Bible and Community

Question 1

What is a lectionary?

Accepted Answer

book providing scriptural reading schedule in prayer/worship

Question 2

Why was the monastic Rule of Benedict important for teaching a "school for the Lord's service"?

Accepted Answer

It taught the monastic community how to read the Bible, It taught them to live together as a living exegesis

Question 3

What is supersessionism?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 4

Is the Bible a book for the individual or for a community of individuals?

Accepted Answer

Both

Question 5

T/F: The modern notion of an individual reading the Bible alone is not a novel (new) idea.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Monastic communities are important for liturgy and Scripture for two main reasons. Select them.

Accepted Answer

They reflected on the Bible and its themes., They learned languages to copy the biblical manuscripts.

Question 7

What are the ways that the Bible was preserved in community?

Accepted Answer

Torah and OT scrolls were housed in Jewish synagogues, NT letters, books were read aloud in Christian gatherings, They were used in prayer and worship of the community

Question 8

According to Wilson-Hartgrove, the first chapter of Genesis portrays God creating what?

Accepted Answer

Community in his image so he can dwell with them

Question 9

According to Wilson-Hartgrove, why were believers first called Christians at Antioch?

Accepted Answer

They were a mixture of Jews and Gentiles worshipping one God

Question 10

According to Wilson-Hartgrove, what does the theme of community describe in the Gospels?

Accepted Answer

Jesus' establishment of a community of "called out" ones

Question 11

During much of Israel's history OT was transmitted orally. How is community important for OT?

Accepted Answer

It (OT) lived in the telling of Israel's gathered community, Much of it > transmitted orally in the context of community

Question 12

T/F: The Bible's message (esp. the gospel) may be personal, but it is never private.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

How is the theme of community important for understanding Israel and the OT canon?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 14

What is the key message of the apocalyptic, poetic, and political language of Revelation?

Accepted Answer

communal nonviolence, faithful witness, and hope

Question 15

What image unites Paul's various letters written to disparate congregations and church leaders?

Accepted Answer

body of Christ as central to teaching as community organizer

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