Genesis Test 1-50 Flashcards
The first five books of the OT are a collection known as the _____________ or the _________________.
Torah, Pentateuch
What are three NT designations for the Pentateuch?
Law of Moses, Writing of Moses, Moses
The Pentateuch comprises _______ percent of the OT.
20
No specific claim for _______________ appears in Genesis, but there are abundant claims in the other four books.
authorship
List five NT passages in which Jesus connected Moses’ name with the Law.
Matt. 8:4; 19:7-8
Mark 7:10; 12:26
Luke 24:44-47
One reason skeptics deny Mosaic authorship is their belief that _______________ had not been sufficiently developed at that time.
writing
In the ____________________, the claim is made that the Pentateuch was a collection of documents compiled in different places and times over a period of centuries.
Documentary Hypothesis
The key name in the Documentary Hypothesis is _______________________________.
Julius Welhausen
The Bible indicates that God revealed to Moses a complex worship system about __________ B.C.
1400
The best time indicator we have for dating the Pentateuch is found in ____________________.
1 Kings 6:1
A date of _________ B.C. can be determined for the Exodus.
1447
Those who accept Mosaic authorship debate the dating as either ________ or ________ B.C.
1490, 1425
Genesis is a literary _________, meaning “divided into parts.”
Bifid
The spiritual outline of the book of Genesis can be outlined in what three words?
construction, destruction, reconstruction
The book of Genesis relates the history of the kingdom of God on the earth from the time of the ________________ to the ___________________ in Egypt.
creation, death of Joseph
The book of Genesis unfolds in what three different geographical areas?
Mesopotamia River Valley, Canaan, Egypt
List the five components necessary to “make the world.”
time, force, energy, space, matter
The Bible begins with the supposition of the existence of a ______________.
Supreme Being
The Latin term ________________ means “out of nothing.”
Ex nilo or Ex nihilo
List and briefly describe the eight major philosophies of the world.
- Atheism, which says there is no God
- Agnosticism, which says I do not know if there is a God
- Polytheism, which says there are many gods
- Fatalism, which says all things happen by fate
- Idealism, which says matter is an illusion of the mind
- Darwinism, which says natural selection is true
- Materialism, which says matter is eternal and the only reality
- Pantheism, which says all is God