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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: [[Your Mileage May Vary|Whether you consider Judas redeemed or not]], it's hard not to feel sympathy when he hangs himself.
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]:
** [[God Is Evil]] and [[Satan Is Good]] are probably the most common. For the sake of [[Natter]], debate this on Headscratchers, not here.
** In some versions, especially Sufism, Satan is a [[Yandere]] to God.
** Generally Lucifer is thought to be the name Satan had before he fell, but some think he is a separate person from him, or not even a person at all.
*** Similarly, were all passages referring to "the devil" or Satan (which means "adversary" or "enemy") even referring to the same guy each time?
** Is Leviathan Satan, a crocodile, dragon, dinosaur, submarine or something else?
** Is Behemoth a hippo, elephant, dinosaur, or something else?
*** Are these 3 merely personification of the untamable elements of land, sea and air?
** As sacrificing humans was against the law, some interpretations say that Jephthah's daughter's sacrifice actually meant service to God; she wept over her virginity because dedication to God meant [[Celibate Hero|she'd never get to marry and have a family]], meaning she'd keep that virginity forever. And family was kind of a big deal for Jewish women back in those days.
** Some say [[
*** Others say he's [[Adam]].
** Some sources and media love equaling the Pharaoh in Exodus with Ramses II.
** The Book of Job: Wonderful explanation of why bad things happen to good people or undeniable proof that [[God and Satan Are Both Jerks]]?
* [[
* [[Broken Base]]: Easily the most divisive work in the history of literature.
** The sheer size of the fanbase may have something to do with this.
* [[Complete Monster]]:
** Satan, who [[Face Heel Turn|rebelled against God]], [[The Man Behind the Man|is behind the creation of all evil in existence]], and acts as the universal [[The Corrupter|Corrupter]], among other things. Apparently, he is so bad [[Hell]] (and later the Lake of Fire) was made specifically for him and his angels.
** The Pharaoh in Exodus is
** Antioch from the Maccabees book. The ''horrible'' tortures he and his people subject a ''whole Jewish family'' to (seven teenage boys and their mother) are pure [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]].
** Haman from the Book of Esther is an egomaniac who manipulated the king into attempting to genocide the Jews. Why? ''One'' Jew refused to bow to him!
** Goliath of the Philistines is described as being an almost literal monster of a man who is devoid of humane qualities and speaks blasphemy against God any chance he gets. He also enjoyed slaughtering people - a lot of people.
** King Herod the (not so) Great is written as being one, while Caiaphas the high priest of the Pharisees is often interpreted as one.
* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]:
** Jesus. He could have called thousands of angels to smite His killers, but He chose to bear all the pain and suffering to save all who would believe.
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** Paul was about to be crucified, but then he told his would-be executers: 'Hey, I'm a Roman. Kill me if you want, but I've my right to tell you ''how'' I will die.' That takes quite the balls.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:
** Melchidezek: Only appeared once yet became oddly popular among biblical scholars.
** The Queen of Sheba too!
* [[Epileptic Trees]]:
** The Book of Enoch is possibly the ur-example.
** There is a medieval legend that the man in the moon is Cain. There is nothing in the Bible to support this.
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: This is Delilah's allure to Samson.
* [[Fair for Its Day]]:
** Look at how women and children were treated in ancient Rome. "Husbands, love your wives" was a revolutionary concept in those days.
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** Then there's the New Testament "apocrypha," some of which are just ''weird''. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, for instance, is possibly the first example of [[Super Dickery]], featuring a very young Jesus that blinds, kills, and heals people left and right, then proceeds to lecture his teacher on theology. Mainstream Christians reject the Gospel of Thomas, which was widely read by early Christian communities, on the basis of its much later origin and the fact that it was most certainly not written by Thomas or anyone in his general time period. The Nicean council ruled that it wasn't authentic.
** The entire New Testament is rejected by the Jews; most Christians reject the Book of Mormon, except for the Mormons. Only the Muslims accept the canonicity of the Koran.
* [[Fan
** A lot of people (and the nation of Ethiopia) believe the Queen of Sheba was one of Solomon's lovers.
** Mary Magdalene and Jesus is this to Gnostics and [[Dan Brown]]
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** Let's just say there are quite a few moments to say the least.
** The Lake of Fire.
** The seven brothers and their mom mentioned in the Maccabeus book. [[Family
** The Book of Revelation. Especially [[Your Head Asplode|if it's literal]], well...imagine ''End of Evangelion'' [[Mind Rape|times a million]]. Yeah.
* [[Internet Backdraft]]: Perhaps nothing in this world can easily start a [[Flame War]] more than arguments about the Bible
* [[Iron Woobie]]:
** Jesus. He never did anything to
** Moses:
*** Forced to flee his homeland and came back to destroy it
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**** [[Brick Joke]]: About a thousand years later, Jesus ascends the Mount of Transfiguration and is seen speaking to Elijah and Moses. Dude finally made it!
