Chapter 2 - Introduction To Sacred Scripture

Question 1

How do you locate Bible references?

Answer 1

Book name
Chapter number
Verse number (s)

Question 2

To discover what God wanted the biblical authors to reveal for the benefit of our Salvation

Answer 2

The purpose of interpreting the Bible

Question 3

Pay attention to the message the authors want to get across to the reader
Pay attention to what God wanted to reveal through their
words

Answer 3

This is how we read the Bible

Question 4

Under who’s influence did the human authors draw on their background, education, skill and talent as writers, vocabulary, and so forth to write what God intended for people to know?

Answer 4

Holy Spirit

Question 5

List the errors in divine inspiration

Answer 5

Hypnotic trance
Mechanical dictation
Negative assistance
Subsequent approbation

Question 6

Takes over the body of the individual person and forces them to do something
Ex. The biblical writer looses their reason or their own ability to write and are forced to write the text
Counter- ex. Every book of the Scripture would read the same way

Answer 6

Hypnotic trance

Question 7

God communicates the language of Scripture to the author, giving him supernaturally those words which best suit the writer’s individuality

Answer 7

Mechanical dictation

Question 8

God only corrects the author’s texts when it is in error

God lets the authors write whatever they want and then the Holy Spirit just reviews it

Answer 8

Negative assistance

Question 9

The writings that weren’t Scripture later became Scripture
Inspiration is retroactively given
Becomes inspired after the Church says it’s conical

Answer 9

Subsequent approbation

Question 10

The doctrine that states that the books of the Scripture are free from error regarding the truth God wishes to reveal through Scripture for the sake of our salvation

Answer 10

Inerrant Word of God

Question 11

The _________ is the Word of God.

Answer 11

Bible

Question 12

One of the four constitutions related to Vatican II

In this, the Magisterium asserts that Scripture is inerrant

Answer 12

Dei Verbum

Question 13

A type of writing that has a particular form, style, or content

Answer 13

Literary genre

Question 14

To discover the meaning of the different Biblical texts used by scholars

Answer 14

Exegesis

Question 15

An interpretation of Scripture means that the words mean exactly what the author meant them to say

Answer 15

Literal

Question 16

The interpretation that looks at the words of the text and interprets the text word

Answer 16

Literalist

Question 17

Looks at Scripture, especially the Old Testament in light of its fulfillment by Christ

Answer 17

Allegorical sense

Question 18

Is used by Scripture scholars to examine the text and view events of Scripture as a way to teach us and lead us to heaven

Answer 18

Anagogical sense

Question 19

Examines how the text of Scripture conveys how we are to live out the truth of Scripture in our daily lives

Answer 19

Moral sense

Question 20

The Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures
Written sometime in the 3rd century BC
Latin word meaning “70”

Answer 20

Septuagint

Question 21

The Latin translation of the Bible

Answer 21

Vulgate

Question 22

This saint translated the Bible into Latin.

Answer 22

St. Jerome

Question 23

Discovered in 1947

Contained Essene religious documents, commentaries on certain Hebrew Scriptures, and ancient Old Testament manuscripts

Answer 23

Dead Sea Scrolls

Question 24

The prayer of the Church
Aka the Divine Office
Utilizes the Scriptures, particularly the Psalms for specific times of the day from early morning to later evening

Answer 24

Liturgy of the Hours

Question 25

What are the four types of biblical criticism?

Answer 25

Historical
Form
Source
Redaction

Question 26

Employs archeology and dating techniques to find out more about the passage

Answer 26

Historical criticism

Question 27

Takes into account the literary genre used in the text

Answer 27

Form criticism

Question 28

Examines how the authors gained the material to text of their passages

Answer 28

Source criticism

Question 29

Looks at how the text of the Scripture is arranged and the theological significance of that order within the text

Answer 29

Redaction criticism