Quiz #2

The word “Bible” comes from the Greek word “biblia”, which means ___ __.__

Little Books

The Bible is divided into these two sections, the Old ____ and the New _.

Testament, Testament

The Old Testament consists of the original Hebrew Scriptures which contains this number of books

39

The Hebrew name for the Hebrew Scriptures in the _____.

Tanakh

Torah means ____.

Law

Nevi’im means ____.

Prophets

Ketuvim means ___.

Writings

The is the Hebrew name for “The Law”, which consists of the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures. The term sometimes refers to the entire Old Testament.

Torah

The Greek name for the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Pentateuch

The Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox denominations accept an expanded Old Testament which include additional books known as ___ _.

Deutero Canonical

The Catholic Bible contains eleven of the fourteen books found in this text.

Apocrypha

The number of books in the New Testament.

27

The language of most of the Old Testament.

Hebrew

Another language used in the Old Testament.

Aramaic

The language of the New Testament

Greek

The language of the Apocrypha

Greek

Why do many scholars limit the Old Testament to 39 books?

These books are written in Hebrew.

The Old Testament of Protestant Bibles has 39 books, but the Hebrew Scriptures have 24 books. How do you explain that? #1

The Hebrew Scriptures put the 12 “minor” prophets into one book.

The Old Testament of Protestant Bibles has 39 books, but the Hebrew Scriptures have 24 books. How do you explain that? #2

In the Hebrew Scriptures, 1 and 2 Samuel is Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings is Kings, and 1 and 2 Chronicles is Chronicles.

The Old Testament of Protestant Bibles has 39 books, but the Hebrew Scriptures have 24 books. How do you explain that? #3

In the Hebrew Scriptures, Ezra and Nehemiah are combined into the book of Ezra.

Traditionally, the dates of the Old Testament are ___ and _.

1500 BC, 400 BC

The dates of the New Testament are ___ and _.

33 AD, 100 AD

What are the five genres of the Old Testament

Narrative, Poetry, Law, Wisdom, Apocalyptic

Narrative

The account of the historical events of the Old Testament.

Poetry

The artistic written expressions usually about God and often uses figurative language.

Law

Instructions and rituals that the Israelites were to live by.

Wisdom

Practical advice on how to live wisely.

Apocalyptic

(Prophetic) Insights about future events.

The Septuagint

The translation of the Old Testament into Greek. It was translated between 250-150 BC. It was called the “version of the 70” because 70 scholars helped translate it.

The Vulgate

Translation of the entire Bible into Latin. Completed in 405 AD by Jerome. It was called the “Common version” because the “common” people could read it.

The Dead Sea Scrolls

Discovered in 1947 in two caves near the dead sea, they confirmed the accuracy of the Old Testament texts copied 1000 years later.

The Essenes

The Jewish religious community that copied the dead sea scrolls. They were most influential between 200 BC and 100 AD.

Qumran

The location of the Essene Community

Reconciliation

The reconciliation of God with fallen humanity.