Dei Verbum (Word of God) Quiz

when promulgated?

4th session (1965)

what does Dei Verbum mean?

Word of God

5 sections of OT

• pentateuch

• prophets

• wisdom

• historical

• deuterocanonical

how many OT books?

46

how many NT books?

26h

how many total books of the Bible?

73

Greek translation of OT called

Septuagint

OT written in

Hebrew

NT written in

Greek

sections of NT

• gospels

• letters

• history narrative (Acts)

• apocalypse (Revelation)

name a biblical translation

• nabre - new american bible revised edition

• niv - new international version

• kjv - king james version

• rsv - revised standard version

4 reasons NT books chosen:

• apostolicity - apostle connectoin

• orthodoxy - correct theology

• used in majority of churches

• antiquity - old enough

Latin bible that was standard for a long time

Vulgate

a main difference between Catholics & Protestants

Sola Scriptura

Sola Scriptura

only source of revelation/faith is scripture

post-Englightenment scholarly research on tehBible started in

Germany

first major Bibleical critique

1805 on Genesis, 4 authors of it

archaeological discovers pertaining to Scripture

Nag Hammadi Library (Egypt, 1945, new gospels); Dead Sea Scrolls (Israel, 1947, Essene OT)

DV is the _______ of the 4 constitutions

shortest

main things addressed in DV:

• relationship between Scripture & Tradition

• inerrancy of the Bible

• historical nature of the Gospels

one source of revelation

Jesus Christ

Christianity is a ________ faith

revealed

scripture & tradition cannot

stand without the other; be separated

scripture & tradition come from Jesus, the

deposit of faith

who wrote the scriptures?

God & the Holy Spirit inspire human authors

does the bible have errors?

no, not in regards to salvation

name a biblical criticism:

• historical

• source

• redaction

• form

• textual

• narrative

• ideological

redaction criticism

study of theological perspectives evident in the composition of hte Bible (source, form, tradition)

narrative criticism

look at literary devices used, intended author, & intended audience; only used on narrative text

form criticism

detect patterns in words to tell us what kind of material is written (ex. “thus says the lord” = prophet saying word of God)

textual criticism

compare & contrast translations’ differing words, form, & phrasing

source criticism

looks for similarities (in vocab or structure) to see what books were written by the same source or under the influence of a previous source

ideological criticism (psychological)

analysis of embedded values, beliefs, biases, & assumptions to focus on motivations behind Biblical text