Old Testament Introductory Material

Question 1

The word “Bible” comes from the Greek word:

Answer 1

biblia

Question 2

The word biblia means:

Answer 2

little books

Question 3

The Bible is divided into these two sections:

Answer 3

Old Testament and New Testament

Question 4

The Old Testament consists of the original Hebrew Scriptures which contain this number of books:

Answer 4

39

Question 5

The Hebrew name for the Hebrew Scriptures is the:

Answer 5

Tanakh

Question 6

The books of the Hebrew Scriptures were originally arranged in the following sections:

Answer 6

The Law
The Prophets
The Writings

Question 7

This is the Hebrew name for “The Law”, which consists of the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Answer 7

Torah

Question 8

The Greek name for the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Answer 8

Pentateuch

Question 9

The Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox denominations accept an expanded Old Testament which include additional books known as:

Answer 9

Deutero-Canonical

Question 10

The Catholic Bible contains eleven of the fourteen books found in this text:

Answer 10

Apocrypha

Question 11

The number of books in the New Testament:

Answer 11

27

Question 12

The language of most of the Old Testament:

Answer 12

Hebrew

Question 13

Another language used in the Old Testament:

Answer 13

Aramaic

Question 14

The language of the New Testament:

Answer 14

Greek

Question 15

The language of the Apocrypha:

Answer 15

Greek

Question 16

The dates covering the Old Testament:

Answer 16

1400 BC to 400 BC

Question 17

The dates of the New Testament records:

Answer 17

33 AD to 100 AD

Question 18

The Septuagint:

Answer 18

A translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) into Greek. It is called the “Version of the 70” because it is believed that 70 scholars helped with the translation. Abbreviation: LXX

Question 19

The Vulgate:

Answer 19

Translation of entire bible into Latin. Done by Jerome and completed in 405 AD (took 23 years). The nickname is “Common Version” because common people could read it because they spoke Latin.

Question 20

John Wycliffe:

Answer 20

He translated the entire bible to English. He is an Oxford Scholar. Done in 1380’s.

Question 21

Johann Gutenberg

Answer 21

He invented the movable type printing press in 1450’s in Germany. The first book printed was The Vulgate (Latin translation of bible).

Question 22

The Geneva Bible:

Answer 22

An English Version that was printed in 1560 in Geneva, Switzerland. Version was used by the earliest American settlers, including those who signed the Mayflower Compact.

Question 23

The King James Version:

Answer 23

Printed in 1611, it became the most widely used English version for 300 years (Authorized Version).

Question 24

The Dead Sea Scrolls:

Answer 24

Were discovered in 1947 near the Dead Sea. They proved the accuracy of copies of the Old Testament made a thousand years later.

Question 25

The Essenes:

Answer 25

The name of the religious group (sect) that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Question 26

Qumran:

Answer 26

The place in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

Question 27

The central theme of the Bible under consideration in this survey course:

Answer 27

The reconciliation with fallen humanity.

Question 28

Canon:

Answer 28

Collection of writings