Scriptures Review pt 1

Do scholars generally assume that shorter or longer textual variants are older?

What is the hypothesis that the Hebrew Bible came together from four primary sources?

The narratives in Genesis 3–11 are known by what name?

Christian interpretation has traditionally understood crushing the snake’s head&biting Eve’s descendant’s heal (Gen 3)

Whom does Herod Antipas behead?

Which Gospel emphasizes Jesus’s innocence during the passion narrative?

What is hermeneutics?

The NRSV textual notes suggest that manna may have been what?

Which of the following is not an important early English translation of the Bible?

Tohu and bohu, concepts which are central to Genesis 1, are best translated how?

Who is Ishmael's mother?

The inclusio in Matthew’s Gospel expresses what?

What is another name used in the biblical text for Mt. Horeb?

Which of the following is not an interpretive approach associated with early Christianity?

Post-Reformation/modern interpretations of the Bible often have concentrated on what?

What book does the Hebrew Bible end with?

God asks Abraham to do what to mark the covenant?

Which of the following is not an element of the Noahic Covenant?

The Judges cycle tell that in every successive cycle of disobedience, punishment, repentance&mercy, the people get what?

Which Hebrew word designates the writings in the Hebrew Bible?

Which Babylonian emperor conquered Jerusalem?

What are the oldest surviving manuscripts of the New Testament?

Current archaeological evidence clearly identifies which of the following?

The three Abrahamic faiths are Judaism, Christianity, and ___________.

What primary reason does Judges give for the people’s troubles?

Who wrestles with an angel or, perhaps, the LORD?

Which of the following is not one of the questions Moses addresses to God at the burning bush?

Identify the biblical book from which the following passage comes.

Identify the biblical book from which the following passage comes.

(ECS) the 10 commandments are an example of what type of universal law, the authority that rests upon the lawgiver?

During what period did Jeremiah prophecy?

In the Hebrew Bible, Joshua is part of what grouping?

Which approach to translation prioritizes meaning and readability rather than word-for-word literality?

Identify the biblical book from which the following passage comes.

Which of the following is not part of the promise God gives to Abraham?

Deuteronomy is internally structured as a what?

In the book of Judges, how many generations after Joshua are said to pass before the people forget God?

Who is the traditional author of the Pentateuch?

Identify the biblical book from which the following passage comes.

The story of the Tower of Babel offers an etiology for what?

In Mark, where is Jesus born?

Which word is translated as holy?

Which Pentateuchal book includes instructions for sacrifices?

What is a theophany?

Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible is known as what?

Which Roman governor is in power during the time of Jesus’s crucifixion?

Which tribe is almost completely destroyed by other Israelites at the end of Judges?

What is at the center of the Israelites camp as they travel through the desert?

What Jewish religious day has its origins in the 10 plagues?

Identify the biblical book from which the following passage comes.

Why is Moses often depicted with horns?

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD alone." The name for this verse from Deut. is the Hebrew word for "hear"

What are the Ketuvim?

The Suffering Servant songs come in which prophetic book?

Which of the following translates Torah?

Identify the biblical book from which the following passage comes.

Which is not a model of the conquest of Canaan?

Who are the first heroes in the Exodus narrative?

What is the definition of herem or kherem?

The Hebrew word YHWH translates As LORD in the NRSV?

Identify the biblical book from which the following passage comes.

What is the definition of etiology offered in ECS?

Identify the biblical book from which the following passage comes.

(Genesis 15) what passes through the bisected bodies of animals to ritually formalize the covenant between God & Abraham

During what centuries did the New Testament canon likely come to be finalized?

What Old Testament covenant predates Israel?

Which book is not part of Deuteronomistic history?

Identify the biblical book from which the following passage comes.

Identify the biblical book from which the following passage comes

Which of the following is not a central threat to the covenantal promise in the ancestral narratives?

What sort of Psalm does this passage likely come from?

In what way(s) do the Catholic Old Testament and Hebrew Bible differ?

Who fashions the Golden Calf?

Which of the following books might exemplify how Jews wrestled theologically with the challenges of the Exile?

Who is the traditional author of many Psalms?

Which of the following is not central to Deuteronomistic history?

The period of travels between giving of the Torah & entry into Canaan is primarily covered in which Pentateuchal book?

Which of the following ancient texts does not offer important parallels for the Old Testament?

Whom does God create in Genesis 1?

The expression “lifted up” in John’s Gospel has a double meaning, referencing both crucifixion and what?

Which of the following possibly translates YHWH?

What are the Lost Tribes?

Matthew presents Jesus as a second _______ .

Which New Testament books were the first written?

The decalogue makes clear that there is only one God.

What is in the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle?

What discovery revolutionized biblical textual criticism?

Which of Noah's sons does Noah curse?

What is the name of the Greek translation of the Jewish scriptures used by New Testament writers?

What was the first plague God visits on Egypt?

Which of the following does Noah do soon after getting off the ark?

What is one name for the biblical books included in the Catholic Bible but not the Protestant Bible?

What body of water do the Israelites cross at the end of the Exodus period?

Where does Abraham first attempt to pass Sarah off as his sister?

Which creation narrative (Genesis 1 or Genesis 2) emphasizes divine transcendence/God's distance from creation?

Whom does Adam blame after eating the fruit in the Garden of Eden?

In which Gospel does Jesus pray on the cross for the forgiveness of his crucifiers?

Which is the priestly tribe?

Which of the following was not a criterion for inclusion of a text in the New Testament?

Which of the following is the text of the Hebrew Bible compiled between 500 and 1000 CE?