A book for multigenerational use covering the lives of Jesus and 100 Bible people. The book contains over 50 portraits on perforated pages of the Bible people so that they may be made into a biblical art gallery. There are directions on how to make this art gallery with creative ways to make frames for the portraits.
This informational resource book for teachers also includes activities that can be used to add to most any study of Bible people. These activities can be combined into a short-term intergenerational study for 3rd grade through adults. The activities also include directions for making a pictorial time-line and a genealogy from Adam to Jesus.
An outline of each person and where to find the biblical references is included in the book, as well as a page on how to combine activities into a study.
A book for multigenerational use covering the lives of Jesus and 100 Bible people. The book contains over 50 portraits on perforated pages of the Bible people so that they may be made into a biblical art gallery. There are directions on how to make this art gallery with creative ways to make frames for the portraits.
This informational resource book for teachers also includes activities that can be used to add to most any study of Bible people. These activities can be combined into a short-term intergenerational study for 3rd grade through adults. The activities also include directions for making a pictorial time-line and a genealogy from Adam to Jesus.
An outline of each person and where to find the biblical references is included in the book, as well as a page on how to combine activities into a study.
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A book for multigenerational use covering the lives of Jesus and 100 Bible people. The book contains over 50 portraits on perforated pages of the Bible people so that they may be made into a biblical art gallery. There are directions on how to make this art gallery with creative ways to make frames for the portraits.
This informational resource book for teachers also includes activities that can be used to add to most any study of Bible people. These activities can be combined into a short-term intergenerational study for 3rd grade through adults. The activities also include directions for making a pictorial time-line and a genealogy from Adam to Jesus.
An outline of each person and where to find the biblical references is included in the book, as well as a page on how to combine activities into a study.
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| ISBN-13: | 9781426738715 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Abingdon Press |
| Publication date: | 12/01/2010 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 5 MB |
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Bible People of Faith
Learning About Bible People For Intergenerational Use
By Marcia Joslin Stoner
Abingdon Press
Copyright © 2007 Abingdon PressAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4267-3871-5
CHAPTER 1
Old Testament Patriarchs and Matriarchs
ADAM AND EVE Adammeansearthorearthy; Evemeansthe mother of all living.Some later traditions say thatEvecomes from the wordserpent.
There are two biblical accounts of the creation of man and woman. In Genesis 1:27-30 God created male and female. God blessed them and gave them dominion over the air, sea, and earth. In Genesis 2:4-25 Adam was created, and God created the animals in order to give Adam a partner. God decided this wasn't good enough, so God created woman from Adam's rib. Since these accounts were written long before history was recorded as we know it, exact details were not as important to believers as they are today. What was important was that God was the creator.
Adam and Eve were together when Eve was addressed by the serpent, so Adam heard the exchange (Genesis 3:6). Even if he hadn't been with her, Adam could have refused to participate. Later traditions ignore that and place all the blame on Eve.
CAIN, ABEL, AND SETHThe three sons of Adam and Eve. Cain was a tiller of the ground, and Abel was a keeper of sheep (Genesis 4:1-2). When they offered a sacrifice to God, Abel's was accepted but Cain's was not. Though the reason for rejection is not stated, verse 7 implies that God knew there was sin in Cain's heart.
Cain did not react well to God's rebuke. He lured Abel out to a field and killed him. Worse than that, he tried denying it and shifting responsibility to God, saying, "Am I my brother's keeper?" (verse 9). Cain was condemned to be a wanderer. However, God marked his forehead to protect him from others who might seek vengeance.
Seth was born as God's replacement for Abel. Seth, who died at the age of 912 (Genesis 5:8), is the ancestor of Noah.
NOAHThe story of Noah is a lengthy one that begins with the wickedness of humankind in Genesis 6 and goes through the descendants of Noah in Genesis 10.
Noah was basically humankind's second chance. He is sometimes considered the new Adam, a lone, righteous man called by God to build an ark, rescuing the animals of the earth and his own family from a devastating flood. God made a covenant with Noah. The sign of this covenant is the rainbow, the promise never again to cut off the Whole earth with a great flood (Genesis 9:8-17). God blessed Noah and his sons and told them to "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth" (Genesis 9:1). Noah lived to be 950 years old (Genesis 9:28-29).
Noah's sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Abraham was descended from the line of Shem. (See pages 25 and 84.)
