Intro to the Bible

God's on going reaching out to humanity to be in relationship with them and bring about redemption

God's self-disclosure to human beings, means to "uncover"

True or False: The bible has many different authors

T/F: To Christians, the bible contains God's Revelation.

Hebrew name for the grouping of texts which include the Major Prophets found in the books of the Prophets

Old Testament is sacred scripture for

The name for the books considered to be canon by Catholics but not most Protestabts (includes Tobit, 1&2 Maccabees)

The living transmission or “handing on” of the Church’s Gospel message

Hebrew name for the Pentateuch

Who is traditionally credited with authoring the Pentateuch?

Three major divisions of the Old Testament form the acronym:

Form of criticism that asks the question: "Who is the author/suspected author?"

Biblical writers were filled with the Spirit so they could accurately communicate God's message

How God reveals God's self through the world

What is the first book of the bible

TRUE/FALSE: The Old Testament covers more years than the New Testament.

Form of criticism that asks: What stories come before and after the text you are studying?

This word means, "the established list of books in the bible"

A mutually binding mutually beneficial relationship between God and human beings:

Catholics believe that the entirety of the Bible is "history-history"

Form of criticism that asks: Why was this story important at the time it was written?

There are slight variations in the Old Testament canon for Protestants, Catholics and Jews.

The word "bible" comes from the Greek for:

T/F: Early Christians decided which books belonged in the bible quickly & without disagreement.