks for a mercy killing from God when Jezebel vows to kill him. Implied in this verse: | |
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The Bible / int_eae41a | type |
The Vamp | |
The Bible / int_eae41a | comment |
Delilah is often thought of as an originator of The Vamp, Honey Trap and Femme Fatale tropes, but her relationship with Samson didn't begin in deceit, as the Philistines approached her when they were already together. In films, though, she is typically depicted as being sent to seduce Samson, as already having some personal fixation on him, or even as offering her services to the Philistines herself instead of the other way around. Also, the Biblical text never says whether or not her love for Samson was genuine. | |
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Groin Attack | |
The Bible / int_eaf5a1ac | comment |
Paul of Tarsus, usually in his epistles. In one instance, mediating an argument amongst the Galatians about circumcision, he helpfully recommends to the conservative Jewish converts agitating against the pagan converts that they "go the whole way and cut the entire thing off!" | |
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Jerkass | |
The Bible / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Notably averted (or subverted, depending on your interpretation) in The Book Of Job, where God becomes a Jerkass to Job because God's on a bet with Satan. | |
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The Bible / int_ee7a60e9 | type |
One Steve Limit | |
The Bible / int_ee7a60e9 | comment |
One Steve Limit: There are three Herods during Jesus' lifetime. As well as princess...you guessed it...Herodias (who married two different Herods, both her uncle, in her lifetime). As well as two Judases and two Lazari. There are even other Jesuses, Jesus himself being a form of the name Joshua. In fact Jesus was a popular name during his time. Inverted with all those names (Emmannuel, Joshua, Jesus) that are all meant to be for the same dude. Just among the 12 Disciples we have 2 James, 2 Judas, and 2 Simons (though one also went by Peter) Not to mention the 4 or so different Marys we have in the Gospels. | |
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Unbuilt Trope | |
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Unbuilt Trope: Picture if you will a being that exists outside of space and time that can make and unmake the universe at will just with its voice, who sometimes sends messengers into the mortal world to manipulate mortals into performing seemingly insignificant actions as small parts of a very long-term plan that is inscrutable to all beings except itself, that has the power not only to destroy said people's bodies but also to lock their souls into an eternal state of And I Must Scream for failing to follow said plan, and that is so incomprehensible to human beings that the mere sight of its true form would kill them instantly and even a small fraction of its power is able to induce bowel-clenching visceral terror in even its most loyal of servants. No, it's not some Lovecraftian Eldritch Abomination; that's God Himself. And He's not out to destroy or mutate the reality He created with His sheer Eldritchy might, He's the (what most Christians believe him to be) benevolent guardian of humanity who sends a manifestation of Himself (Jesus) to show them the light, and protect them from a lesser but actually evil entity (Satan). The designs of the various kinds of angels are amazing. Take the seraphim: They have six wings; two covering their face, two covering their feet, and two to fly. The cherubim, no connection to the cute baby angels you might know, have "four faces and four wings, with straight feet with a sole like the sole of a calf's foot, and "hands of a man" under their wings. Each had four faces: "The face of a man, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle." If you saw that in a manga, movie, comic book or something else like that, it'd be praised for its innovativeness. The story of Samson can be retroactively seen as a deconstruction of the Messianic Archetype. He knew he was the Chosen One and abused his special status, and he was overconfident with his powers, leading to him getting betrayed by Delilah. In the end he pushed those pillars down and killed the Philistines out of revenge because he had nothing left to live for. For the irony-challenged, however, Samson is purely a badass folk hero who gets a Great Way to Go. Delilah is often thought of as an originator of The Vamp, Honey Trap and Femme Fatale tropes, but her relationship with Samson didn't begin in deceit, as the Philistines approached her when they were already together. In films, though, she is typically depicted as being sent to seduce Samson, as already having some personal fixation on him, or even as offering her services to the Philistines herself instead of the other way around. Also, the Biblical text never says whether or not her love for Samson was genuine. The story of Balaam is a deconstruction of the Stubborn Mule, as well as an example of Truth in Television. Balaam was hired to curse the Israelites, but was held back by his mule, who refused to cooperate. When the mule was granted to speak, she revealed that she was protecting him from the invisible angel in front of them, who would have killed Balaam had the mule cooperated. The fact that the stubbornness exhibited by donkeys and mules is really an act of self-preservation is largely overlooked in future media. | |
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Indentured Servitude: Indentured servitude was common in Israel. To prevent it from becoming too permanent, the year of Jubilee was established in the Book of Leviticus. Every fifty years all debts were forgiven and slaves set free. | |
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Mix-and-Match Critters | |
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Mix-and-Match Critters: When not described as Eldritch Abominations or imitating human form the Angels are described as such (in Book of Daniel for instance). Revelation 13 has two examples: a beast coming out of the sea who "resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion", and another beast coming out of the Earth who "had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon". | |
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Youngest Child Wins | |
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Youngest Child Wins: Abel's sacrifice is accepted, Cain's is not. Isaac is favored by his mother over Ishmael, his older half-brother. Jacob is favored by his mother over Esau, the firstborn twin. Joseph is favored by his father over all his older brothers, as is Benjamin. Moses's degree of prophecy outranks Aaron's. David, the youngest of 7, was anointedking and Solomon, David's youngest son, becomes the next king. Each of these were meant to be subversions of the cultural standard. The story of Jacob and Esau even acknowledges that under normal circumstances Esau's the one who had the birthright coming to him. This theme is one of the overarching motifs of the book of Genesis. It also shows up later, but especially in Genesis. As noted above, it was a (presumably intentional) subversion of how things actually tended to work in real life. The older brothers get along fine afterwards. Cain founded a city, Ishmael served the Lord and founded a great nation (the Arabs) who eventually served the Lord in their own way, Esau made up with Jacob and founded his own nation, and the Tribe of Judah became leader of the Twelve — and, with Benjamin, the only one to survive. | |
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Punished for Sympathy | |
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Punished for Sympathy: The Old Testament has many examples of God punishing His people for showing sympathy to those He commanded them to destroy. Leviticus 10:1-6: Aaron's two sons, Nadab and Abihu, were burned to death by God for offering strange fire which they were commanded not to bring. He then invokes this trope by warning Aaron that he will, too, kill him and the rest of the Israelites should he mourn for their losses. Numbers 16:41-50: The Israelites complained to Moses about God burning 250 of the other Israelites to death for burning incense. God's response? He gets angry and starts killing 14,700 more of the Israelites. | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist: General Joab, who murdered people because he thought they would hinder David's success. Also, one possible interpretation of Judas, who may have desired the Kingdom of Heaven to be restored by physical force. | |
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Depending on the Writer | |
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Depending on the Writer: Jesus' character tends to vary quite a bit depending on who's describing him. | |
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