ABRAHAMThe first patriarch. His father was Terah, descended from Noah. His name was originallyAbram(meaningthe father is exalted).Born in Ur. Called by God to be the father of a people. No reason is given for the selection of Abram, but there is a tradition that his father was an idol maker and that Abram rejected the power of the idols. Abram's name was changed toAbraham(meaningfather of a multitude).
Abraham is the founding patriarch of three of the world's great religions. Jews trace their ancestry through Isaac, the long-awaited son of Abraham and Sarah. Muslims trace their ancestry through Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar. Christians claim Abraham as a patriarch through faith (Galatians 3:6-7, 29).
SARAHWife of Abraham. They were married in Ur. Originally namedSarai(meaningmy princess),her name was also changed at the time of the covenant toSarah(meaningprincess,a more universal meaning). When Sarah remained childless, she pushed Abraham into having a child by Hagar. Then when Isaac was born, she became jealous of the attention Ishmael (Hagar's son) got and had Abraham send Hagar and Ishmael away.
Sarah died at the age of 127 (Genesis 23:1).
Outline of Abraham and Sarah's Story
• Abram is born in Ur (Genesis 11:27-32).
• Abram (age 75) is called by God to depart Haran and go to the land God would show him. With him go his wife, Sarai, and his nephew Lot. They go to Canaan. God declares this the land he will give to Abram. Abram builds an altar (Genesis 12:1-9).
• Due to famine Abram and Sarai go to Egypt (Genesis 12:10-20).
• Abram, Sarai, and Lot leave Egypt and go into the Negeb. They are rich and must divide the land. Lot chooses the rich plain of the
• Jordan, near Sodom. Abram settles by the oaks of Mamre at Hebron. He builds an altar to the Lord there (Genesis 13).
• Sodom is invaded and Abram rescues Lot (Genesis 14).
• Abram is blessed by Melchizedek, king of Salem, but refuses to take gifts from the king (Genesis 14:17-24).
• Because of Abram's faithfulness, God promises him great numbers of descendants (Genesis 15).
• Birth of Abram's first son, Ishmael, by Hagar, a slave girl. Abram is 86 years old (Genesis 16).
• The Lord makes a covenant with Abram (age 99) that he will be the father of a multitude of nations. The sign of the covenant is circumcision. Abram and Sarai are renamed Abraham and Sarah (age 90) and are promised a son they are to name Isaac (Genesis 17:1–18:15).
• Because Abraham pleads with God to save the city of Sodom if righteous people can be found, Lot is saved from the city (Genesis 18:16–19:29).
• Isaac is born. Abraham is 100 and Sarah going on 91 years old (Genesis 17:17; 21:1-7).
• Hagar and Ishmael are exiled (Genesis 21:8-20).
• Abraham makes peace with Abimelech (Genesis 21:22-34).
• Abraham is asked to sacrifice Isaac. As Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac, God sends a ram to take Isaac's place (Genesis 22).
• Sarah dies at 127. She is buried in a field east of Mamre purchased by Abraham (Genesis 23).
• Abraham dies at 175 and is buried next to Sarah by his sons Isaac and Ishmael (Genesis 25:7-10).
Activity: Bible People Portrait Gallery
Use the portraits found on pages 7-21 and pages 141-153 to make a dramatic Bible People Portrait Gallery for your classroom, hallway, or fellowship hall. If you are having a big event, assign a biblical person to one or two participants to design and prepare a frame. If you are doing an ongoing study, add to the gallery each week.
Cut apart the portraits and frame each separately, except for page 141 (the twelve disciples). That page is meant to be framed as if it were a class photograph like the ones seen on the walls of many high schools. The name of each person is on the back of the portraits so that you will know who they are when cut apart. Be sure to label the pictures in your portrait gallery.
For display space you may wish to use blank walls, folding screens, or even painted cardboard panels made from appliance boxes that can be free-standing in the room.
The art in this book has been done by a collection of artists, much as you would find in a museum. You may make all the frames look exactly alike, or you may wish to decorate each differently. If you use different frames for each portrait, there are suggestions on pages 30 and 32 for making unusual frames.
POSSIBLE USES OF GALLERY:
1. Pictorial timeline of the Bible
2. As a way to review Bible people as you learn about them
3. Decoration for a bare classroom or hallway
4. Fun craft activity
5. As an arrival activity for those waiting for others to come before beginning sessions
6. Any combination of the above
ISAAC (meaninghe laughs)Isaac, the second patriarch, is best known for three things: his near sacrifice by his father; his marriage to Rebekah producing twin sons, Jacob and Esau; and, because he was old and blind, being tricked into giving Jacob, the younger son, the blessing meant for Esau, the elder son. Isaac was a nomad like his father, Abraham, but he never left Canaan.
