Chapter 2: Introduction to Scripture

T/F: Jesus of Nazareth did indeed exist.

How the various editors put together their sources and arranged them the way they did

Which of the following is NOT a Catholic translation of the Bible?

The official list of inspired books of the Bible:

How many books are in the Catholic Old Testament canon?

How many books are in the Catholic New Testament canon?

T/F: The Bible is the written record of Divine Revelation.

Old Testament manuscripts discovered in 1947 in a cave near the Dead Sea:

Scripture experts determine the historical and cultural context of the biblical text

T/F: Jesus establish a Church that persists to this day.

Teaches where you are going; building up the virtue of hope while leading us to Heaven

Most of the Old Testament was written in:

Teaches history; what the words say in a historical context

Catholic Bibles contain 7 books that are not in the Protestant Bible. We describe these as:

St. Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible is known as:

Helps to discover where the biblical authors got their material

A type of writing that has a particular form, style, or content

Determines how each biblical book took shape in the period of Oral Tradition

Which of the following is not a literary genre of Scripture?

Jesus spoke:

The name of the Greek translation of the Old Testament:

Teaches what you should believe; what the words mean in larger context of Salvation History

A word that means "without error"

Teaches what you should do regarding how to live your life

Which saint translated the Bible into Latin?

The Church teaches:

T/F: The Bible is complex b/c it was written for different audiences and in different languages

The public prayer of the Church is:

The process used by scholars to discover the meaning of biblical text

Which of the following is NOT one of the three ways of interpreting Scripture

The New Testament was originally written in:

The process of sharing stories and other important pieces of information by word of mouth is:

Which of the following is NOT a Protestant translation of the Bible?

God _____________ the writers of the Bible to write down the truths needed for Salvation.

T/F: Protestant and Catholic Bibles have the same number of Old Testament Books in their canon.

The meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered through exegesis is:

Looks to the deeper meaning of various scriptural passages as part of God's overall plan