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Lesson 2 - The Bible Flashcards

1
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Where do we find God’s words?

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The Bible

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2
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The word Bible comes from the Greek qord

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Ta Biblia

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3
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What does Ta Biblia mean?

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The books

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4
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What is the oral tradition?

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The period when the content of the Bible was passed on orally

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5
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Why did we shift to the written tradition and what is the written tradition all about

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Shifted because the original witnesses were dying. The written tradition refers to the writing of the content.

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6
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Composed of stories about the covenant between God and Israel after they were freed by Moses from slavery in Egypt

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Old Testament

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Compilation of stories and teachings of Jesus who opened up a new relationship with God that eventually led to the birth of the Church

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New Testament

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8
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The word testament is the same as the Latin word “Testamentum” which in Hebrew translates to

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Covenant

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9
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What is the Bible

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collection of books that tells us about the covenant

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10
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The old testament is common to both

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Jews and Christians

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11
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The Jews, followed by protestants, recognize only the books written in

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Hebrew

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12
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The word canon means

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“rule”

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13
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A book is canonical if it is recognized as a

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rule of faith

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14
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What is the total recognized as a rule of faith

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Canon of holy books

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15
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How many extra books does the Catholic Bible have?

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seven or eight

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16
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What did the protestants call the extra books

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Apocrypha (kept secret)

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17
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What did the Catholics call the extra books

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Deutero-canonical

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18
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Books which entered the canon or rule of faith at a secondary stage

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Deutero-canonical

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19
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Who wrote the bible?

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Different authors depending on the time these stories were written

20
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When was the bible written?

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Over about 1,000 years from 900 B.C. to100 A.D. at different places

20
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How many books are there in the Bible?

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73 books in all

20
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How many books is in the Oldd Testament?

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46 books

20
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How many books is in the new testament

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27 books

21
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The first five books in the bible are collectively known as

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“The Law”, “Torah”, also sometimes called the “Pentateuch” or “The 5 books of Moses”

21
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Tells how the world began, the origin of the human race, the story of the Hebrews and their calling as God’s “chosen people”

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Gensesis

22
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Tells how the Israelites fled from Egypt and the laws they swore to observe when they made their own covenant with Yahweh at Mt. Sinai

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Exodus

23
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Tells about laws and regulations for sacrifices and how to observe Holy Days

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Leviticus

24
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tells about the census of the people and the sacred story of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness

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Numbers

25
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Tells about the story of Moses last discourses and the addition of new laws

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Deuteronomy

26
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Six (6) historical books

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  1. Joshua
  2. Judges
  3. 1 Samuel
  4. 2 Samuel
  5. 1 Kings
  6. 2 Kings
27
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Three (3) major prophets

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  1. Isiah
  2. Jeremiah
  3. Ezekiel
28
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Most quoted of the prophets in the new testament

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Isiah

29
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Often used metaphors such as potter and clay

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Jermiah

30
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Vision of the dry bones

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Ezekiel

31
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How many books makes up “The Writings” or “Hagiographa”

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13

32
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How many books make up the second canon

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7

33
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The second canon is also known as the

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Deuterocanonical books or the Apocrypha

34
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In the new testament, the first four (4) books are called

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Gospels

35
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Gospels means

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Good news

36
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Four (4) gospel writers

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  1. Matthew
  2. Mark
  3. Luke
  4. John
37
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What does “synoptics” mean?

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Seen with the same eye

38
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Who are the writers that are considered synoptics and why?

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Matthew
Mark
Luke
because they have similar stories and accounts of Jesus’ life

39
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Who presents Jesus as the eternal word of God who descended from heaven and became man?

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John

40
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The story of the formation of the early Christian communities and subsequently the faith of the Church

Tells of the spread and growth of the Church from Palestine to Rome

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The Book of the Acts of the Apostles

41
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How many letters did Paul write?

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13

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