--- title: Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many faiths ★★★ — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many faiths ★★★», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Olympiad puzzles about faith rarely ask for one fact; they ask you to put stories in order, link --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / Olympiad: Bible stories in order and f… # Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many faiths ★★★ Lesson 102 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 18 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/0/) — Olympiad puzzles about faith rarely ask for one fact; they ask you to put stories in order, link a festival to the story it remembers, count days on a calendar, or spot the one claim that does not fit. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/1/) — The Bible's big story has a family line you can use as a ladder: Abraham, then his son Isaac, then Isaac's son Jacob, then Jacob's son Joseph, who brought the family to Egypt; long after, Moses led their descendants out, and the Ten Commandments came on the way. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/2/) — Festivals are clues too: Jews remember the Exodus at Passover, Christians remember the Last Supper, which the Gospels place at Passover time, and Easter follows Good Friday; Pentecost comes fifty days after Easter, counting Easter itself as day one. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/3/) — Different faiths count time differently: the Jewish Shabbat runs from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset, Muslims gather for Friday midday prayer, most Christians worship on Sunday, and the Islamic months follow the moon, so Ramadan comes about eleven days earlier each year. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/4/) — When you speak about any faith, say what its followers believe: "Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead", "Muslims believe the Qur'an is God's word"; a fair answer reports a belief truly without mocking it and without pretending everyone shares it. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/5/) — In the Bible, Abraham's son was Isaac, Isaac's son was Jacob, and Jacob's twelve sons included Joseph, whose brothers sold him and who later brought the whole family to Egypt. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/6/) — Moses lived long after Joseph; he led the Israelites out of Egypt (the Exodus), and on the journey God gave the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/7/) — Ruth was the great-grandmother of King David (Ruth 4:17); David fought Goliath as a young man, later became king, and his son Solomon built the Temple in Jerusalem. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/8/) — Hanukkah remembers the Temple in Jerusalem being made holy again, many centuries after Solomon; on each of its eight nights one more candle is lit, using a helper candle called the shamash. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/9/) — John's Gospel says Jesus was in the Temple at the Feast of Dedication, which is Hanukkah (John 10:22-23). - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/10/) — Passover remembers the Exodus; the Gospels set the Last Supper at Passover time, and Christians remember it on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/11/) — Christians believe Jesus rose on the third day (Easter Day), went up to heaven forty days later (Ascension), and that the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost, fifty days after Easter counting Easter as the first day. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/12/) — Paul became a follower of Jesus on the road to Damascus after Pentecost, and wrote letters to the young churches. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/14/) — Lent is forty days not counting Sundays, so from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day is longer than forty days on the calendar. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/15/) — The Islamic calendar follows the moon and is about eleven days shorter than the sun's year, so Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr move earlier each year and can fall in any season. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/16/) — Muslims believe Isa (Jesus) was a great prophet born of Mary but not the Son of God; Christians believe he is the Son of God. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/17/) — Diwali, the autumn festival of lights, is kept by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains; Hanukkah is the Jewish festival of lights; Eid al-Fitr ends Ramadan; Wesak (Vesak) is when many Buddhists remember the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/18/) — Slang check: "innit" means isn't it; "lowkey" means a bit or secretly; "fixin' to" means about to; "a mo" means a moment. - ← previous: [Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, and the legends of the ring and the jinn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn/) - next →: [Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)