bible final semester

Question 1

how many books are in bible?

Answer 1

66

Question 2

how many books are in the old testament?

Answer 2

39

Question 3

how many books are in the new testament ?

Answer 3

27

Question 4

the old testament begins with what event?

Answer 4

creation of word

Question 5

what’s the difference between a major prophet and a minor prophet?

Answer 5

the major prophet books are longer

Question 6

the new testament begins with what event?

Answer 6

birth of Jesus

Question 7

list the 4 gospels

Answer 7

matthew mark luke and john

Question 8

according to Matthew 22 God created us so that everything we do should be motivated by what?

Answer 8

love for God and love for others

Question 9

the process of learning doctrine and changing our lives should flow in a linear fashion. what are the 3 steps?

Answer 9

-we learn the truth( head)
-the truth affects our feelings and passions ( heart)
-actions reflect our feelings

Question 10

define primary doctrine

Answer 10

A church teaching of first importance. these are the absolutes of our faith and/or salvation. we should stand firm in these beliefs because they are clearly found in the bible ( example: Jesus is both God and man)

Question 11

what is the ultimate foal of learning doctrines

Answer 11

to know God

Question 12

what is not the ultimate goal of learning doctrines

Answer 12

to just learn facts and expand our knowledge about God

Question 13

define heresy

Answer 13

false teachings not in line with the teachings of Christian church

Question 14

why are puzzle pieces a good metaphor for harmonizing bible passages

Answer 14

you need all the pieces to complete the puzzle just like you need all the bible passages on a particular topic. if you only have the pieces for God is love but leave out the pieces for God is just you won’t have the full puzzle revealed all the pieces are needed to get a clear picture of God’s character

Question 15

eisegesis

Answer 15

reading your own ideas back into scripture

Question 16

exegesis

Answer 16

reading in the text to determine what the author originally intended to communicate

Question 17

General revelation

Answer 17

it is given to all people at all times, everyone can know that God exists ( nature)

Question 18

special revelation

Answer 18

it conveys detailed information about God and His will. This information is found in written word ( Bible ) in Jesus ( living word) and in prophecies ( spoken word)

Question 19

inspired

Answer 19

God -breathed

Question 20

what are the three parts of bible’s story

Answer 20

Creation, fall, Redemption

Question 21

autograph

Answer 21

the original writings of the Bible authors

Question 22

plenary

Answer 22

whole or complete ( there is no such things as partial inspiration of the Bible)

Question 23

verbal

Answer 23

the actual words ( of the bible are inspired)

Question 24

confluence

Answer 24

coming together ( how the Holy Spirit directed the thoughts of the biblical writers so they wrote down the actual words)

Question 25

infallible

Answer 25

unable to be wrong ( The Bible Cannot have mistakes or failures)

Question 26

inerrant

Answer 26

without error ( the auto graphs were free from error)

Question 27

cannon

Answer 27

measuring rod

Question 28

what was the standard for a book to be included in the Bible?

Answer 28

inspiration

Question 29

at what point was a book inspired

Answer 29

when is was written

Question 30

what group declared certain books to be in the canon because they recognized those books as inspired?

Answer 30

councils

Question 31

for a book to be considered by the councils to be in the bible did it have to have just local acceptance or widespread acceptance?

Answer 31

widespread

Question 32

what is the name of the books written during the 2 centuries before Christ? They re not in the Christian Bible but are in the Catholic Bible

Answer 32

Apocrypha

Question 33

what are 2 reasons these books are not in the Christians Bible?

Answer 33

-they contain unverified stories
-they contain historical errors

Question 34

most books in the new testament are associated with whom?

Answer 34

an apostle

Question 35

apostle

Answer 35

a person who had direct contact with Jesus and was commissioned by Him to spread the Gospel

Question 36

transmission

Answer 36

the process of copying Biblical manuscripts

Question 37

list three types of writing materials the biblical authors used

Answer 37

pottery, papyrus and parchment

Question 38

true or false the scribes knew they were copying God’s words so they were careful in their process

Answer 38

true

Question 39

there are some different between copies though. what are 2 of the unintentional errors?

Answer 39

-Words that sound similar
-Mistaken letters

Question 40

why would the scribes change a word completely ?

Answer 40

words change meaning over time, so the scribes wanted the people to know the correct meaning

Question 41

why would scribes intentionally change the name of a place in the Bible?( our example was the change of the airport’s name )

Answer 41

So future generations would know what place the author as referring to. if a town /place was no longer called by its old name that changed it to the new name