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Unread 05-15-2012, 09:24 AM   #1
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Do you know of any games in the Bible?

I know there are riddles and races, but that's all I know.

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Unread 05-15-2012, 09:27 AM   #2
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Care to specify what you mean by "games" since you seem to mean something a bit broader than you mentioned?

There is mention of boxing, and at least a background of Olympic style games can be important when understanding social implications of the broad honor system present in the NT.
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Baseball.

The Bible starts out, "In the big inning..."


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Archery?
Oh yeah. Wasn't there a certain bit about David and Saul's son?
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Baseball.

The Bible starts out, "In the big inning..."
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My undergraduate Intro to the Bible teacher (who was probably 90 years old in 1997) referred to the procreative competition of Rachel and Leah (and Bilhah and Zilpah) as "Bible Baseball." I remember the lecture mainly because it was such a poorly-conceived comparison. Apparently each time a child was conceived, that wife proceeded to the next base. And just like in real baseball, sometimes scoring a home run kills you and then your husband changes your home run's name.
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My undergraduate Intro to the Bible teacher (who was probably 90 years old in 1997) referred to the procreative competition of Rachel and Leah (and Bilhah and Zilpah) as "Bible Baseball." I remember the lecture mainly because it was such a poorly-conceived comparison. Apparently each time a child was conceived, that wife proceeded to the next base. And just like in real baseball, sometimes scoring a home run kills you and then your husband changes your home run's name.
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My undergraduate Intro to the Bible teacher (who was probably 90 years old in 1997) referred to the procreative competition of Rachel and Leah (and Bilhah and Zilpah) as "Bible Baseball." I remember the lecture mainly because it was such a poorly-conceived comparison. Apparently each time a child was conceived, that wife proceeded to the next base. And just like in real baseball, sometimes scoring a home run kills you and then your husband changes your home run's name.
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Baseball.

The Bible starts out, "In the big inning..."
I think there was tennis as well....The Bible says "Moses served in Pharaohs court".
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Care to specify what you mean by "games" since you seem to mean something a bit broader than you mentioned?

There is mention of boxing, and at least a background of Olympic style games can be important when understanding social implications of the broad honor system present in the NT.
Competition for the sake of fun, a test of skills based on particular agreed-upon rules.
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I think there was tennis as well....The Bible says "Moses served in Pharaohs court".

Also card playing. In Luke5, Jesus said "Go fish."
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Also card playing. In Luke5, Jesus said "Go fish."
Wow. That was bad.
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There was casting lots....sort of like rolling dice.
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Archery?
I admit...most of this is military related.

ARCHERY in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE (Bible History Online)
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