REBEKAHWife of Isaac. Mother of Jacob and Esau. Sister of Laban. Daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham's younger brother Nahor. This makes Isaac and Rebekah cousins. She was sought out by Abraham's servant to be Isaac's wife. She married Isaac, and for twenty years she was childless (Genesis 25:19-26).
When Rebekah finally became pregnant, she had a difficult time with her pregnancy. God told her that she was carrying two nations, and they were already struggling. Rebekah encouraged and tutored Jacob, her favorite, in how to trick Isaac into giving him Esau's blessing. Because of Esau's anger, she sent Jacob to her brother Laban. She never saw her beloved son again. Rebekah is often thought of as a schemer, but we must keep in mind that she was aware of God's intention for her younger son (Genesis 25:23), and this probably greatly affected her actions.
Outline of Isaac and Rebekah's Story
• Isaac is born (Genesis 21:1-7).
• Abraham is commanded to sacrifice Isaac. When Abraham prepares to obey, God sends a ram for the sacrifice (Genesis 22:1-19).
• Isaac (aged 40) marries Rebekah (Genesis 24).
• Isaac joins his half-brother Ishmael in burying Abraham, their father (Genesis 25:7-10).
• Twenty years after their marriage Rebekah gives birth to twins, Esau and Jacob (Genesis 25:19-26). Esau is Isaac's favorite son, but Jacob is Rebekah's favorite (Genesis 25:27-28).
• There is a famine in the land, but at God's command Isaac goes to Gerar, not Egypt. King Abimelech is impressed with how the Lord is with Isaac, and they agree to live peacefully (Genesis 26:1-33).
• Isaac is old and cannot see well (maybe advanced cataracts). He is tricked by his wife, Rebekah, and his son Jacob into giving Jacob the blessing meant for Esau (Genesis 27:1-29).
• Isaac gives Esau a new blessing (Genesis 27:30-40).
• Rebekah urges Jacob to flee Esau's fury (Genesis 27:41-46).
• Isaac dies at the age of 180. Esau and Jacob bury him (Genesis 35:27-28).
• Rebekah's death is not recorded in the Bible, but she is buried with Isaac, Abraham, and Sarah in the family burial site (Genesis 49:31).
Activity: Making Basic Frames
Frames for your Bible People Portrait Gallery can be as simple or as elaborate as you choose to make them.
1. For easy-to-make "frames," you may simply wish to decorate pieces of posterboard and glue the portraits in the middle of the finished posterboard.
2. Simple frames may be made by gluing each portrait to a piece of posterboard or construction paper a little larger than the portrait, giving a "border" to each portrait. A frame may then be constructed out of strips of construction paper and glued to the border of the portrait.
3. Begin framing each portrait by gluing the portrait to either posterboard or art paper, making sure that there are from two to three inches of posterboard or paper on each side of the portrait. You can then begin matting each portrait with different colored paper (construction or art paper), as many mats as you desire (probably one to three). Then make the outer frame from heavier paper or a different color of posterboard. Be sure to miter the corners (cut edges at angles and butt them up against each other).
4. Another option is to make the frame for each portrait by using small wooden frames, but this is expensive and can add considerably to the weight of the portrait.
Whatever framing method you choose, be sure to consider where and how you will be hanging the portraits. You don't want to use a method that will cause the picture to be heavier than you will have the ability to hang.
NOTE: The new temporary pull-tab hangers for pictures work very well on many different types of walls, even those made of concrete blocks.
Pages 30 and 32 offer some suggestions for decorating frames or mats.
JACOB(meaninggrabber, heel, grabber of the heel, may God protect,or variations of these depending upon the source)
Jacob was a pivotal patriarch in the development of the Jewish people.
Jacob had much to commend him. He had an ongoing relationship with God, even struggling with God in the form of a man. Because of this he was renamedIsrael,meaning he had "striven with God and with humans, and [had] prevailed" (Genesis 32:28). Jacob was hard working and sometimes very patient, laboring for seven years to marry Rachel. When tricked by his uncle into marrying her sister Leah instead, he worked another seven years to marry Rachel. Jacob was also the father of the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. Jacob was the carrier of God's promise to Abraham, Isaac, and the next generation.
