Religion Basic info Test Flashcards
What is the TaNaK and how may books are in the TaNaK?
The TaNaK is Jewish scripture and there are 39 books in it.
What is the first book in the Tanak and how many Things are in there?
The Torah and it has 5 books in it.
What is the second book in the Tanak and how many things are in it?
The Nebiem is the second and it has 21 books in it.
What is the third book in the tanak and how many books are in it?
It is the Ketiviem and there are 13 books in the Ketiveim.
What is the Prodastant total?
66
How many books are in the Prodastant new testament?
27
How many books are in the Prodastant old testament?
39
How many books are in the Catholic toltal?
73
How many books in the Catholic old testament?
46
Catholic new testament
27
be able to abbreviate scripture
example - genesis chapter three, verses one through eight - Gn3: 1-8
What are the four stages of development of scripture and what happens during each stage?
Oral - stories passed down by word of mouth
Written - The stories are being written down
Translation - The texts are being translated into other lanugages.
Canonization - They figured out and recognized which texts are sacred.
How long did the written stage take for the OT and NT
OT - 900 years
NT - 70 years
When were the books of the OT written?
1000BC - 100BC
When were the three sections of the TaNaK recognized as sacred texts?
Torah - 400BC
Nebi’im - 200BC
Ketubi’im - 150Bc
When and where was the official canon of the catholic scripture set?
At the council of Trent in the 16th century
What are the names of the three sections of the TaNaK? (english and hebrew)
, Nebi’im - Prophets Ketubi’im - writitngs Torah don’t matter
What are the names of the first five books of the bible?
Genisis, Exodus, Levictius, Numbers, Dueteronomy.
What are the names of the four gospel writers?
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Why might the New Testament have been completed so much faster than the OT? (THREE EXAMPLES)
The OT is longer, the stories in the OT built up the stories for the NT, and in the begining, the stories werent being written down. and the new testimeant took a shorter amount of time
How many books are in each section of the Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant divisions of Scripture? Remember ONE NUMBER WILL BE USED TWICE.
TaNaK - 39
Torah - 5
Nebi’im - 21
Ketubim - 13
Protestant OT - 39
Catholic OT - 46
Dueterocanonical Books - 7
New Testament - 27
Protestant Total - 66
Catholic Total - 73