The contextualist approach to interpreting scripture is

considers what is learned from historical criticism and various contexts

When faced with the abundance of all God has shared with them, Adam and Eve choose to focus on what?

access to the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

The Book of Judges begins with the death of Joshua, and then describes what?

The moral chaos/failure of Israel under its new leadership

Which sums up the cosmological argument for God's existence?

God is the uncaused cause of the universe

God’s communication of Godself to creation

When God confronts the man and the woman about their choice to eat of the fruit, they respond by...

Shifting the blame to someone else

Being made in the image and likeness of God means what?

We have intelligence, dignity, and free will

Which of the following is NOT included in the Law of Moses?

prohibition of circumcision now that there is a new covenant with Moses

According to the stories of Genesis 1-11, how does evil enter the world?

it is through human choice that evil enters the world.

The idea of nakedness in the first chapters of Genesis serve to do what?

Demonstrate vulnerability and innocence turning into guilt and shame

The doctrine of inspiration explains how Catholics understand God as the author of Scripture. It is best summed up how?

God works through humans in all of their limited understanding and language

Biblical inerrancy is the doctrine explaining how Catholics believe the Bible is true. Which best sums it up?

The Bible overall is true concerning religious truth about our salvation

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1
Which of the following stories provides the most striking example of inhospitality?
Isaac & Rebekah’s scheming (Genesis 27)
Sodom & Gomorrah (Genesis 19)
Sarah & Abraham with the visitors (Genesis 18)
Joseph’s brothers begging for food (Genesis 42-43)
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The contextualist approach to interpreting scripture is
considers what is learned from historical criticism and various contexts
seeks to eliminate any inconsistencies in the meaning and facts
understand the Bible as dictated directly by God, bypassing humans
interprets words at face-value for what they mean to the reader
3
When faced with the abundance of all God has shared with them, Adam and Eve choose to focus on what?
serpents and other legless creatures they had to name
access to the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Their favorite things: their children Cain and Abel
Their love of nature:, naming all of the plants and animals
4
The Book of Judges begins with the death of Joshua, and then describes what?
The judicial system that comes to characterize the Promised Land.
The rise of Joshua’s son to holy power
The flourishing/righteousness of Israel under its new leadership
The moral chaos/failure of Israel under its new leadership
5
Which sums up the cosmological argument for God's existence?
God is love, I love others, therefore God exists
God is the unmoved mover of the universe
Scientific experiments prove God's existence
God is the uncaused cause of the universe
6
What is revelation?
God’s communication of Godself to creation
God’s vision of the end times
God’s nation on earth
God’s plan for saving human beings
7
When God confronts the man and the woman about their choice to eat of the fruit, they respond by...
Barring the serpent from the garden
Shifting the blame to someone else
Acknowledging their mistakes
Asking for forgiveness
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Being made in the image and likeness of God means what?
We have intelligence, dignity, and free will
God has a body that resembles ours
We are meant to act like God in the creation of our own worlds
The model of the human being exists as an image in God’s imagination
9
Which of the following is NOT included in the Law of Moses?
Command to care for the anawim: the widow, the orphan and the immigrant
The Ten Commandments
prohibition of circumcision now that there is a new covenant with Moses
Laws governing prayer and worship
10
Hebrew word for "loving kindness" that describes God's saving action in the Exodus event:
ga'al
hesed
seder
covenant
11
According to the stories of Genesis 1-11, how does evil enter the world?
Satan introduces evil into the world
God wants creation to suffer; as such, God introduces evil into the world.
it is through human choice that evil enters the world.
it was present in the world from the beginning of creation
12
The idea of nakedness in the first chapters of Genesis serve to do what?
Represent selfishness since Adam and Eve stole clothing for themselves
Set man apart from the other animals who were clothed with hair
Provides scientific data about the climate of the ancient Near East.
Demonstrate vulnerability and innocence turning into guilt and shame
13
The doctrine of inspiration explains how Catholics understand God as the author of Scripture. It is best summed up how?
Angel guides human author's hands to prevent any mistakes
God works through humans in all of their limited understanding and language
Human record events to the best of their memory. God helps us interpret it
God channels His Word through humans in a trance-like state
14
Adam and Eve’s disobedience of God’s direct orders and the flawed condition of human nature
social sin
evil
human diginity
original sin
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Biblical inerrancy is the doctrine explaining how Catholics believe the Bible is true. Which best sums it up?
Religious truth can be found in only a few key books
no mistakes of any kind
all true, with a few factual mistakes about historical events
The Bible overall is true concerning religious truth about our salvation

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