Old Testament: Unit 2 Test Review

When it comes to literature, an example of context we can examine is...

What was written first, the Gospels or some of the Letters of St. Paul?

How many books are in the Old Testament? New Testament?

Who is mainly involved in the Magisterium?

What are the three basic forms of communication?

What Bible version is mainly used by the Church in the U.S.?

Why is it important know what genre you are reading?

A "contemporary" translation tries to put the Bible into more ____________ speech.

The teaching office of the Church is known as the...

Biblical scholars...

A "literal" translation of the Bible tries to be more...

People disagree about what the Bible says, but they can’t all be ________.

____________ means that the Bible is free from religious error (faith and morals).

We don't often realize the importance of events in our lives right away because we have to...

The Holy Spirit helped write the Bible, therefore he should also help __________ the Bible.

What do we normally mean by inspiration?

When was the Bible final put together and who did it?

All of these are examples of literary forms used in the Bible, except...

We can't just concentrate on the human author’s intention because we need to understand _____

The approach to biblical interpretation that is overly literal.

How can we relate biblical times to today?

The official list of the books in the Bible is known as the...

Approach to biblical interpretation that takes into account the different senses of scripture

The scriptures are a unique type of genre because they reveal God's...

Someone who studies and interprets the Bible.

How long did it take for some of the books of the Bible to get written down?

Why aren’t some books of the Bible ordered according the date they were written?

In order to better understand a piece of literature, we need understand the author's

Before people speak and write about God, what do they have to do?

God's special assistance to help the human authors write the Bible is known as...

Why was God’s message of salvation eventually written down?

What were the three original languages of the Bible?

The Latin Vulgate was the official version of the Bible from the 4th century up to the...

What is a "mystery", in the Catholic sense of the word?

The unity of all the Church's teachings is known as...

Who was the first to translate the Bible from the original languages into Latin?

God’s message of salvation was originally handed down orally because most people were...

In what way does the Old Testament talk about Jesus?

_____________ means to edit or adapt other material.

What two authors worked together to write the books of the Bible?