NT Overview

Question 0

Approximately how many human authors wrote the New Testament?

Answer 0

9

Question 1

How many books are contained in the New Testament?

Answer 1

27

Question 2

The New Testament was written over a span of how many years?

Answer 2

Less than 100 years.

Question 3

What are the key genres in New Testament literature?

Answer 3

Historical narrative, epistle, and revelation.

Question 4

What language was the New Testament written in?

Answer 4

Koine Greek (common language of the people)

Question 5

In what time and under what rule did the New Testament take place?

Answer 5

Roman period. 63 B.C. - New Testament.

Question 6

When was the book of Revelation written?

Answer 6

Near the close of the first century.

Question 7

What percentage of the New Testament is the story division (Matthew-Acts)?

Answer 7

60 percent.

Question 8

How many letters are there in the New Testament?

Answer 8

21 (Romans-Jude).

Question 9

Why did God give us the Old Testament?

Answer 9

To reveal how God redeems His people for His kingdom.

Question 10

Why did God give us the New Testament?

Answer 10

To finish what the OT started; to show how God redeems His people for His kingdom in Christ.