LUOA Survey of the Bible

For all students of LUOA taking survey of the Bible

Peter, James, and John saw Jesus in His heavenly glory at the what?

Transfiguration

Jesus taught that the what will set us free?

truth

The parable of the unforgiving servant teaches us that we should do what others freely no matter how many times they offend us?

forgive

When the prodigal son returned home, he was humble and only asked to be hired as a what?

servant

The older brother became what of the prodigal son and was angry that their father had killed the fattened calf for him?

jealous

Jesus purposely did not immediately go to heal who when his sisters asked Jesus to come?

Lazarus

The Pharisees demanded that Jesus tell the people to be quiet, but He said that if the people were quiet, then even the what would cry out?

stones

This man was a tax collector. He was also very short and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Jesus. Jesus had dinner at his house, and this man repented of his sins. Who is this man?

Zacchaeus

Jesus rebuked the scribes and Pharisees for being what?

hypocritical

What is a canon?

A group of books accepted as Holy Scripture

Who developed the Protestant canon?

Martin Luther

What three languages was the Bible originally written in?

Ancient Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek

Which Bible version was the first major English translation?

Wycliffe's Bible

Which was the first Latin translation of the Bible?

The Vulgate

Which modern English translation was the first major revision of the Bible since the King James Version?

English Revised Version

When the Roman Catholic Church was the dominant authority in Christendom, translators suffered charges of what and were severely punished?

heresy

Some Protestant Bibles include fourteen additional books, known as the what?

Apocrypha

Translations of the Bible are important because they allow the Bible to be what?

understood

The Orthodox canon includes an additional what?

psalm

Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

law

Job, Ruth, Esther, Daniel, Ezra and Nehemiah.

Writings

Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samual and 1 & 2 kings.

Prophets

Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachai.

Prophets

Psalms and Proverbs.

Writings

Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obidiah, Jonah, Micah and Nahum.

prophets

Genesis.

Law

Exodus.

Law

Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes.

Writings

1 & 2 Chronicles.

Writings

Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel.

Prophets

Prior to being written down by Moses, the stories of Creation, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel were passed down as what?

oral accounts

Who might have written the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Essenes

What two events from the Old Testament find fulfillment through Christ in the New Testament, thus proving that Christianity is the one true religion?

The Passover and the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)

There are at least 1,600 quotes from which testament included in which testament?

Old Testament; New Testament

Because of the strict rules of copyists regarding how to hand-copy early manuscripts, there are few what between the Dead Sea Scrolls and newer transcripts of Scripture?

discrepancies

There are how many different books written by how many different authors in the Old Testament?

39 books and 30 authors

The Old Testament provides a record of what?

history

The New Testament was written in what?

Koine Greek

The New Testament chronicles the beginning of the what and the spread of Christianity?

early church

The what tell the story of the earthly ministry of Christ?

Gospels

The Church began when the what was poured out on the Day of Pentecost?

holy spirit

Intertestamental means what?

between the testaments

What three Jewish sects were established during the Intertestamental period?

Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes

The book of Revelation is the only book of what in the New Testament?

prophecy

The Intertestamental period is a gap of approximately how many years between the last events of the Old Testament and the birth of Christ?

four hundred years

Jesus is the what of God's revelation of Himself to mankind?

culmination

The Epistles written by Paul are essentially what to the churches?

letters

The apostle Paul was originally a what of the Church?

an enemy

At the Council of Trent, the Catholic Church declared that the what was the text from which all other translations of the Bible were to be taken?

Vulgate

Which modern English translation was the first major revision of the Bible since the King James Version?

The English Revised Version

What is a codex?

An early form of a book

The Old Testament is a collection of books that are primarily about who?

Christ

The Old Testament is the what to understanding the New Testament?

key

The New Testament is a collection of how many books written over a period of fifty to sixty years?

27

The New Testament covers a time period of how many years?

fewer than one hundred years

While hanging on the cross, Jesus paid the what for the sins of the world?

penalty

Christ's return from the dead is known as the what?

Resurrection

Old Testament manuscripts were written on what three things?

leather, papyrus and parchment

The Pentateuch is the first how many books of the Bible?

5

The book of what covers about 2,200 years of history?

Genesis

Who led the Israelites into the Promised Land and divided the land among the twelve tribes?

Joshua

Who is an example of how Gentiles were included in the blessing to all the nations that God promised to Abraham?

Ruth

The book of what describes the division of the kingdom into the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah?

1 Kings

The Israelites were allowed to return Jerusalem from Babylon after how many years of exile?

70 years

Esther depended on the what of God to keep her safe when she was willing to stand up for her people, the displaced Jews?

faithfulness

Jewish tradition credits the prophet who with writing the book of Judges.

Samuel

Nehemiah was what to King Artaxerxes, which made it possible for him to ask the king for permission to lead the Israelites back to Jerusalem?

cupbearer

The Hebrew nation was enslaved after the death of who in the book of Exodus?

Joseph

The book of 2 Samuel tells the story of who, the "man after God's own heart?"

David

In the book of 2 Kings, the northern kingdom of what is captured by who?

Isreal by the Assyrians

In the book of 2 Kings, the southern kingdom of what is captured by who?

Judah by the Babylonians

What is a record of the laws and rules to be followed by the Levites as they served God's people?

Leviticus

After the period of the judges, Samuel was instructed by God to anoint who as the first king of Israel?

Saul

If Job wrote the book that bears his name, then it could be which book in the Bible?

oldest

The title of the book of Proverbs comes from the many short tidbits of what that make up this book, meant to educate people on seeing themselves and the world through God's eyes?

wisdom

The Hebrew title for the book of Ecclesiastes is Qoheleth, which comes from the Hebrew word qohelet. It can be translated as what?

The Preacher and The Teacher

Who is considered the most well-known prophet in the Bible?

Isaiah

The book of what is one of the longest books in the Bible?

Jeremiah

Which two books were written in Babylon during the time of exile?

Daniel and Ezekiel

What does "lament" mean?

To express grief or sorrow

The book of Proverbs teaches us what it takes to become a wise person. It also describes what happens to a person who chooses to live a life built upon what?

Foolishness

Jeremiah and Lamentations were written to the what?

southern kingdom of Judah

Which book contains perhaps the best song that Solomon ever wrote?

Song of Solomon

The book of what serves as an illustration of God's faithfulness amid His "marriage" (covenant) to an unfaithful people?

Hosea

One of the overarching messages of the book of what is that "actions speak louder than words?”

Amos

Nahum warned the city of what about God's judgment after the people returned to their wicked ways following Jonah's mission?

Nineveh

Zephaniah was a prophet during the reign of King who of Judah?

Josiah

The prophet Zechariah was born in where and came to Jerusalem with the exiles that returned under Zerubbabel?

Babylon

Malachi is the what book of the Old Testament?

final

This book records a terrible locust plague sent by God to punish His people for their sins.

Joel

Obediah's prophecies were directed at the nation of what?

Edom

Obadiah is the what book in the Old Testament?

shortest

Matthew quoted the what more than any other gospel writer?

old testament

This Gospel was written first.

Mark

Luke is the only what to write books of the New Testament?

Gentile

The book of what is the perhaps most theological book in the entire Bible?

Romans

In 2 Corinthians, Paul emphasizes the importance of what and the triumph of the gospel message?

forgiveness

Who insisted that Jewish Christians must continue to follow the Mosiac Law?

Judaizers

The focus of the book of what is that Jesus is all we need in life.

Colossians

Paul and his companions were chased out of where by unbelievers that were jealous of the success of the Gospel?

Thessalonica