The current set of labels/documentation of All the X in the Bible is unintentionally biased against the Bible study methods used by mainstream and liturgical denominations. Please expand the series to meet their needs. I am providing as comprehensive list as I can, leaving in things like theophanies which are currently available so as to show my intended scope.
- Barren woman / annunciation of a miraculous birth (Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, Samson’s mother, Hannah, Elizabeth).
- Displaced or chosen non‑firstborn (Isaac over Ishmael, Jacob over Esau, Joseph/Judah over Reuben, David and other “younger sons”).
- Endangered child / threatened seed (Moses, Joash, Jesus’ infancy, slaughter of innocents).
- Rival wives / sisters in conflict (Sarah–Hagar; Leah–Rachel; Peninnah–Hannah).
- The promised child as covenant heir (Isaac, Samuel, royal sons, Christ as “firstborn” son of God).
- Meeting at the well / betrothal type‑scene (Rebekah, Rachel, Zipporah; with notable NT resonance in John 4).
- Beautiful foreign woman in danger or liminality (Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel; Esther; Judith; Susanna).
- Wife‑sister deception motif (Gen 12, 20, 26).
- Seduction/temptress motif (Samson and Delilah; Proverbs’ “strange woman”; Potiphar’s wife).
- Penitent or transgressive woman before a man of God (Hannah praying; “sinful woman” in Luke 7; woman caught in adultery; Mary Magdalene traditions).
- Woman at the well / boundary‑crossing theological dialogue (most classically the Samaritan woman in John 4).
- Call of the prophet or hero (Moses, Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Paul’s Damascus experience).
- Theophany at a mountain or wilderness site (Sinai/Horeb; Carmel; Transfiguration).
- Heavenly council / divine courtroom scenes (1 Kgs 22; Job 1–2; Isa 6; Dan 7; Rev 4–5).
- Prophetic concealment / reluctant prophet (Moses’ hesitations, Jonah’s flight, Jeremiah’s protests).
- Signs and wonders authenticating a messenger (Exodus plagues; Elijah/Elisha cycles; Synoptic and Johannine miracle clusters).
- Patriarchal migration / land‑promise journeys (Abraham, Jacob, Exodus wanderings).
- Exodus pattern: oppression → divine deliverance → wilderness testing → covenant at a mountain.
- Exile and restoration (Assyrian/Babylonian exiles; return in Ezra–Nehemiah; echoed in NT exile/sojourner imagery).
- Return of the wayward son / lost one (prodigal son; lost sheep; lost coin).
- Hospitality to strangers on a journey (Abraham and the three visitors; Lot; Emmaus; Heb 13:2).
- Testing of the righteous sufferer (Job; Akedah/Binding of Isaac; Psalms of the righteous sufferer; passion of Christ).
- Younger or weaker victor over stronger adversary (David and Goliath; Gideon; Jael and Sisera; Judith and Holofernes).
- Trial and courtroom scenes (Joseph; Daniel; Jesus before Jewish and Roman authorities; Paul’s defenses in Acts).
- Siege and deliverance of a city (Jericho; Samaria; Nineveh; apocalyptic city motifs in Revelation).
- First shall be last / great reversal (Lukan reversals; Magnificat; Beatitudes; eschatological banquet).
- Covenant‑cutting ceremonies with signs (Gen 15; Sinai; renewal scenes; Eucharistic institution as “new covenant”).
- Wisdom figure as teacher with disciples (Proverbs’ father/teacher persona; Sirach; Jesus as sapiential teacher).
- Heavenly journey and vision report (Ezekiel; Daniel; 1 Enoch and related literature; Revelation).
- Combat myth / divine warrior vs. chaos (YHWH vs. sea/Leviathan; apocalyptic dragon imagery in Revelation).
- Righteous remnant amidst judgment (Noah; Abraham’s bargaining; prophetic remnant theology; Revelation’s faithful witnesses).
- Dying monarch or leader and succession (Moses–Joshua; David–Solomon; Elijah–Elisha).
- Martyrdom and vindication (Maccabean martyrs; Daniel’s friends in the furnace; Christian martyr stories in Revelation).
- Death‑and‑return or near‑death deliverance motifs (Jonah; Hezekiah; Lazarus; Jesus’ passion/resurrection pattern).
