Module 1 & Lesson 1 (Intro to the Bible)

Question 1

What is the setting for much of the Biblical story?

Answer 1

The ancient Near East (or “ANE”): roughly equivalent to the modern Middle East, and includes the earliest civilizations in that region up to about the 4th century, BCE. Is now the modern states of Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey.

Question 2

What does BCE stand for?

Answer 2

BCE= Before Common Era and equal to BC= Before Christ

Question 3

What does CE stand for?

Answer 3

CE= Common Era and is equal to AD= anno domini which means “in the year of our Lord.”

Question 4

What do you call the divisions added to the Bible for the purpose of locating or referencing a particular text?

Answer 4

Chapters

Question 5

What is the setting for the story of Jesus, his disciples, and the early Christian church?

Answer 5

Greco-Roman/Mediterranean World

The Greek culture that heavily influenced this area was inherited by Roman civilization. (Greco-Roman)

Question 6

What does ‘Bible’ mean?

Answer 6

The term Bible comes from ‘biblos’, the Greek word meaning “book”, “record”, or “scroll”.

Question 7

How many OT and NT books are there in the Bible?

Answer 7

66 Books all together

39 OT books
27 NT books

Question 8

The majority of the OT is written in what language?

Answer 8

Ancient Hebrew

Question 9

The Septuagint (abbreviated as “LXX”)

Answer 9

LXX is the Greek translation of the Hebrew OT and used mostly by the Jewish nation,
When the NT quotes the OT passages, they are mostly using the LXX translation.

Question 10

The majority of the NT is written in what language?

Answer 10

Koine Greek-
The NT is written in Koine Greek which means “common” and identifies common or popular language used in eastern Mediterranean during the NT period.

Question 11

What is the Bible story about as a whole?

Question 12

What term does the Bible use frequently to talk about the relationship between creator and creation?

Answer 12

Covenant

Question 14

Torah (Law)

Answer 14

Consists of the first five books of the OT- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

(Creation & First humans, Ancestral narrative, Egypt, Exodus, Wilderness.

Question 15

Neviim (History/Prophets)

Answer 15

Consists of the stories recalling the promised land, united kingdom, united kingdom splits into Israel (north) and Judah (south); Israel conquered by the
Assarians and Judah conquered by the Babylonians (who forced exile), Babylonian exile, return, prophets begin warning for disobedience and a turn for repentance but also later would speak hope.

Books consist of:
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther

Question 16

Kethubim (Writing) books of the Bible