OT S1

Question 1

How many books in the New Testament?

Answer 1

27

Question 2

What are the four categories of the Old Testament?

Answer 2

Law, Wisdom, Prophesy, Historical

Question 4

Who translated the bible into a common language? What language did he translate it to?

Answer 4

St Jerome; Latin

Question 5

What is the major difference between the Catholic and Protestant Bible?

Answer 5

Catholic includes the deuterocanonical books while Protestant does not

Question 7

List the 7 Deuterocanonical books of the Bible

Answer 7

Judith, Tobit, 1/2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch

Question 8

What are the five stages that oral tradition developed to written word?

Answer 8

People experience God
People share their stories
People write stories down
Religious leaders select stories and create a book
People who speak different language translate the original words

Question 9

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls and why is the discovery of them important

Answer 9

They are the oldest known texts of Hebrew bible written in Jesus language. Aramaic

Question 10

How many books in the Old Testament

Answer 10

46

Question 11

Bible

Answer 11

Biblia

Question 12

Canon of Scripture

Answer 12

Lists of texts in which Catholic community regards as important authoritative scripture

Question 13

Deuterocanonical

Answer 13

2nd canon; set of sacred books

Question 15

Magisterium

Answer 15

Teaching authorities of church

Question 16

Analogy of Faith

Answer 16

Understanding scripture and its meanings

Question 17

Biblical exegesis

Answer 17

Analysis of scripture draw out and explain meaning of writings

Question 18

Contexualist approach

Answer 18

Takes into account various concepts of understanding

Includes: senses of Scripture

Question 19

How many books in the canon?

Answer 19

73

Question 20

Fundamentalist Approach

Answer 20

Ones who rely solely on the literal meaning of the text

Question 21

Literal Sense

Answer 21

What the text literally means or is explaining; the basics

Question 22

Spiritual Sense

Answer 22

To look deeper and look for greater meanings

Question 23

Allegorical Sense

Answer 23

Deeper sense of literal , finding deeper or underlying meaning(s)

Question 24

Analogical Sense

Answer 24

How we get to the path of heaven

Question 25

Textual Criticism

Answer 25

Deals with the text itself; trying to understand original wording

Question 27

Redact/Redactation

Answer 27

Looking for changes/edits within the text

Question 28

Historical Criticism

Answer 28

Looking at the setting of the text

Question 29

Literary Criticism

Answer 29

Finding the deeper meaning within the text.

Question 30

Source Criticism

Answer 30

How it compares to other texts

Question 31

Theologians

Answer 31

Church leaders

Question 32

Pharisees

Answer 32

Educated/interpreters of Law

Question 33

Sadducees

Answer 33

Strictly adhered to the Torah

Question 34

Pascal mystery

Answer 34

The work of salvation accomplished by God.

Question 35

Septuagint Bible

Answer 35

Greek; 3rd century, Rabbis

Question 36

Masonectic

Answer 36

Hebrew;500-1000BC, Masoretes(Jewish leaders)

Question 37

Vulgate

Answer 37

Latin, 390 AD; St. Jerome

Question 38

Who is the author of sacred scripture?

Answer 38

The Holy Spirit

Question 39

Moral Sense

Answer 39

How we should live our lives based on this text

Question 41

Oral Tradition

Answer 41

Traditions passed down by word/mouths one generation to the next

Question 42

What languages was the scripture originally written in?

Answer 42

Hebrew, Greek