But don't put Jacob on too high of a pedestal! Jacob had many character flaws, and they resulted in harm to others. Jacob tricked his brother into signing over his birthright by playing on an obvious weakness of Esau's. Then, with the encouragement and help of his mother, he tricked his twin brother, defrauding him of his inheritance. Jacob did not have to act this way; God had already chosen him as the carrier of the promise to the next generation (Genesis 25:23) before he was born. Jacob pulled a slick stunt with Laban, his uncle, in order to build up his own herd. (Laban was a trickster himself.) And Jacob played favorites with his own sons. Though he had twelve sons (and one daughter, Dinah), he favored Rachel's sons, Joseph and Benjamin, over the others. His gift of a robe with long sleeves to Joseph (Genesis 37:3) helped further inflame his other sons and led to Joseph's being sold to Ishmaelite traders (Genesis 37:25-28).
Outline of Jacob's Story
• Esau and Jacob struggle in their mother's womb (Genesis 25:19-23).
• Esau and Jacob are born (Genesis 25:24-26).
• Jacob buys Esau's birthright (Genesis 25:29-34).
• Isaac is deceived by Jacob and Rebekah into giving Esau's blessing to Jacob (Genesis 27:1-29).
• Jacob escapes from an angry Esau and is sent to his uncle Laban's home (Genesis 27:41–28:5).
• Jacob dreams of a ladder with the top reaching heaven. Jacob is told by God that he and his offspring will be given the land before him (Genesis 28:10-22).
• Jacob works seven years to marry Rachel, but is tricked by Laban into marrying Leah instead. Then he works seven more years and marries Rachel. There is jealousy between his wives; Leah is unloved and Rachel is childless (Genesis 29–30).
• Jacob tricks Laban into giving him the best of his flocks. Jacob flees with his family. Laban catches up to him and they make a pact (Genesis 30:25–31:55).
• Jacob sends presents ahead to appease Esau (Genesis 32:3-21).
• Jacob wrestles with God in the form of a man at Peniel. He is blessed by God and given the name Israel(Genesis 32:22-32).
• Jacob and Esau reconcile (Genesis 33).
• Jacob gives his son Joseph a robe with long sleeves (Genesis 37:3). Jacob grieves when presented with the bloody robe (Genesis 37:29-36).
• Jacob moves his family to Egypt (Genesis 46).
• Jacob blesses Joseph's sons (Genesis 48).
• Jacob dies and is buried beside Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, and Leah (Genesis 49:29–50:13).
Activity: Make a Meaningful Frame/Mat
You may wish to frame/mat your Bible People Portraits in a way that is symbolic of the person whose portrait you are framing.
Some examples:
• Abraham— He traveled to many places, including across deserts. Cover a frame with glue and sprinkle sand over it.
• Esau— You might glue uncooked lentil beans to the frame, representing Esau giving up his birthright for a bowl of lentil stew.
• Jacob— Draw ladders around the frame, representing Jacob's ladder.
• Joseph— Use markers to make multicolored stripes around the frame, representing Joseph's robe (although we know it was a robe of long sleeves, not necessarily a robe of many colors).
• Moses— Draw Roman numerals I through X around the frame, one for each of the Ten Commandments.
• King David or Queen Esther— Draw outlines of crowns, then fill them in with glue. Cover crowns with glitter and plastic "jewels" from the craft store to represent royalty.
• Jesus— Write names for Jesus (see page 93) on the frame, using glitter pens.
• John the Baptist— Glue scalloped shells onto the frame. The scalloped shell is the symbol for John the Baptist. The scalloped shell with three drops of water added is the Christian symbol for baptism.
• Judas Iscariot— Make his frame look broken or lopsided. Cover it with thin threads of cotton batting, making them look like cobwebs.
• Zacchaeus— Glue coins to the frame to represent the tax collector's profession.
• Paul— Use brilliant colored paints to make an abstract representation of the blinding light Paul saw on the road to Damascus.
• Write words on frames surrounding a piece of art. They may be words of faith, or you can use a Bible verse that relates to specific biblical people.
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Table of Contents
Contents
How to Use This Book,Bible People Portraits, Part 1,
Old Testament Patriarchs and Matriarchs,
Old Testament Leaders,
Old Testament Prophets,
Genealogy Chart: Adam—Jesus,
Jesus,
People Jesus Knew,
The Early Church,
Map of Paul's Missionary Journeys.,
Jesse Tree Ornaments,
Bible People Portraits, Part 2,
Index of Bible People,
Index of Activities, Charts, and Reproducibles,