* [[It Was His Sled]]: {{spoiler|Jesus was betrayed by Judas and died, but He got better}}.
* [[Les Yay]]: One interpretation of the relationship between Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth. [[
* [[Macekre]]: Which translation is best is [[Serious Business]].
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Samson, Elisha, Moses, and oh yeah, Jesus Christ.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "He killed 1,000 men with a jawbone of a donkey" became a minor one.
* [[Misaimed Fandom]]:
** Samson is presented as a flawed figure who abuses his powers, gets screwed over for it, and ends up dying because there's nowhere else to go. Yet, many readers can't look over his [[Rated
** More seriously, Christians who persecuted Jews from the middle ages and onward for "killing Jesus". [[What an Idiot!|Yes, let's ignore the fact that Jesus '''was''' a Jew, shall we?]]
*** To this day, there are Christians who act ''exactly'' like the zealous, hypocritical, intolerant Pharisees and teachers of the law in Jesus' day, the sort of people Jesus spoke out ''against.'' Jesus also did not teach people to follow Christianity, since it was not founded as a religion until after His death, by His disciples. He was of the Jewish faith, but He didn't preach that religion either. Jesus taught ''no'' religion: He taught how to ''live'', how to ''behave'', how to be ''spiritual''. To do as HE did, not what the priests and religious teachers dictate one should do.
* [[Never Live It Down]]:
** "Doubting" Thomas. In reality, all of the apostles needed physical proof before believing Jesus' resurrection; Thomas just got singled out because he came in late.
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** Satan has a lot:
*** Many people consider him tempting Eve with the fruit as this, as it resulted in pretty much all the evil and suffering in the world. [[Alternate Character Interpretation|This one only applies to Satan if he is the snake, however,]] and some people see it as a failed attempt at giving mankind wisdom.
*** What he did to Job. Yeah, he had permission, but it's still a
***
*** The Bible implies that he was
▲*** The Bible implies that he was behind Jesus crucifixion. If so, he was not only [[Hoist By His Own Petard]] but [[Out Gambitted]], because Jesus's death, preplanned by God, opened the one and only way for people to be saved.
*** In Revelation, he is pictured (probably metaphorically) as a red dragon sanding in front of a delivering woman so he can [[Eats Babies|devour]] her [[Would Hurt a Child|child]] as soon as it is born.
** King Saul:
*** Repeatedly trying to kill David, even after all the kindness and mercy he showed him.
*** Killing the priests of Nob who harbored David.
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*** Carrying out the [[Uriah Gambit]]. Joab had been a very naughty boy.
** Judas:
*** Betraying Jesus (Duh!). According to some, this led to a [[My God, What Have I Done?]]
** Haman:
*** Predating Hitler in attempting genocide against the Jews - all because he was slighted by one single Jew!
** Herod:
*** The slaughter of every newly born baby in Bethlehem. You should all know this one already.
** Pharaoh:
*** Continuing to persecute the Hebrew slaves even after all the miracles and plagues, particularly at the Red Sea. If the ''death of your first born child'' doesn't even stop you...
** Goliath:
*** He was pretty much already living far on the other side of this when he's first brought up.
** Antioch:
*** [[Overly Long Gag|Did you know what he did to seven dudes and their old woman]]? Y-yeah, nothing to see, keep going!
* [[Padding]]: Lots of repetition at points, like with the book of Numbers.
* [[Ron the Death Eater]]: God gets this a lot, particularly due to his Old Testament behavior, which was before [[Characterization Marches On]] in regards to Him.
* [[Sadly Mythtaken]]: The entire [[As the Good Book Says...]] trope in a nutshell.
* [[Tear Jerker]]:
** The Psalm David wrote in response to Jonathan's and Saul's death. As well as the ''enormous'' [[Heroic Blue Screen of Death]] he had when he learned about it.
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** Leah, Balaam's Donkey, Eli, Tamar, Uriah, Job, Jeremiah, Hosea, Ezekiel, Mary, Abel, Tobit, Sarah...
* [[Too Cool to Live]]: Elijah's death, because he was also Too Cool To Die.
* [[What an Idiot!]]:
** Jephtah swore to God that he would sacrifice the first living thing that came out of his house if he wins against his enemies. That turned out to be his daughter.
** Rehoboam's strong rebuttal to the complaints to the heavy taxation and forced labor policies caused 10 Israelite tribes to rebel and form their own nation.
** Saul swore to God that neither he nor his men will eat till they destroyed the enemy army. Sure enough, he and his army were too hungry to fulfill this vow.
** [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Getting drunk and telling your all your weaknesses to a hot woman]]. [[Sarcasm Mode|Good move there, Samson]].
** Esau. Trades [[What Could Have Been|his birthright]] to Jacob for a bowl of lentil stew.
** The people of Israel behave this way every other chapter.
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
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