Bible Quiz #1

Ways a person can study the old testament

Ways a person can study the old testament

historical, topical, geographical, biographical, genealogical, graphical, theological, author

Four steps to examine a passage of the old testament

observation, interpretation, application, correlation

Ways to observe a passage

Literary form, identify the major characters, who, what, where, when, why, how, look for repetition, how do you feel the emotion of the text`

How is translating of text always an interpretation

Any time you go from one translation to another, you have to interoperate

How does context matter when interpreting a passage

It impacts the way the story is told and there isn’t a way to fully understand without context- the dove dove into the bush, the fruit flies like a banana

what are the three kinds of correlation

cross reference-looking at different passages, paraphrase-writing in your own words, outline- how does it fit within it

What is the TaNaK? What are the three sections

The TaNaK is the Torah that Nevi’im and Ketuvim

How many books are in the TaNaK versus

24

How many books are in the Protestant old testament

39

What is the Septuagint and why was it made

It is the greek translation of the Hebrew old testament, made because fewer and fewer people speak/read Hebrew (Greek was becoming the most popular language in the area at the time)

What is the difference between history and historiography

History is events from the past but historiography is people retelling the stories about events from the past

What three subregions make up the ancient near east? These three areas are in what name is commonly referred to as the area where human civilization began?

Mesopotamia, Egypt, Isreal

The small piece of land where the isrealites will setle forms a land bridge between what three continents?

Between Asia, Africa, and Europe

How many major highways are in this area? What are their names?

Kings Highway-through the land, Viamaris- which means way of the sea

What are the significant nations surrounding the Israelites during their time in the Land?

Egypt, Cush, Babylon, Syria

What are the two main objectives of the Old Testament/ HEbrew Scriptures?

-Who is God and how does he interact with the people on Earth

-To explore and answer the most fundamental issues facing human beings through story

Why can the bible be called Unifying and Difficult at the same time?

Because there are unifying themes and storylines and consitancy, but there are are also things that don’t feel like they fit and are not easy- discontinuities that can be frustrating

What is Biblical critism? Is biblical critism a positive or negative term? What are different areas of Biblical critism

Biblical Critisism is the study of the Bible that is trying to understand the bible in full contextIt is not negativee or positive nescesarily, but is more neautril. We see critisism as bad, but is neutral.

The areas of biblical critisism are

theological, historical, literary

What are the dates covered in class for the whole of the Old Testament?

1500 BCE- 400BCE

About what time did Moses lead the Isrealites out of Egypt?

Around 1200 BCE was when he led them out of Egypt (1225 BCE-1235 BCE)

What are the dates for the begenning of the twi times of exile for the Isrealites?

722 BCE-Assyrian Exile

586 BCE-Babylonian Exile

What isrealite nation was taken with each exile?