Biblical Translations

Question 1

Language in which most of the Old Testament was composed:

Answer 1

Hebrew

Question 2

Israelites’ language

Answer 2

Hebrew and then, Aramaic

Question 3

Jesus’s language

Answer 3

Aramaic

Question 4

Language in which 7 Old Testament books were also written:

Answer 4

Greek

Question 5

Language in which the entire New Testament was written:

Answer 5

Greek

Question 6

Common spoken language in the Roman Empire of the First Century AD:

Answer 6

common Greek

Question 7

Common spoken language of the Roman Empire after the Greek language:

Answer 7

Latin

Question 8

1st translator of the Bible (Old and New Testament) into Latin from its original languages

Answer 8

Saint Jerome

Question 9

Year in which Saint Jerome translated the Bible into Latin:

Answer 9

390

Question 10

Church’s official translation of the Bible from the original languages:

Answer 10

The Vulgate

Question 11

Examples of important biblical manuscripts discovered in the past 200 years:

Answer 11

The Dead Sea Scrolls

discovered in Israel in the late 1940s

Question 12

English translations of the Bible available in editions approved for Catholic reading (sponsored by protestants and Catholics):

Answer 12

1. King James Version (1611)
2. The New Revised Standard Version (1989)
3. The Revised English Bible (1992) - the British equivalent to the New Revised Standard Version
4. The New International Version

Question 13

Catholic translations of the Bible:

Answer 13

• The Douay-Rheims Bible (1582-1609) and its revision
• The New Jerusalem Bible (1985)
• The French Bible: La Sainte Bible

Question 14

An important ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament:

Answer 14

The Septuagint