Weekly quizzes Flashcards
The Bible is composed of sixty-six books, and the Old Testament contains ______ of those.
A. 27
B. 29
C. 37
D. 39
D. 39
The translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew to Greek often abbreviated LXX is known as the _______.
Septuagint
The Masoretes worked to preserve the Old Testament and did so by adding these three things:
V_______, A________ and N_______.
vowels, accents, and notes
Individuals known as ______ were the lawyers of the day and took great care to maintain the accuracy of texts and believed they were “copying the very words of God.”
Scribes
The _______ Scrolls were found in a cave by a shepherd boy and contained a portion of every book of the Old Testament except Esther.
Dead Sea
The art of biblical interpretation is called _______.
Hermeneutics
Revelation is defined as “God making himself and thrusts about himself known to the world which could not be known in any other way.” The two types of Revelation are:
______ Revelation (Natural Revelation) - God leaving his imprint on the world he made.
______ Revelation- God revealing himself through actions and words to a particular group of people for the express purpose of providing redemption.
General
Special
The conquest of the land of Canaan is what the book of Joshua is about.
True or False
True
The story of the conquest of the city of Ai is where the prostitute Rahab hid the Israelite spies.
True or False
False
Rahab was in the city of Jericho, where she hid the Israelite spies.
The story of Ruth occurs during the time the judges ruled
True or False
True
The reign of David is told in 2 Samuel and lasts for four decades.
True or False
True
Places where Israelites could go when they had killed someone by accident were called “cities of protection.”
True or False
False
“cities of refuge”
The first king of the tribes of Israel was Saul who was anointed by Samuel.
True or False
True
The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah tell the story of a small group of Israelites who return to Jerusalem after being in exile.
True or False
True
The Israelites’ possession of the land fulfills the promise given to Achan.
True or False
False
Abraham
The end of the book of Ruth reveals to us that she is the grandmother of David.
True or False
False
Great-grandmother
Saul sees David as a rival to the throne as a result of the death of Goliath at his hands.
True or False
True
The Book of Proverbs contains general sayings with which to guide one’s daily life.
True or False
True
The Hebrew Bible contains four books that fall within the genre of Wisdom Literature.
True or False
False
it contains three books
The Book of Esther provides the basis for the Jewish Feast of Purim, which is a religious celebration.
True or False
False
The Feast of Purim IS NOT a religious celebration.
The Book of Psalms is divided into five books and may reflect the number of books in the Pentateuch, with each ending in doxology which means “words of praise.”
True or False
True
The Song of Salomon, also known as Canticles or Songs to Sing, is a celebration of sexuality as a gift of God.
True or False
False
The story of Job is designed to raise the question of why bad things happen to good people.
True or False
True
A type of psalm that describes a person’s grief and expresses sorrow is called a Lament.
True or False
True
Writers of Wisdom literature rely on what theologians call “general revelation,” which is the knowledge about God gained from observing the world around them.
True or False
True
The New International Version translates the repeated phrase “vanity of vanities, all is vanity” with the word “meaningless,” describing life as absurd.
True or False
True
Some psalms have superscriptions and identify the author naming Samuel as one of them.
True or False
False
David was one of the authors.
