Test 11/2/2016

Question 1

What is the Torah?

Answer 1

Hebrew Scripture; the first five books of the Bible

Question 2

Where does the Bible take place?

Answer 2

the Middle East and North Africa

Question 3

What languages are used in the Bible?

Answer 3

Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin

Question 4

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Answer 4

a bunch of scrolls found in a sea cave near the Dead Sea that helped scholars to learn more about the Bible

Question 5

Salvation History

Answer 5

the story of God’s actions and the people’s responses over many centuries

Question 6

reasons to study the Old Testament

Answer 6

• remember what God has done for us
• grow in respect for the people of our roots
• understand Jesus

Question 7

What books are in the Pentateuch?

Answer 7

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Question 8

What group does the Old Testament deal with?

Answer 8

the Israelites (Jews, Ancient Hebrews)

Question 9

What group does the New Testament deal with?

Answer 9

all of humanity

Question 10

How many books are in the Bible?

Answer 10

73; 46 old and 27 new

Question 11

Biblical Exegesis

Answer 11

process of trying to find the true meaning of a Bible passage; critical interpretation

Question 12

historical criticism

Answer 12

historical context behind a piece of writing

Question 13

literal sense of scripture

Answer 13

meaning conveyed by by the words of Scripture

Question 14

redaction criticism

Answer 14

trying to find why the material was organized in the way it is

Question 15

source criticism

Answer 15

trying to find what sources were used

Question 16

form criticism

Answer 16

determines how each book took shape in the period of oral tradition; literary genres

Question 17

four elements that Biblical exegesis looks for

Answer 17

language, symbols, culture, and history

Question 18

why should we engage in Biblical exegesis?

Answer 18

it allows us to see the whole context

Question 19

parts of the spiritual sense

Answer 19

allegorical, moral, and anagogical

Question 20

allegorical

Answer 20

how aspects of the litery sense point to Christ

Question 21

moral

Answer 21

how passage instructs us to live correctly

Question 22

anagogical

Answer 22

how the story leads us towards eternal life

Question 23

differences in the creation stories?

Answer 23

in the first, man and woman were created together; in the second, woman was created from man

Question 24

how do we know we were made in the image of God?

Answer 24

we are self-aware and have free will

Question 25

self-awareness

Answer 25

aware of who we are (someone not something)

Question 26

free will is also called…

Answer 26

self-determination

Question 27

Does the Church believe the creation story should be read literally?

Answer 27

no: it is just a way to show how God cares for the world and how he created it

Question 28

original sin

Answer 28

the sin that all of humanity is born with (absolved through baptism); caused by Adam and Eve going against God and eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil

Question 29

shame

Answer 29

the distress or tension created by treating another person, or being treated as a mere object for use rather than as a gift to be honored and loved; one result of sin

Question 30

concupiscence

Answer 30

a disorder in our desires that inclines us toward sin

Question 31

five results of sin

Answer 31

(SFCLD) shame, fear, conflict, labor, death

Question 32

what is sin?

Answer 32

• alienation from God
• separation from God
• cascades down through generations

Question 33

Cain and Abel

Answer 33

sons of Adam and Eve; Cain killed Abel because God favored Abel’s sacrifice

Question 34

spiritual truth from “Cain and Abel”

Answer 34

1. you cannot hide from God

2. God is merciful (did not kill Cain)

Question 35

Why does God ask Noah to build an ark?

Answer 35

to save his family and all of the animals

Question 36

dove and olive branch symbolization?

Answer 36

that they found land after the floods

Question 37

why a rainbow to symbolize covenant?

Answer 37

represents his bow (as in bow and arrow)